Guidance

UK Ship Register, a guide to registration

Guide for owners and operators of merchant ships and bareboat charters over 100GT.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 1 May 2014
• Last updated: 1 May 2019
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  1. 1 May 2019

     Updated UK Ship Register, a guide to registration April 2019.

  2. 19 April 2018

     Updated UK Ship Register a guide to registration April 2018

  3. 20 November 2017

     Updated A Guide to Registration - November 2017

  4. 6 February 2017

     Updated UK Ship Register: guide to registration

  5. 28 July 2014

     Guide to Registration document updated 28/07/14

  6. 1 May 2014

     First published.

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UK Ship Register, a guide to registration

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Details

This guide is designed to help you through the registration and certification of merchant ships joining parts I and IV of the UK Ship Register.

It explains

• how to get started with the registration process
• the customer support you’ll get
• the forms and certification you’ll need to achieve full registration

You can find more information and downloadable documents in our detailed web guide.