Ship Registration
Permanent Registration :
Classification societies by the Seychelles Ship Registrar are :
Advantages of registering a vessel under Seychelles flag :
Abacus’ shipping team registers ships and yachts of all sizes in Seychelles jurisdiction.
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Seychelles is member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth, the Indian Ocean Commission, and the International Maritime Organization, and vessels flying the Seychelles flag benefit from friendly treatment worldwide.
A Ship can be registered as body corporate and established either as an IBC or a domestic company. An application for provisional registration of Ship can be made to SIBA.
Additional documentation required by the Ship registrar :
- Application for registration of ship as Seychelles Ship.
- A certification by the Ship builder about the details of the ship.
- A declaration of ownership
- Choice of three alternative names under which the ship can be registered.
- A radio license by Seychelles Licensing Authority.
- A certificate of incorporation, if a ship is owned by the body corporate.
Permanent Registration :
- A vessel can be permanently registered at no extra cost, after the expiry of provisional registration after a period of 90 days.
Classification societies by the Seychelles Ship Registrar are :
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping (UK)
- Bureau Veritas (France)
- Nippon Kaiji Ryokai (Japan)
- Det Norske Veritas (Norway)
- America Bureau of Shipping (USA)
- Germanischer Lloyd (Germany)
Advantages of registering a vessel under Seychelles flag :
- Exemption from all business taxes
- Exemption to apply for work permits
- Exemption from contributions to social security for non Seychellois personnel.
- 100% foreign ownership of ship.
- On registering a second ship within 12 months of the first registration, owners of the ship are entitled to a rebate of 30% on second ship.
- Parallel registration is possible under the merchant shipping Act.