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Notice of the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China on printing and distributing the Working Procedures for Ship Registration


Notice of the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China on printing and distributing the Working Procedures for Ship Registration


Sea Ship (2024) 24


Each direct maritime bureau:


The Working Procedures for Ship Registration have been deliberated and adopted by the 2nd Bureau Chief's Office Meeting in 2024, and are hereby issued. Please comply with them.


 


 


 


Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China


March 4, 2024










Working regulations for ship registration


Chapter I General provisions


Article 1 These regulations are formulated in accordance with the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Ship Registration (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations on Ship Registration"), the Measures of the People's Republic of China on Ship Registration (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures on Ship Registration") and relevant laws and regulations in order to strengthen the administration of ship registration and standardize the conduct of ship registration.


Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the ship registration authorities in handling ship registration and other related services provided for in these Regulations.


Article 3 The business scope of ship registration carried out by the ship registration authority shall be determined by the Maritime Administration of the Ministry of Transport.


Article 4 The ship registration authority shall set up posts such as ship registration acceptance, preliminary examination, review, examination and approval, blank certificate management, certificate making, verification, seal management, certificate issuance and archive management.


The persons conducting preliminary examination, reexamination and examination of ship registration shall not concurrently serve each other; The certificate making personnel shall not concurrently serve as blank certificate management, seal management or verification personnel.


Article 5 The ship registration accepting personnel shall be responsible for accepting the application materials and inform the applicant of the result.


The preliminary examiners of ship registration shall conduct the preliminary examination, put forward the preliminary examination opinions, and manage the Register of Ships and the Register of ship chimney signs and company flags.


The person reviewing the ship registration shall submit the opinions of the person in charge of the ship registration department or the authorized person.


The ship registration examination and approval personnel shall be the competent leaders or authorized personnel of the ship registration authority, and put forward the examination and approval opinions.


The blank certificate management personnel are responsible for keeping the blank certificates and documents of the ship, and keeping the records of the blank certificates and documents.


The certificate maker is responsible for receiving the blank certificate and making the certificate through the information system according to the approval opinions.


The seal manager is responsible for keeping and using the seal and keeping the seal records.


The verification personnel are responsible for checking whether the items filled in the certificate are consistent with the application and application materials; Check whether the stamp is accurate.


Certificate issuing personnel are responsible for checking the identity of the witnesses, issuing certificates and making handover records.


Archival management personnel are responsible for sorting out the archives, checking whether the materials are complete, numbering the archive pages, making a list of archival materials, binding, classifying, arranging, numbering, boxed and saving the archives.


Article 6 In handling ship registration, the ship registration authority shall follow the principles of law, impartiality and convenience to the people.


Article 7 The applicant shall be responsible for the authenticity, legality and validity of the application materials; Where an application is made online, the applicant shall also be responsible for the authenticity of the electronic data submitted online and the consistency of the electronic data with the materials submitted on-site.


Article 8 The application materials for registration shall be the original; if the original cannot be provided, a photocopy may be submitted, and at the same time a certification document confirming that the photocopy is consistent with the original may be submitted.


For application materials that need to be returned after inspection of the original, the applicant shall also submit photocopies. If the applicant is a natural person, sign the copy, stamp the official seal of the non-natural person, indicate that it is consistent with the original and endorse the date.


If the application materials submitted by the applicant are in a foreign language, the Chinese translation shall be provided at the same time.


Article 9 The certificate issued by the maritime administrative authority or the ship inspection authority that can be queried through the information system shall not be submitted. Where other maritime business is handled at the same time when the ship registration is handled, the materials that have already been submitted shall not be resubmitted.


Chapter II Grant of ship identification number


Article 10 A ship registered in China in accordance with or intended to be registered in accordance with the Regulations on Ship Registration shall obtain a ship identification number.


Article 11 The ship identification number shall be applied for in accordance with the following provisions:


(1) For a new ship to be built within the territory, the ship builder shall apply to the ship registration authority at the place of construction;


(2) For a new ship constructed outside China and to be registered in China, the builder of the ship shall apply to the ship registration authority of the place where the registration is to be applied;


(3) If a ship is purchased abroad, chartered from abroad on bareboat terms, or converted for other purposes to the Ship Registration Regulations, the owner of the ship or the bareboat charterer shall apply to the ship registration authority of the place where the registration is to be applied.


Article 12 The applicant may bring the application materials to the ship registration authority to apply for the identification number, or first submit the electronic data through the official website of the Maritime Administration of the Ministry of Transport (hereinafter referred to as the official website) and other online means, and then submit the paper application to the registration authority.


Article 13 The following materials shall be submitted when applying for a ship identification number:


(A) The Ship Identification Number Application Form, if the electronic data has been submitted is exempt from submission;


(2) the applicant's identity certificate and its copy, if the application is entrusted to others, the power of attorney and the identity certificate of the principal shall be submitted;


(3) A contract for the construction of a new ship or a certificate sufficient to prove the acquisition of ownership of the ship, or a contract for the sale and purchase of an existing ship or a bareboat charter contract for the charter of a ship from abroad on bareboat terms;


(4) the approved ship design data of the newly built ship (including the approval document of the ship inspection authority agreeing to start construction and the certification materials of the ship's keel installation or similar construction stage); Ship survey certificate of the existing ship; Where a ship of foreign nationality is purchased overseas and a ship inspection institution is required to import technical inspection, the old ship import inspection report shall be submitted, and the original ship inspection certificate shall be submitted for other ships.


Article 14 After receiving the application materials, the accepting personnel shall examine whether the application is under the jurisdiction of the registration authority, whether the application materials are complete, whether the documents are complete, whether the application items are consistent with the application materials, and whether the copies and the original documents are consistent.


Article 15 The acceptance personnel shall issue opinions on acceptance in accordance with the following circumstances:


(a) the application matters belong to the jurisdiction of the registration authority, the application materials are complete, the application is complete, the copy is consistent with the original, shall be accepted, issued to the applicant with a special seal for acceptance of maritime business acceptance Notice, and the relevant application materials handed over to the preliminary examination personnel;


(2) Where the application does not fall under the jurisdiction of this registration authority, it shall promptly make a decision to reject the application, issue to the applicant a Notice of Rejection of Maritime Business with a special seal for acceptance, and inform the applicant to apply to the ship registration authority with jurisdiction;


(3) If there are errors in the application materials that can be corrected on the spot, the applicant shall be informed and allowed to correct them on the spot, and the applicant shall accept the correction and inform the applicant in writing;


(4) If the application materials are not complete or do not conform to the statutory form, the applicant shall be informed in writing that the application will not be accepted and all the contents that need to be corrected shall be notified at one time.


If the copy is consistent with the original, it shall be stamped with the "check and verify with the original" seal and return the original to the applicant.


Article 16 After receiving the application materials handed over by the accepting personnel, the preliminary examiners shall review:


(1) Whether the contents of the application form are consistent with the attached materials;


(2) whether the electronic data submitted online is consistent with the attached materials;


(3) Whether the application items and the attached materials comply with the provisions of the Provisions of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Ship Identification Numbers and these Regulations.


The ship registration authority shall submit a preliminary opinion within 3 working days after acceptance.


Article 17 Where the ship registration authority is a branch of the Maritime Administration, after the preliminary examination is passed, the preliminary examination personnel shall enter the application information into the ship registration system and report it to the Maritime Administration of the Ministry of Transport for review step by step after being checked by the system. The maritime Safety Administration directly under it shall verify the reported information.


If the ship registration authority is directly under the maritime safety Administration or not directly under the maritime system unit, after the preliminary examination is passed, the preliminary examination personnel shall enter the application information into the ship registration system, and submit it to the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport for review after verification by the system.


If the application is not passed after the preliminary examination or verification by the direct maritime Safety Administration, the preliminary examination personnel will return the application materials to the acceptance personnel and inform the reasons.


If it is deemed necessary in the course of verification and review, the ship registration authority may be required to submit materials for explanation.


The Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport shall submit a review opinion within 2 working days.






Article 18 The Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport shall grant the ship identification number to the electronic data passed by the review through the ship registration system, and inform the result through the official website and other online means.


Chapter III Verification of ship name


Article 19 After a ship obtains an identification number, it may reserve the name of the ship in accordance with the following provisions:


(1) Where a new ship is to be built, the ship builder or builder shall submit to the ship registration authority of the place where the application for registration is to be made to reserve the name of the ship. Where the place of registration to be applied for has not been determined or the construction is made by a foreign manufacturer, the ship builder shall propose to the ship registration authority at the place of construction to reserve the name of the ship.


(2) For existing ships, the owner of the ship or the charterer of a ship of foreign nationality chartering a bareboat shall request the ship registration authority of the place where the application for registration is to be made to reserve the name of the ship.


Article 20 The name of a ship may be reserved through the official website and other online means, or may be reserved at the ship registration authority. However, if a ship's name that requires special approval is used, the ship's name shall be reserved at the ship registration authority.


Article 21 To reserve the name of a ship, the following materials shall be submitted:


(1) The Application for Reserving the Name of the Ship;


(2) Identity certificate and its copy, if the registration is entrusted to others, the power of attorney and the identity certificate of the entrusted shall be submitted;


(3) Where the name is the same or similar to that of a country, an intergovernmental international organization, a party or a state organ, or a political party, a certificate of consent shall be submitted;


(4) If the original name of the ship is still used after the change of ownership of the ship, the certification materials agreed by the original owner shall be submitted.


Article 22 After receiving the materials reserving the name of the vessel, the accepting personnel shall examine the application in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of these procedures, and issue an acceptance opinion in accordance with the provisions of Article 15.


Article 23 The personnel of first instance shall examine:


(1) Whether the content of the application is consistent with the attached materials;


(2) Whether the reserved ship name complies with the requirements of the Ship Registration Regulations, Ship Registration Measures and these Regulations.


If the requirements are met, the preliminary examiners shall reserve the name of the ship through the ship registration system. Within the validity period of the reservation, other ships shall not use the name of the ship; If the requirements are not met, the name of the vessel shall not be reserved.


The ship registration authority shall complete the reservation of the name of the ship within 2 working days.


Article 24 The Notice of Ship Name Reservation can be obtained from the ship registration authority, or printed by itself through the official website and other online means.


Article 25 If a ship's name is not registered within 24 months from the date of approval, the ship's name will be automatically released.


Article 26 After the ship name reservation is approved, when the shipowner or the bareboat charterer of a ship of foreign nationality applies for registration in accordance with the Ship Registration Regulations and Ship Registration Measures, the ship registration authority shall approve the ship name reserved and record it in the corresponding ship registration certificate.


Article 27 If the shipowner needs to change the name of the ship without any change, he shall apply to the ship registration authority for approval of the name of the ship with the explanation of the reasons for the change. After approving the new ship name, the ship registration authority shall announce it on the official website or other online means. If there is no objection within 30 days from the date of publication of the announcement, the ship name change registration formalities shall be handled.


Article 28 A ship may use only one name. The name of the ship shall not be identical or homophonic with the name of the registered ship, except where the shipowner uses the name of the ship which has been dismantled, sunk and has completed the registration of cancellation of ownership of the ship for his newly constructed ship.


Chapter IV Procedures for ship registration


Section 1 General requirements


Article 29 Ship registration shall be handled in accordance with the following procedures:


(1) Application;


(2) accepting the case;


(3) review;


(4) to be recorded in the ship's register;


(5) License issuance.


Article 30 The examination of ship registration shall be carried out through three levels of examination and approval procedures: initial examination, review and examination and approval.


For the (temporary) issue of the ship nationality certificate and the replacement and reissue of the ship registration certificate, the ship registration authority shall implement a two-level examination and approval procedure.


Section 2 Application


Article 31 The port of ship registration shall be chosen by the shipowner on the basis of the nearest place of his domicile or principal place of business; however, he may not choose two or more ports of ship registration.


For ships operated by a branch of an enterprise legal person established according to law to carry out business activities, the port of ship registration may be selected according to the nearest place of business of the branch.


For a ship under financial lease, the parties to the lease may, in accordance with their agreement, choose the port of registration of the ship at the nearest place where the shipowner or charterer has his domiciliation or main business place.


Where a ship of foreign nationality is chartered alone, the ship charterer shall choose the port of ship registration according to the place of his domicile or the place of his principal business, but shall not choose two or more ports of ship registration.


Where the ship is jointly owned by a number of persons, the port of registration of the ship shall be selected according to the nearest location of the domicile or main business place of the co-owner holding the largest share. If the largest share is the same, the co-owners shall determine through consultation that the domicile or main business place of one of the largest share of the co-owners is the ship registration port.


Article 32 To apply for ship registration, the applicant shall fill out an application for registration and submit to the ship registration authority a legal identity certificate and other relevant application materials.


The applicant's legal identity certificate, for legal persons, branches of legal persons, unincorporated organizations, individual workers and businesses, refers to the business license loaded with the unified social credit code of the unit; For organs, institutions or other organizations, it refers to the registration certificate issued by a statutory body loaded with a unified social credit code; For natural persons, it refers to the resident identity card or household register.


Where an application is entrusted, the applicant's legal identity certificate shall include the power of attorney and the identity certificate of the principal.


Section 3 Acceptance


Article 33 After receiving the application materials, the accepting personnel shall examine whether the application is under the jurisdiction of the registration authority, whether the application materials are complete, whether the documents are complete, whether the application items are consistent with the application materials, verify whether the application materials are the original or the photocopies proved to be consistent with the original, and whether the photocopies collected are consistent with the original.


Article 34 After accepting the application materials, the acceptance personnel shall enter the application information and application materials into the ship registration system, and issue acceptance opinions in accordance with the provisions of Article 15, indicating the date of acceptance, and submit to the preliminary examination personnel.


Section IV Review


Article 35 After receiving the application materials submitted by the admissibility personnel, the preliminary examiners shall examine:


(1) Whether the application materials conform to the legal form;


(2) Whether the content of the application is consistent with the attached materials;


(3) Whether it complies with the provisions of the Regulations on Ship Registration, Measures for Ship Registration and relevant laws and administrative regulations;


(4) Whether the information input of the ship registration system is correct.


Article 36 After examination, the first-instance personnel shall fill in the opinions of the first instance, including whether the registration conditions are met, whether the registration is agreed to, the validity period of the certificate to be issued, etc., endorse the date, and submit it to the re-examination personnel. If the opinion of the first instance is not to register, reasons shall be given.


Article 37 Upon receipt of the application materials submitted by the persons conducting preliminary examination, the reviewing personnel shall examine:


(1) the main contents of the application and the approval form, and if necessary, check the application materials;


(2) Whether the opinions of the first instance comply with the requirements of relevant laws and administrative regulations.


Article 38 After the review, the reexamination personnel shall fill in the Yes
Shall fill in whether to agree to the registration of the review opinion, sign the date, and submit to the examination and approval personnel. If the reexamination opinion is inconsistent with the opinion of the first instance, reasons shall be given.




Article 39 After receiving the materials submitted by the review personnel, the examination and approval personnel shall review the preliminary examination, review opinions and related materials, fill in the opinions on whether to agree with the registration and (or) other handling opinions, sign and date the relevant materials, and return them to the preliminary examination personnel.




Section 5 Handling and notification




Article 40 If the examination and approval opinion is to agree to the registration, the preliminary examination personnel shall submit the relevant materials to the certificate maker. The certificate maker obtains the blank certificate from the blank certificate manager, signs, dates, fills in the certificate number on the ship registration certificate management ledger, makes the ship registration certificate, and submits the relevant materials to the seal manager.




The date of issuance of the certificate is the date of approval and signature by the approver. The reissue of the certificate shall indicate the words "reissue" after the date of issue of the certificate, and the validity period of the certificate is the same as that of the original certificate.




The registration of ship mortgage, bareboat charter and cancellation of ship registration shall be recorded in the ship ownership registration certificate; The registration of the alteration of the ship shall be recorded in the corresponding certificate.




Article 41 After the seal management personnel confirm that the type and quantity of the ship registration certificate are consistent with the content approved by the approving personnel, they shall affix the prescribed seal at the date of issue of the Chinese page of the certificate and hand it over to the verification personnel.




Where alteration, mortgage, bareboat charter, ship mortgage registration, bareboat charter registration certificate are printed on the ship ownership registration certificate, the seal management personnel shall affix a special seal for ship registration at the end of the printed content.




Article 42 After the verification personnel confirm that the type, content, seal and number of the certificate are correct, they shall sign, indicate the date and fill in the number and type of the certificate in the column of "Verification Certificate" in the ship registration certificate management ledger.




Article 43 If the examination and approval opinion is not registered, the preliminary examination personnel shall make a "Decision on no maritime administrative license" or "Decision on no maritime business", stamp the special seal for ship management, and hand over the application materials to the acceptance personnel.




Article 44 The accepting personnel shall notify the applicant to obtain the ship registration certificate or decision document.




When issuing a certificate or document, the certificate issuing personnel shall fill in the type and number of the certificate or document issued in the "certificate issuance" column of the ship registration certificate management ledger, sign and indicate the date, and require the applicant to sign and indicate the date in the "Certificate receipt" column of the ship registration certificate management ledger. For the issuance of the decision document not to register, the certificate issuing personnel shall also copy the original stored in the application materials and return it to the applicant.




Section 6 Withdrawal of application




Article 45 Before the issuance of the ship registration certificate, where the applicant submits a written explanation for the withdrawal of the registration application, the person accepting the application shall immediately notify the registrant who is going through the registration formalities to terminate the registration.




Article 46 After the termination of ship registration, the ship registration authority shall return the original registration application materials to the applicant, but the photocopy stamped with the correct seal of the original shall not be returned.




Section 7 Handling of disputes over ownership claims by third parties




Article 47 After the acceptance of the application for ship registration and before the issuance of the ship registration certificate, if a third party claims that there is an unresolved dispute over the ownership of the ship and applies for no registration, it shall submit the following materials to the ship registration authority:




(1) A description of the circumstances of the dispute concerning ownership, and a listing of the name of the vessel, the specific matters of the application for non-registration, the main facts and reasons;




(2) Relevant evidence of ownership dispute;




(3) A letter of commitment promising to be responsible for the authenticity and validity of the submitted materials and to bear the liability that may result therefrom.




Article 48 After accepting the ownership dispute materials, the accepting personnel shall notify the ship registration personnel to first examine the ownership dispute materials, transfer the relevant ownership dispute application materials to the preliminary examination personnel, and notify the ship registration applicant of the acceptance of the third-party claims of ownership disputes.




Article 49 If the first-adjudicator reviews the materials submitted by the third party in respect of the ownership dispute and considers that there is evidence that the ship has a ownership dispute, and the dispute affects the proposed registration of the ship, he shall fill in the opinions of the first instance of the proposed not to apply for registration, and hand over the materials in respect of the ownership dispute together with the materials of the ship registration application to the re-examining personnel; If the first adjudicator believes that there is no evidence to show that the ship has a ownership dispute, or the dispute has nothing to do with the ship registration matters to be handled, the first adjudicator shall fill in the preliminary opinion on the matters to be applied for registration, and the materials of the ownership dispute and the ship registration application materials shall be handed over to the reviewing personnel together.




Article 50 The reexamination and examination personnel shall review the disputed materials of ownership and the application materials for ship registration and make opinions on reexamination and examination respectively.




Section 8 Time limit for processing




Article 51 For the registration of ship's chimney sign and company flag, the ship registration authority shall complete the preliminary examination and approval within 5 working days and arrange for the announcement. If there is no objection after the expiration of the period of public announcement, the registration items applied for shall be recorded in the ship register and a certificate shall be issued within 2 working days.




Article 52 For other registration items, the ship registration authority shall, within 7 working days, record the items applied for registration in the ship register and issue corresponding certificates, or make a decision not to register them.




Information inquiry should be completed within 7 working days after acceptance.




Article 53 The time of announcement shall not be included in the time limit for vessel registration.




Section 9 Filing




Article 54 The archives management personnel shall sort out and file the application materials, examination and approval materials and copies of certificates, etc., and fill in the List of Ship Registration Archives.




Article 55 Ship registration files shall be filed within 5 working days after completion of each registration. Copies of all documents, certificates and certificates filed shall be stamped "Check with original and correct"; The original cancelled certificate filed shall be stamped "Cancelled" on each page.




Article 56 The photocopy in the ship registration file shall be A4 (or not exceeding A4) paper. The approval forms, applications and other materials submitted by the applicant for each registration in the file should be put together, arranged in chronological order, to establish the volume catalog, and the upper right corner of the front side of the materials in the file volume and the upper left corner of the reverse side with text page number.




Article 57 The same ship registration authority shall establish a file for the same ship and use a unified special bag for ship registration files for storage.




Chapter V Ship registration items




Section 1 Registration of ship ownership




Article 58 An application for registration of ownership of a ship shall be filed by the shipowner, and an application shall be filed jointly by all the co-owners of a ship.




Article 59 The subjects of the registration of ship ownership include Chinese citizens, legal persons established in China according to law, and unincorporated organizations. Among them, unincorporated organizations include sole proprietorship enterprises, partnerships, professional service organizations without legal personality, etc.




A branch office lawfully established by a legal person may apply for registration of ownership of a ship in its own name.




Article 60 To apply for registration of ownership of a ship, the following materials shall be submitted:




(1) Documents certifying the acquisition of ownership of the ship;




(2) Ship inspection certificates for newly built ships and existing ships, for ships of foreign nationality purchased overseas, which require ship inspection institutions to carry out import technical inspection, submit import inspection reports for old ships, and submit original ship inspection certificates for other ships;




(3) photos of the ship's beam, bow, stern and chimney;




(4) In the case of joint ownership of vessels, certificates of joint ownership of vessels shall also be submitted;




(5) If the shipowner is a joint venture, he shall also submit documents evidencing the amount of capital contributed by the joint venture;




(6) For a ship that has already been registered, the certificate of cancellation of the registration of ownership of the ship issued by the original ship registration authority shall also be submitted.




(7) Where the registration of mortgage has been completed, the shipowner shall submit explanatory materials indicating that the shipowner has been aware of the registration of the ship's mortgage.




Article 61 According to the different ways of acquiring ownership of a ship, the certification materials for acquiring ownership of a ship shall include:




(1) To submit the ship purchase invoice or the ship sale contract, and the handover documents;




(2) For new ships, submit the ship construction contract and handover documents;




(3) To submit legally effective documents certifying the acquisition of ownership of a ship acquired by succession;




(4) To submit the ship gift contract and handover documents for the ship acquired as a gift;




(5) For a ship acquired by auction according to law, a legally effective confirmation of auction transaction and a confirmation of completion of handover of the ship shall be submitted;




(6) To submit effective judgment documents, handover documents or notice of assistance in the execution of a ship acquired by a court judgment;




(7) To submit effective arbitration documents and handover documents for the ship acquired through arbitration by an arbitration institution;




(8) For ships whose ownership is transferred due to the transfer, restructuring or asset reorganization of government agencies, enterprises and institutions, submit the documents of asset transfer issued by the subject of the right or the ownership certificate of the asset reorganization ship and the handover documents;




(9) If the ownership of the ship is acquired through financial leasing, submit the ship financial leasing contract and handover documents;




(10) In the case of building a ship for self-use or other circumstances, submit documents sufficient to prove the ownership of the ship.




Article 62 To apply for registration of ownership of a ship under construction, the following materials shall be submitted:




(1) In the ship construction contract, if the ownership of the ship under construction is not clearly stipulated in the construction contract, a certificate of ownership of the ship under construction signed by the parties to the ship construction shall also be submitted;




(2) The basic technical parameters of the ship under construction issued by the ship inspection institution;




(c) more than 5 photos taken from different angles and reflecting the overall condition of the built part of the ship;




(4) a declaration that the ownership of the ship has not been registered with any registration authority;




(5) In the case of joint ownership of vessels, certificates of joint ownership of vessels shall also be submitted;




(6) If the shipowner is a joint venture, he shall also submit documents evidenting the amount of capital contributed by the joint venture.




Article 63 The date of acquisition of ownership in the registration of ownership of a ship is the date of handover of the ship as recorded in the documents of handover of the ship or the date recorded in other documents having the same legal effect. If the parties agree otherwise on the date of acquisition of ownership, the agreed date shall be.




Section 2 Registration of nationality of ships




Article 64 The shipowner shall apply for the registration of the nationality of a ship.




Article 65 To apply for a ship's nationality certificate, the following materials shall be submitted:




(1) ship ownership registration certificate;




(2) Ship inspection certificate issued by the ship inspection authority;




(3) A ship that has already been registered shall also submit a certificate of cancellation of its original nationality issued by the ship registration authority at the port of origin or a certificate of cancellation of its original nationality immediately upon re-registration.




Article 66 The validity period of a ship's nationality certificate shall be 5 years, except in the following cases:




(1) The validity period of the nationality certificate of an old transport ship shall not exceed the date of compulsory scrapping of the ship;




(2) The validity period of the nationality certificate of the vessel under domestic bareboat charter is the same as that of the bareboat charter, but the maximum period is not more than 5 years;




(3) If a short-term nationality certificate needs to be issued for the registration of "non-stop sailing certificate", the validity period of the nationality certificate shall not exceed the date of the next periodic inspection recorded in the original ship's inspection certificate.




Section 3 Temporary Nationality Registration of ships




Article 67 An application for a temporary ship nationality certificate shall be submitted in accordance with the following provisions:




(1) Where a newly built ship is sold outside the territory and the ship is delivered onshore from outside the territory, the shipowner shall apply to the ship registration authority at the place of construction with the certificate of ownership of the ship and a valid ship survey certificate;




(2) If a newly built ship purchased or built from abroad is delivered offshore from abroad, the shipowner shall apply to the diplomatic and consular missions of the People's Republic of China abroad with the documents certifying the ownership of the ship and the valid ship survey certificate;




(3) If a ship built in another place within the territory needs to sail to the port of registration or the port of handover, the shipowner shall apply to the ship registration authority at the place of construction with the ship construction contract and handover documents or the certificate of ownership of the ship and a valid ship survey certificate;




(4) Where a ship is chartered from abroad on bareboat terms, the bareboat charterer shall present the bareboat charter contract and the certificate of suspension or cancellation of the nationality of origin issued by the ship registration authority of the port of origin, or the certificate of suspension or cancellation of the nationality of origin immediately upon re-registration and the valid ship inspection certificate to the ship registration authority of its place of residence for application;




(5) Where a temporary certificate of nationality of a ship is required for the purchase of a second-hand ship from abroad, the shipowner shall apply to the ship registration authority at the place of his domicile or the place of his main business with the certificate of ownership of the ship, the valid certificate of ship survey and the certificate of approval for cancellation issued by the original ship registration authority;




(6) Due to a change in the port of registration of ships, it is necessary to apply for a temporary certificate of nationality of ships, the new owner of the ship shall present the certificate of ownership of the ship and a valid certificate of ship inspection to the ship registration authority after the change:




(7) Where the ship registration authority is changed due to a change in the shipowner's domicile or the ship's route, and a temporary certificate of nationality of the ship is required, the shipowner may apply to the original ship registration authority for the cancellation of ownership registration at the same time with the relevant certificate of change and a valid ship survey certificate.




Article 68 The validity period of a provisional certificate of nationality of a ship is generally not more than one year. For ships chartered from abroad on bareboat terms, the term of the temporary ship nationality certificate may be determined according to the charter period, but the maximum period shall not exceed 2 years. For second-hand ships purchased from overseas, the duration of the temporary ship nationality certificate shall not exceed 3 months.




Article 69 When a ship that has already obtained a provisional certificate of nationality of ships obtains a formal certificate of nationality of ships, the provisional certificate of nationality of ships shall automatically become invalid and be withdrawn by the new ship registration authority. The applicant may also apply to the original ship registration authority for cancellation of the temporary ship nationality certificate within its validity period.




Section 4 Registration of ship mortgage




Article 70 The mortgagor and the mortgagee shall jointly apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registration for the registration of the mortgage of a ship of gross tonnage or more.




Article 71 To apply for registration of ship mortgage, an existing ship shall submit the following materials:




(1) the ship mortgage contract and its main contract;




(2) ship ownership registration certificate;




(3) A written document in which the mortgagor and the mortgagee jointly confirm the status quo and value of the ship;




(4) A written document on whether the transfer of ownership of the ship is permitted during the mortgage period;




(5) In the case of joint ownership of the ship, all the joint owners or more than two-thirds of the shares or the co-owners of the agreed shares shall also submit documents evidencing their consent to the mortgage of the ship;




(6) Where the bareboat charter has been registered, the charterer's approval of the ship mortgage shall also be submitted.




Article 72 A ship under construction shall submit the following materials when applying for registration of ship mortgage:




(1) the ship mortgage contract and its main contract;


(2) The ship ownership registration certificate or the ship construction contract, if the agreement on the ownership of the ship under construction is not clear in the construction contract, the certificate of ownership of the ship under construction signed by the parties shall also be submitted;


(3) A written document in which the mortgagor and the mortgagee jointly confirm the status quo and value of the ship;

(4) the certificate of ship construction stage issued by the ship inspection authority and the 5 photos approved by it taken from different angles and reflecting the overall condition of the completed part of the ship;




(5) a statement issued by the mortgagor that the ship has not registered for mortgage in other registration authorities and that there are no laws or regulations prohibiting the establishment of mortgage on the ship;




(6) In the case of joint ownership of the ship, all the joint owners or more than two-thirds of the shares or the co-owners of the agreed shares shall also submit documents evidencing their consent to the mortgage of the ship.




Article 73 Where a ship's mortgage is transferred, the mortgagee and the transferee shall present the contract for the transfer of the ship's mortgage, the contract for the assignment of the creditor's right, the proof that the mortgagee has notified the mortgagor, the registration certificate of the ownership of the ship and the original registration certificate of the mortgage to the ship registration authority at the port of registry to apply for registration of the transfer of the mortgage. If the provisions are met after examination, the ship registration authority shall seal up the original ship mortgage registration certificate, issue a new ship pledge registration certificate to the transferee, and record the transferee as the mortgagee in the ship register and the ship ownership registration certificate. The date of application for mortgage registration in the new ship mortgage registration certificate is still the date of application for mortgage registration in the original mortgage registration certificate, and the date of issue of the certificate is the approval date of mortgage transfer registration.




Article 74 Where an application for registration of the mortgage of a ship is made on the basis of the entrusted loan contract, the registered mortgagee shall be determined in accordance with the mortgage contract.




Article 75 The amount of the claim secured by a ship mortgage shall not exceed the value of the ship confirmed jointly by the mortgagor and the mortgagee. The portion of the value of the ship exceeding the amount of the creditor's right may be mortgaged again.




Article 76 Where a mortgagor jointly guarantees the same claim with multiple ships, the amount of the jointly guaranteed claim shall not exceed the total value of each ship at the time of mortgage. A ship which has established a joint guarantee shall be regarded as an inseparable whole and may jointly guarantee other claims, provided that each ship may not be used as collateral separately to guarantee other claims.




When issuing a mortgage registration certificate for a jointly guaranteed ship, the amount of the claims guaranteed by each ship should be filled in the amount of the main claims jointly guaranteed by the mortgage contract, but in the remarks column of the mortgage registration certificate, it should be indicated that "XX (ship name), XX (ship name) a total of XX (number of) ships jointly guaranteed XX (amount of claims) yuan claims".




Article 77 Where the mortgagor and the mortgagee apply for registration of the maximum amount of mortgage, they shall agree on the maximum amount of the claim. The maximum amount of the claim shall not exceed the value of the ship jointly confirmed by the mortgagor and the mortgagee at the time of setting up the mortgage.




Article 78 The certificate of registration of ship mortgage shall not become invalid until it is cancelled.




Article 79 Where a ship transfers ownership during the mortgage period but does not apply for cancellation of the registration of the mortgage right, the current ship registration authority shall put the registered situation of the ship's mortgage right into the ship register and the ship's ownership registration certificate, indicate the name of the ship registration authority handling the registration of the ship's mortgage right, and note the change of the ship's ownership information on the original mortgage registration certificate.




Article 80 The application for registration of mortgage of a ship under 20 gross tonnage may be handled by reference to the provisions of this section.




Section 5 Registration of Bareboat charter of ships




Article 81 An application for bareboat charter registration shall be submitted in accordance with the following provisions:




(1) Where a vessel of Chinese nationality is leased to a domestic enterprise or citizen on bareboat terms, the shipowner and the charterer shall jointly apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registration with the following materials:




1. Bareboat charter contract or financial lease contract;




2. Ship ownership registration certificate;




(3) If the nationality of the ship has been obtained, the certificate of nationality of the ship shall also be submitted;




4. If the mortgage has been registered, a written document issued by the charterer that the ship has been mortgaged shall also be submitted.




(2) Where a vessel of Chinese nationality is chartered abroad on bareboat terms, the shipowner shall present the following materials to the ship registration authority at the port of registration for application:




1. Bareboat charter contract or financial lease contract;




2. Ship ownership registration certificate;




(3) If the nationality of the ship has been obtained, the certificate of nationality of the ship shall also be submitted.




(3) Where a Chinese enterprise charters a ship of a foreign nationality on bareboat terms, the charterer shall present the following materials to the ship registration authority at the place where the Chinese enterprise has its domicile or its principal place of business;




1. Bareboat charter contract;




2. Valid ship survey certificate;




(3) A certificate of suspension or cancellation of the nationality of the ship issued by the ship registration authority at the original port of registration, or a certificate of suspension or cancellation of the nationality of the ship immediately upon re-registration.




Article 82 Where a ship is leased within the territory, the ship registration authority shall separately enter the ship ownership registration certificate and the ship registration book, and issue one copy of the ship charter registration certificate to the shipowner and the charterer. If the ship nationality certificate has been obtained, the bareboat charterer information and charter period shall be signed on the original ship nationality certificate. If the nationality certificate is valid within the bareboat charter period, it may be exempted from issuing a new nationality certificate.




Where a ship is chartered out of the country on bareboat terms, the ship registration authority shall suspend or cancel the nationality of the ship, seal up or cancel the original nationality certificate of the ship, and issue the certificate of registration of the ship charter.




Article 83 A ship under financial charter shall register the ownership of the ship and the bareboat charter, and note "financial lease" on the bareboat charter registration certificate.




Vessels under construction for financial leasing shall not be registered for bareboat leasing.




Article 84 During the bareboat charter period, where the charterer subcharters the ship to another person and applies for registration of bareboat subchartering, the charterer shall submit the proof of the shipowner's consent to the subchartering.




Article 85 Where a bareboat charter is renewed within the term of the bareboat charter contract, the shipowner or charterer shall, before the expiry of the bareboat charter contract, present the bareboat charter registration certificate and the charter renewal contract and apply to the ship registration authority for charter renewal registration.




Where the bareboat charter contract is renewed upon expiration, it shall be deemed that a new bareboat charter contract has been concluded, and the shipowner or charterer shall apply for cancellation of the original bareboat charter registration and apply for a new bareboat charter registration.




Where the bareboat charter contract is no longer renewed upon expiration, the bareboat charter shall be registered for cancellation. Where Chinese enterprises or citizens charter ships of foreign nationality on bareboat terms, they shall also apply for the cancellation of the registration of the nationality of the ship; In the case of ships of Chinese nationality chartered abroad on bareboat terms, a certificate of nationality of the ship shall also be applied for.




Article 86 Where a ship transfers ownership during the bareboat charter period but does not apply for cancellation of the bareboat charter registration, the current ship registration authority shall record the registered bareboat charter information of the ship in the ship register and the ship ownership registration certificate, indicate the name of the ship registration authority handling the bareboat charter registration, and note the change information on the original bareboat charter registration certificate.




Section 6 Registration of ship chimney sign and company flag




Article 87 The owner of a ship of Chinese nationality may apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registration for registration of the ship's chimney mark and company flag. An application for a joint ownership ship shall be filed jointly by all the co-owners.




Article 88 Ships of the same company may use only one ship chimney sign and company flag. The ship chimney sign and company flag of the joint application can only be used for ships jointly owned by the applicant.




Article 89 The ship's chimney sign and the company flag shall have distinctive features that are easy to identify and may include a combination of words, figures, letters, numbers and colors, or a combination of the above elements.




The ship's chimney sign and company flag shall not be identical with or similar to the ship's chimney sign and company flag registered earlier.




Article 90 The following symbols shall not be used for the ship's chimney sign and the company flag applied for registration:




(1) those identical with or similar to the state name, national flag, national emblem, military flag or MEDALS of the People's Republic of China;




(2) those identical with or similar to the names, flags and emblems of other countries or regions and intergovernmental international organizations, except with the consent of such countries or regions;




(3) acts of ethnic discrimination or colonialism;




(4) those that are harmful to socialist morals and customs or have other adverse effects;




(5) copying or imitating a well-known trademark that has been registered by another person, or copying, imitating or translating the name or logo of a well-known enterprise with influence in its business area, which is likely to cause confusion;




(6) Those expressly prohibited by laws and administrative regulations.




Article 91 The registration of ship chimney sign and company flag may be applied for separately or simultaneously, and the following materials shall be submitted:




(1) standard design drawings;




(2) Design instructions for ship chimney sign and company flag.




Standard design drawings shall be printed in color, indicating the size, color and name of the designer of the logo. The design description shall comprehensively and in detail elaborate the features and meanings of the graphics, characters, letters, numbers, colors and other elements in the ship's chimney sign and the company flag and their combinations.




Article 92 The ship registration authority shall examine the application materials and, if they meet the requirements, give preliminary examination and approval; If it does not comply with the provisions, it shall not handle the registration of the ship's chimney sign and the company flag.




Where two or more applicants for registration of the ship's stack sign or company flag apply for registration with the same or similar ship's stack sign or company flag, the ship's stack sign or company flag that comes first shall be preliminatively examined and approved; If the application is made on the same day, there is evidence to show the use of the ship's chimney sign and the company flag after preliminary examination, and the applicant has no evidence to show the time of use, the application shall be handled after reaching a consensus through consultation.




Article 93 After preliminary examination and approval, the ship registration authority shall announce the application on the official website or other online means. If there is no objection within 30 days from the date of publication of the announcement, or if the ship registration authority finds that the objection is not established, the ship's chimney sign and company flag shall be registered; If there is an objection during the period of announcement and the objection is confirmed by the ship registration authority, the registration of the ship's chimney sign and company flag shall not be handled.




Article 94 The ship registration authority shall keep a Register of Ship's Chimney Signs and Company Flags to record the registered ship's chimney signs, company flags and other relevant registration matters. The registration files of the ship's chimney sign and the company flag shall be kept in the form of one file by the same ship owner.




Section 7 Registration of changes




Article 95 Where a ship registration item is changed, the applicant for ship registration shall apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registry for registration of the alteration by presenting the certificate of the alteration item and the ship registration certificate related to the alteration item.




In the case of joint ownership of the ship, all the joint owners or more than two-thirds of the shares or the agreed shares of the co-owners shall also submit a written document agreeing to the change.




If the ship has multiple mortgage registrations and the alteration item involves changes in the amount of the secured creditor's rights, etc., if it has adverse effects on other mortgagees, the other mortgagees shall also submit the documentary proof of written consent of the alteration. If the consent of other mortgagees cannot be obtained, but it is still necessary to continue the mortgage, the original mortgage registration shall be cancelled and the mortgage registration date shall be the date on which the new application is accepted.




Article 96 Where the joint ownership of a ship is changed, the shipowner shall register the change. The change registration date shall be the approval date of the ship registration, and the specific date of the change of the common situation shall be indicated in the column of the change of the registered item. If the port of registration needs to be changed due to a change in the common ownership of the ships, the owner shall apply for cancellation of the original registration of ownership of the ship and apply to the ship registration authority at the new port of registration for registration of ownership of the new ship.




Article 97 Where it is necessary to change the ship registration authority due to a change of route or a change of domiciliation of the shipowner, the shipowner shall apply to the original ship registration authority for registration of the change and submit the following materials:




(1) Documents evidencing the change of the ship's route or the owner's domicile;




(2) ship ownership registration certificate;




(3) If the nationality of the ship has been obtained, the certificate of nationality of the ship shall also be submitted;




(4) If the mortgagee has registered the right of mortgage, it shall also submit the proof of the mortgagee's consent to change the ship registration authority;




(5) If bareboat charter registration has been completed, the charterer shall also submit a certificate of consent to change the ship registration authority.




The original ship registration authority shall cancel all registrations except the mortgage registration and bareboat charter registration, and withdraw other registration certificates except the mortgage registration certificate and bareboat charter registration certificate. When issuing a new ship ownership registration certificate, the new ship registration authority shall record on the certificate the registration of the original ship mortgage and bareboat charter, and indicate the name of the ship registration authority handling the registration of ship mortgage and bareboat charter. The original ship mortgage registration certificate and bareboat charter registration certificate are still valid.




Article 98 Where alteration registration is carried out due to alteration of a ship's name, the ship registration authority shall withdraw the original ship registration certificate, issue a new ship registration certificate, and print the ship's name change information in the column of "alteration of registered items".




Article 99 Where the registered ship chimney sign and company flag need to change the design drawing, the ship registration authority shall announce it on the official website and other online means after preliminary examination and approval. If there is no objection within 30 days from the date of publication of the announcement, or the ship registration authority finds that the objection is not established, the ship's chimney sign and company flag shall be registered for change.




Section 8 Cancellation of registration




Article 100 In any of the following cases, the shipowner shall apply to the ship registration authority at the port of Registry for cancellation of ownership registration:




(1) The ownership of the ship has been transferred;




(2) the loss of the ship (including the dismantling or sinking of the ship) and the disappearance of the ship;




(3) Changes in the applicable ship registration system.




Article 101 To apply for registration of cancellation of ownership of a ship, the following materials shall be submitted:




(1) relevant supporting documents for the application for cancellation of registration of ownership;




(2) ship ownership registration certificate;




(3) If the nationality of the ship has been obtained, the certificate of nationality of the ship shall also be submitted;




(4) If bareboat charter registration has been completed, the supporting documents that have been notified to the charterer shall also be submitted;




(5) The financial lease of the ship shall also submit the certificate of the charterer's consent to the cancellation;




(6) If the mortgagee has registered the right of mortgage and expressly agreed to transfer the ownership during the mortgage registration, the mortgagee shall submit proof that the mortgagee has known the transfer of the ship; If the mortgagee has registered the mortgage but does not express whether he agrees to transfer or does not agree to transfer the ownership during the mortgage registration, he shall submit the proof of the mortgagee's consent to the transfer.




Article 102 The relevant supporting documents for applying for cancellation of registration of ownership of a ship shall include:




(1) Documents certifying the transfer of ownership of the ship;




(2) ship dismantling certification materials (ship dismantling contract or scrap ship purchase contract, ship dismantling photos or shipyard dismantling certification documents);




(3) Materials evidenting the sinking of the ship (written confirmation of liability for maritime traffic accidents, materials evidenting the abandonment of sunken ship salvage or other materials that can prove the actual or presumed total loss of the ship);




(4) Documents evidenting the disappearance of the ship (receipt of the report on the disappearance of the ship, certificate of the disappearance of the ship issued by the relevant authorities or other materials that can prove the disappearance of the ship);




(5) Evidence of changes in the applicable registration system (statement of circumstances issued by the owner of the ship, relevant certificate of conversion to a non-maritime registered ship or other materials indicating that the ship is no longer applicable to the ship registration system);




(6) Proof that the ship is no longer in use on the water (a letter of undertaking issued by the owner of the ship indicating that the ship has been towed to the shore and is no longer in use on the water and photos of the scene).
If the above materials cannot be provided, but the loss of the ship (including the dismantling and sinking of the ship) and the disappearance of the ship can be inferred based on the actual situation, other materials that can prove the loss of the ship (including the dismantling and sinking of the ship) and the disappearance of the ship may be provided.




Article 103 Where a ship has been purchased in China and needs to be registered again, the cancellation registration authority shall collect the information and contact information of the new owner of the ship, verify the current berth of the ship and correctly fill in the registration authority of the next port when handling the registration of the ship.




After the completion of the ship cancellation registration, the ship cancellation registration authority shall push the ship cancellation information through the ship registration system to the maritime administrative authority directly under the ship's location or the unit or department established by the local people's government at all levels to assume the responsibilities of water traffic safety supervision and the next port registration authority.




The registration authority of the next port shall track the cancellation of the registration of the ship and dispose of it in accordance with the following principles:




(1) If the ship is bought and sold to China again, the next port registration authority shall push the updated ship cancellation information to the new registration authority through the system as soon as possible after confirmation, and the new registration authority shall be responsible for follow-up follow-up;




(2) Where the ship is sold abroad, dismantled, scrapped, sunk, lost or missing, converted to non-maritime registration, or no longer used on water, the registration authority at the next port shall collect and keep relevant materials and make notes in the ship registration system by referring to Article 102 of these Regulations.




(3) If the ship is arrested or restricted, the registration authority of the next port shall keep the documents of ship arrest or restricted punishment issued by the relevant authorities, and notify the maritime administrative authority where the ship is located after making remarks in the ship registration system.




Article 104 If, at the time of cancellation of the registration of ownership of a ship, the ship's nationality certificate is still valid, the ship's nationality shall be cancelled and the ship's nationality certificate shall be withdrawn.




Article 105 Where a ship is chartered out of the country on bareboat terms or in other circumstances where it is necessary to deregister the nationality of the ship, the shipowner shall apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registration for (temporary) deregistration of the nationality of the ship with the supporting documents and the certificate of nationality of the ship.




Article 106 Where the principal creditor's right secured by a ship is extinguished or the ship mortgage contract is rescinded, the mortgagor and the mortgagor shall jointly apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registry for cancellation of the mortgage by presenting the following materials:




(1) the document certifying the mortgagee's consent to cancel the registration of the mortgage;




(2) ship ownership registration certificate;




(3) Registration certificate of ship mortgage.




Article 107 When the bareboat charter contract expires, the bareboat shipowner shall apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registry for cancellation of the bareboat charter registration. When the bareboat charter relationship terminates, the applicant for registration of bareboat charter shall apply to the ship registration authority at the port of Registry for cancellation of registration of bareboat charter and submit the following materials:




(1) Documents evidencing the expiration of the bareboat charter contract or the termination of the bareboat charter relationship;




(2) ship ownership registration certificate;




(3) Bareboat charter registration certificate;




(4) If a ship is chartered abroad on bareboat terms, a certificate of cancellation of the nationality of the ship issued by the ship registration authority of the place where the charterer is located or a certificate of cancellation of the nationality of the ship immediately upon re-registration shall be submitted, but it is not necessary to submit it in the case of renewal of bareboat charter;




(5) Ships chartered from abroad on bareboat terms shall also submit a temporary certificate of nationality of the ship;




(6) For financial leasing of ships, the lessee shall also submit documents or other statutory instruments evidenting his agreement to cancel the registration of bareboat charter.




Article 108 The ship registration authority, when cancelling the bareboat charter registration, shall issue a certificate of nationality of the ship to a ship chartered abroad on bareboat terms upon the application of the shipowner. For ships chartered from abroad on bareboat terms, the provisional nationality registration of ships shall be cancelled and the provisional nationality certificate of ships shall be withdrawn.




Article 109 Where an application is made for cancellation of the ship's stack mark or company flag, the applicant shall present the original registration certificate of the ship's stack mark or company flag to the ship registration authority at the port of registry for application.




Article 110 The registration authority may cancel the nationality registration of a ship on its own initiative under any of the following circumstances:




(1) The ship has been lost (including the dismantling or sinking of the ship) but has not taken the initiative to apply for cancellation within the time limit;




(2) The ship has been scrapped but has not taken the initiative to apply for cancellation within the time limit;




(3) The ship's nationality registration is revoked or withdrawn in accordance with law, or the ship's nationality certificate is revoked;




(4) The ship's nationality certificate has expired but has not applied for renewal.




Article 111 Where the nationality certificate of the ship mentioned in subparagraphs (1) and (2) of Article 110 is still within the validity period, the ship registration authority shall issue a public notice to compel the cancellation of the nationality certificate of the ship. If the shipowner does not raise any objection within 60 days from the date of promulgation of the announcement, the ship registration authority shall cancel the ship's nationality certificate and publish an announcement on the official website of the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China for public inquiry.




Article 112 Where a company owned by a ship is bankrupt, the administrator appointed by the people's court shall apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registry for cancellation of registration.




If the company that owns the ship is dissolved, the liquidation group established according to law shall apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registration for cancellation of registration.




Section 9 Certificate reissue




Article 113 Where the certificate of registration of ownership of a ship, the certificate of nationality of a ship, the certificate of registration of cancellation of registration of a ship, the certificate of registration of a ship's chimney sign or the certificate of registration of a company flag is lost or lost, the applicant for the original certificate shall apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registration for a replacement certificate with a written explanation of the reason for the replacement.




Article 114 The ship registration authority shall make a public announcement on the official website and other online means, stating that the original certificate is invalid.




If there is no objection within 90 days from the date of promulgation of the announcement on the reissue of the ownership registration certificate, or if the ship registration authority finds that the objection is not established, there is no objection within 3 days from the date of promulgation of the announcement on the reissue of the Certificate of nationality of the ship, the Certificate of deregistration of the ship, the ship funnel mark and the company flag registration certificate, or if the ship registration authority finds that the objection is not established, The ship registration authority shall issue a new certificate; When applying for cancellation of registration of ownership or nationality, the shipowner finds that the certificate of registration of ownership or nationality of ship is lost or lost, he shall submit a written explanation to the ship registration authority at the port of registration, and the ship registration authority shall make an announcement on the official website or other online means, and shall not issue a new certificate upon the expiration of the period of announcement. If there is an objection within the period of the announcement and the vessel registration authority determines that the objection is established, no new certificate shall be issued.




Article 115 The validity period of the reissued nationality certificate is the same as that of the original nationality certificate, and the words of reissue are indicated.




Article 116 Where the certificate of registration of ship mortgage or the certificate of registration of bareboat charter of ship is lost or lost, the applicant for the original certificate shall report to the ship registration authority at the port of registration. The ship registration authority shall make an announcement on the official website and other online means, stating that the original certificate is invalid, but no new certificate will be issued. When applying for registration of cancellation of mortgage or registration of cancellation of bareboat charter, the applicant may handle the registration information of ship mortgage or bareboat charter on the notice sheet and the registration certificate of ship ownership.




Section 10 Certificate renewal




Article 117 Where the certificate of registration of ownership of a ship, the certificate of nationality of a ship, the certificate of cancellation of registration of a ship, the certificate of registration of the ship's chimney sign, the certificate of registration of the company flag, the certificate of registration of the ship's mortgage or the certificate of registration of the ship's bareboat charter are degenerated and cannot be used, The applicant for the original certificate shall present the written explanation of the reason for the renewal and the original ship registration certificate to the ship registration authority at the port of registration to apply for the renewal of the certificate.




The validity period of the certificate of nationality of the ship replaced due to damage is the same as that of the original certificate of nationality of the ship.




Article 118 Within one year before the expiration of the certificate of ship nationality and within the validity period of the temporary certificate of ship nationality, the applicant shall present the valid technical certificate of ship to the ship registration authority at the port of registration to apply for the renewal of the certificate.




The period of validity of a ship's nationality certificate which is renewed due to expiration shall be calculated from the second day after the expiration of the original certificate, but shall not be earlier than the date of issue. The nationality certificate of the original ship may not be withdrawn.




Chapter VI Procedures for judicial assistance in execution




Article 119 Where the ship registration authority assists the court in execution, it shall keep the notice of assistance in execution served by the court and the effective judgment document.




Article 120 The ship registration authority shall not accept the assistance in execution where the materials for assistance in execution are not complete, the ship assisted in execution is not registered with the registration authority, or the matters of assistance in execution are unclear.




Article 121 After the ship registration authority receives the instrument of assistance in execution, the person of first instance shall be responsible for reviewing the contents of assistance in execution, putting forward opinions on whether to assist in execution, and reporting them to the person of review. After examination and approval by the reviewing personnel, it shall be reported to the examining and approving personnel for examination and approval.




Article 122 Where the ship registration authority can assist in the execution upon examination, it shall go through the relevant formalities in accordance with the contents specified in the notice of assistance in the execution and enter it into the ship registration system.




Article 123 Where, before assisting in execution, the ship registration authority also receives a notice of assistance in execution from another people's court, it shall execute the notice in the order in which it received it.




Article 124 After a ship is auctioned in accordance with law, the owner of the new ship may apply to the original ship registration authority for cancellation of ownership registration and return the original ship ownership registration certificate on the basis of the maritime court's confirmation of the sale of the ship and the confirmation of the completion of the transfer of ownership. If the original ship ownership registration certificate cannot be returned, the ship registration authority shall announce on the official website or other online means that the original certificate is invalid, and go through the formalities of cancelling the registration of the original ship ownership. After the original ship ownership registration certificate is cancelled, the original ship nationality certificate, ship mortgage registration certificate, bareboat charter registration certificate, etc., shall be cancelled together.




Article 125 After the ship is auctioned in accordance with law, all the preservation made before the ship is auctioned shall become invalid. If other courts fail to lift the ship preservation measures, it shall not affect the new shipowner's application for ship registration.




Article 126 Where the ownership of a ship is changed by an effective judgment written by a people's court, the original shipowner shall apply to the ship registration authority at the port of origin for cancellation of the original registration of ownership of the ship, and the new shipowner shall register the new ownership of the ship by presenting the effective judgment written by the people's court and the ship handover document.




Where the shares of a ship are changed by an effective judgment written by the people's court, the original shipowner and the new shipowner shall jointly apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registration for registration of the change.




If the original ship owner does not apply for cancellation of the original ship ownership registration or does not cooperate with the registration of change, after the new ship owner applies to the people's court for enforcement, the ship registration authority shall handle the registration of cancellation or change of ship ownership with the effective judgment of the people's court, the enforcement ruling and the notice of assistance in enforcement.




Chapter VII Issuance of continuous summary records




Article 127 Passenger ships of Chinese nationality for international navigation and cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and above must be equipped with a Continuous Summary Record issued by the competent maritime authority.




Article 128 The Continuous Summary Record consists of the following three parts:




(a) a continuous summary record document issued by the competent authority (Form 1);




(b) an amendment form (Form 2) drawn up in response to changes in recorded items;




(3) Change the index table (Form 3).




Article 129 The contents of the Continuous Summary Records shall include:




(1) Name of the flag state;




(2) the date of ship registration;




(3) the name of the ship;




(4) port of registration;




(5) the owner of the ship and his registered address;




(6) registered shipowner identification number;




(vii) Bareboat charterer and his registered address (if applicable);




(8) the name of the company as defined in the International Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and the Control of Pollution Prevention, its registered address and the address at which it carries out safety management activities;




(9) Company identification number;




(10) the names of all classification societies in which the ship is classified;




(11) The name of the competent authority that issued the Certificate of Conformity (or Provisional Certificate of Conformity) to the company operating the ship in accordance with the International Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and the Management of Pollution Prevention;




(12) The name of the authority or recognized organization that issued the Safety Management Certificate or Temporary Safety Management Certificate to the ship;




(13) The name of the authority or recognized organization that issues the International Ship Security Certificate or Provisional International Ship Security Certificate to the ship; If the security verification is performed by a different organization than the one issuing the security verification, the name of the verification organization should also be included;




(14) the date of cancellation of registration of the ship.




Article 130 A shipowner or bareboat charterer of a ship (applicable to chartering a ship from abroad) shall apply to the ship registration authority at the port of Registration for a Continuous Summary Record and submit the following materials:




(1) Application for Continuous Summary Records;




(2) Completed Chinese and English Form 1 and its electronic document;




(3) A copy of the Certificate of Conformity (or the Provisional Certificate of Conformity);




(d) "Safety management Certificate" (or "temporary safety Management Certificate") copy;




(5) Copy of the International Ship Security Certificate (or Provisional International Ship Security Certificate).




(6) All copies of the Continuous Summary Record were previously held by the ship.




The ship manager may, with the "Management Agreement", the letter of authorization of the ship owner or the bareboat charterer of the ship and the materials provided in the preceding paragraph, apply to the ship registration authority at the port of registration for a Continuous Summary Record.




Article 131 When the contents listed in items 3 to 13 of the Continuous Summary Record change, the applicant shall immediately apply to the registration authority of the Port of Registry for the change document of the Continuous Summary Record, and submit the following materials:




(1) Application for change of Continuous Summary Record;




(2) Copies of Form 2 in Chinese and English and electronic documents thereof;




(3) Supporting materials for changes.




Article 132 Where a ship is transferred to China for registration under another flag and continues to engage in international navigation, the ship registration authority at the port of Registry shall issue a new Continuous Summary Record with serial numbers on the basis of all copies of the Continuous Summary Record held by the ship as mailed by the competent authority of the previous flag State at the request of the shipowner. The applicant shall submit the following materials:




(1) The Continuous Summary Record issued by the competent authority of the previous flag State for deregistration and its photocopy;




(2) All the Continuous Summary Records and their copies held by the ship prior to the issuance of the Continuous Summary Records referred to in (1).




Article 133 Where a ship is transferred to China for registration under another flag and is changed to a domestic seagoing vessel, it is not necessary to apply for a Continuous Summary Record, but when handling the first ship registration business after the transfer, all copies of the Continuous Summary Record issued by the relevant registration authority before the change shall be submitted to the ship registration authority as part of the ship registration file.




Where a ship is converted from an international sailing ship to a domestic sailing ship during the period of registration in China, it is not necessary to apply for a Continuous Summary Record, but all copies of the Continuous Summary Record issued by the relevant registration authority before the change shall be submitted to the ship registration authority as part of the ship registration file.
Article 134 Where an international sailing ship of Chinese nationality charters out of the country, the ship registration authority at the port of registration shall issue a new "Continuous Summary Record" to indicate the status of registration at the same time as the formalities for cancellation of nationality registration and bareboat charter registration. The newly issued copy of the Continuous Summary Record together with all copies of the Continuous Summary Record previously held by the ship shall be mailed to the competent government authority of the next flag State within 3 working days.




Article 135 Where a ship is transferred to another country (region) for registration under the Chinese flag, the ship registration authority at the port of registry shall, upon the application of the owner of the ship, issue a new "Continuous Summary Record" at the same time as the formalities for deregistration to indicate the deregistration. The new Continuous Summary Record shall remain unchanged except for item 15, which is marked as follows in both Chinese and English:




(1) English: The ship has gone through the registration cancellation formalities with the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China on (year/month/day) and is now transferred to (flag State).




(2) English and Chinese: This ship has on the (year/month/day) ceased to fly the flag of the P. R. China and has been transferred to the flag of (Country or flag).




The registration authority of the port of Registry shall send the newly issued copy of the Continuous Summary Record together with all copies of the Continuous Summary Record held by the previous ship to the competent government authority of the next flag State within 3 working days.




Article 136 The Serial Summary Record (Form 1) issued by the registration authority of the Port of Registry shall be numbered consecutively during the ship's operating cycle.




Article 137 In case of damage or loss of the Continuous Summary Record of Ships, the applicant shall immediately submit a written report and specific explanation to the registration authority of the port of Registration, and apply for replacement. A written request for damage or loss and a list of documents for damage or loss are required for the replacement of the Continuous Summary Record.




Regardless of whether the damaged or lost Continuous Summary Record was issued by the ship registration authority, the ship registration authority shall, within 7 working days, issue a copy of the damaged or lost copy of the Continuous Summary Record with the following remarks in item 16:




In accordance with Article 12 of International Maritime Organization Resolution A.959 (23), this copy is issued as A replacement for the damage or loss of the ship's Continuous Summary Record.




(2) English: According to Article 12 of IMO Resolution A. 959 (23), this document is issued under the request of the company or master in case of loss of, or damage to,  a ship ’s CSR file .




Article 138 Authorized by the Maritime Administration of the Ministry of Transport, the director of the ship registration authority at the port of Registry or the deputy director in charge shall be responsible for signing the Continuous Summary Record. The Continuous Summary Record is in Chinese and English and affixed with the Special Seal for Ship Documents. The ship registration authority shall make a copy and stamp it "verified as correct with the original".




Article 139 The application materials for "Continuous Summary Records" shall be kept together with the ship registration files of the ship as part of the ship registration files, and the electronic documents shall be properly kept.




When a ship changes its port of registration in China, a copy of the Continuous Summary Record during the period under the jurisdiction of this registration authority shall be uploaded to the ship registration information system together with the registration file.




Chapter VIII Management of blank certificate and seal




Article 140 The blank ship registration certificate shall be kept by the person in charge of the blank certificate.




Article 141 The ship registration authority shall establish an account for the administration of ship registration certificates. Blank certificate in and out of the warehouse, certificate management personnel shall be recorded in the account. Blank certificate production personnel to obtain a blank certificate, shall fill in the receipt record and sign on the account.




Article 142 The nullified certificate shall be handed over to the management personnel of the blank certificate for safekeeping, and shall be regularly handed over to the Bureau office for unified destruction after approval by the competent leadership. The administrative personnel of blank certificate shall record the destruction of the invalid certificate in the ship registration certificate management account.




Article 143 The ship registration authority shall check and verify the quantity of stock certificates in June and December of each year, and the result of the check shall be recorded in the ship registration certificate management account. The number of persons participating in the certificate check shall not be less than 2.




Article 144 Special seals for ship registration (including steel seals) shall be administered by special persons designated by the ship registration authority.




Chapter IX Registration books and archives management




Article 145 The ship registration book shall be automatically generated by the ship registrars when they conduct business in the ship registration system.




Article 146 The ship register shall be managed and permanently kept by the ship registration authority and may be kept in electronic medium or printed on paper by the ship registration system.




Where the ship registration book is damaged or lost, the ship registration authority shall rebuild it on the basis of the original registration data.




Article 147 The ship registration archives shall include all kinds of texts, diagrams, photographs and other materials collected and formed by the ship registration authority in the course of registration.




Article 148 The ship registration files formed by the ship registration authority shall be kept by the authority. When the ship registration authority changes, the original ship registration authority shall, within 2 working days from the date of cancellation of the ship, upload the certificate of transfer of ownership of the ship or the certificate of change of domicile of the ship owner and the list of registration files to the ship registration system.




Article 149 The ship registration authority shall properly keep the ship registration files. After a ship is lost (including broken up or sunk) or goes missing, the ship registration files shall be kept for another 10 years.




Article 150 The destruction of ship registration archives that have expired or have lost their preservation value shall be subject to the opinions of the ship registration personnel at the first examination and archival management personnel and a list of destruction lists, which may be destroyed only after being approved by the approver. The ship registration authority shall designate special persons to be responsible for the destruction of the ship registration files and sign the destruction register after the destruction.




Article 151 When a ship is transferred from a maritime administration agency to a fishery ship administration agency for registration, the ship registration authority may provide a copy of the ship registration file required by the fishery ship administration agency, and affix a verification seal with the original. When a ship is transferred from the fishery ship management agency to the maritime management agency for registration, if the fishery ship management agency fails to provide the original of the materials required by the maritime management agency, it may accept the copy of the stamp of confirmation and verification of the original by the fishery ship management agency.




Chapter X Inquiry of ship registration data




Article 152 Ship registration data, including ship registration book and ship registration files.




Article 153 The owner of the ship recorded in the ship register may, by himself or by proxy, inquire about the ship register with the ship registration authority at the port of registration.




An interested party meeting the following conditions may inquire the ship register book at the ship registration authority at the port of registration by itself or by proxy:




(1) where an interest relationship is formed through the sale, exchange, donation, leasing or mortgage of the ship;




(2) there is a civil dispute on the ship and litigation or arbitration has been initiated, which constitutes an interest;




(3) Other circumstances provided for by laws and regulations.




Article 154 To inquire into the ship register, the following materials shall be submitted:




(1) The application form for inquiry of ship registration information, specifying the specific vessel to be queried and the matters to be queried;




(2) the identity certificate of the applicant, if entrusted to another person, the power of attorney and the identity certificate of the principal shall be submitted;




(3) Proof of the relevant ship's rights or interest.




Article 155 Units and individuals that meet the following conditions may inquire about ship registration files at the ship registration authority that handles the registration of the matters to be queried:




(1) The owner of a ship may inquire the ship registration files directly related to his ship rights by himself or by entrusting others;




(2) The people's courts, people's procuratorates, state security organs, discipline inspection and supervision organs, audit organs and other relevant Party and state organs and arbitration institutions may, as required by their work, inquire the ship registration files directly related to the cases or work matters they handle;




(3) A law firm may inquire the ship registration files directly related to the cases it represents for the needs of litigation cases that have been filed and accepted by the court.




Article 156 The following materials shall be submitted to inquire the ship registration archives:




(1) The application form for inquiry of ship registration information, specifying the specific vessel to be queried and the matters to be queried;




(2) the identity certificate of the applicant, if entrusted to another person, the power of attorney and the identity certificate of the principal shall be submitted;




(3) the owner of the ship submits the relevant certificate of the ship's rights;




(4) The relevant Party and state organs and arbitration institutions submit the inquiry certificates issued by the units indicating the reasons and matters for the inquiry and the work certificates of the staff members performing the inquiry tasks;




(5) The law firm submits to the court the certificate of filing a case, and the certification materials that the matters queried have a direct relationship with the case.




Article 157 Where a successor or legatee acquires the right to a ship by inheritance or legacy, the provisions of this Chapter on the search of the owner of the ship shall apply.




The successor or legatee mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall, in addition to submitting the materials specified in Articles 154 and 156 of these Regulations, submit the death certificate of the decedent or legatee, the will or legatee support agreement and other materials that can prove the occurrence of inheritance or legatee.




Article 158 The liquidation team, insolvency representatives, property custodians, guardians and other entities entitled to manage and dispose of the ship according to law shall refer to the provisions of this Chapter on the search of the owner of the ship.




Those who inquire the registration information of ships in accordance with this article shall, in addition to submitting the materials provided for in Articles 154 and 156 of these Regulations, also submit the materials with which they are entitled to dispose of the ship according to law.




Article 159 A person who has the intention to buy, sell, lease or mortgage a ship, or intends to apply to the court for the arrest of the ship, or to institute relevant litigation or arbitration, but is unable to provide proof of interest is allowed to apply for the inquiry of the following information recorded in the ship register on the basis of the identification materials and the inquiry description:




(1) the owner of the ship and whether there is a common situation;




(2) whether the ship has registered mortgage;




(3) whether the ship is subject to registration of seizure or other restrictive measures.




Article 160 The inquiry into the ship register shall be handled after the examination and approval at the second level by the first examining and reviewing party of the ship registration.




The inquiry of ship registration files shall be handled after three-level examination and approval by the ship registration examiner, the reseer and the approver.




Article 161 Inquiries into the ship registration book and ship registration files shall be made at the place designated by the ship registration authority. A special person designated by the ship registration authority shall be responsible for inquiring the ship registration files.




Where the applicant requests a certificate of inquiry results, after examination by the researer, it may print or copy the relevant contents in the ship register, indicate the date of inquiry, and affix the "special seal for inquiry of ship registration information". Where the applicant requests copies of ship registration files, it shall list the list of materials to be copied, make copies after approval by the approver, indicate the date of inquiry, and affix the "special seal for ship registration information inquiry".




Article 162 The ship registration authority shall establish a record book for the inquiry of ship registration information, recording the inquiry time, inquiry matters, applicants, inquiry results, whether written certificates have been issued, photocopying materials, etc.




All kinds of words and materials formed in the course of inquiry shall be uniformly archived and kept by the ship registration authority.




Article 163 The ship registration authority and its personnel shall keep confidential the information provided for the inquiry of ship registration information and shall not expand the scope of inquiry without authorization.




Article 164 The applicant shall have the obligation to keep confidential the state secrets, trade secrets and personal privacy involved in the inquiry of ship registration information, and shall not use the inquiry results or obtained information to carry out improper activities.




Chapter XI Supplementary Provisions




Article 165 Investors from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region shall make investments in the Mainland in accordance with the Foreign Investment Law and the Regulations on the Implementation of the Foreign Investment Law. Whether the amount of capital contributed by an overseas Chinese enterprise to establish a shipping enterprise in China is counted as the amount of capital contributed by the Chinese investor shall be determined according to the certification materials issued by the relevant competent authorities.




Article 166 These regulations shall come into force as of April 10, 2024. The Working Regulations for Ship Registration (Sea Ship [2017] No. 46) shall be repealed at the same time.












Annex 1




Application requirements










I. General provisions




(1) The applicant shall fill in the corresponding application for ship registration according to the contents of the application for registration. The application form for ship registration shall be formulated by the Maritime Administration of the Ministry of Transport. The applicant may use the paper application form printed by the ship registration authority, or may use the application form




A printed version of the electronic application in the same standard format.




(2) Paper application should use blue, black ink pen, handwriting should be clear and legible.




(3) If the applicant is a legal person, an unjuridical organization or an individual industrial or commercial entity, the full name of the entity shall be filled in according to its business license or other valid identity documents, and the seal of the entity shall be affixed. If the applicant is a natural person, it shall be signed by himself. If the applicant is an individual industrial or commercial business,




The business operator shall fill in the name or shop number of individual industrial and commercial households in accordance with the business license.




(4) The application date of the application shall be the date on which the application is submitted. If the application is returned by the registration authority or the applicant reapplies after withdrawal, the application date shall be the date of reapplication.




(5) "Certificate for Inspection" column: According to the actual application materials submitted by the applicant, the materials should be submitted or have been submitted, and fill in "√" in the "□" after the name of the corresponding document; non




For materials to be submitted or not submitted, fill in "×" in "□" after the name of the corresponding document.




(6) Application category, application method, applicant identity, etc. optional application fields, fill in "√" in the "□" after the corresponding document name.




(7) The application for replacement or replacement of the ship registration certificate shall indicate "replacement" or "replacement" in the "Remarks" column.




2. Application for reserving ship name




(1) The number of ship names used: Fill in the number of ships according to the actual need (no more than 4).




(2) Name of the ship: the name of the ship to be used is drawn up by yourself, in order of 1 to 4 according to the degree of preference. The proposed number of ship names may be greater than the actual number of ship names required.




(3) English name: The Chinese pinyin writing method corresponding to the ship's name shall be formulated.




(4) Previous name: refers to a different ship name used by the ship before this registration, if no, fill in "--".




Application for ownership/nationality registration




(1) Ship name: refers to the name of the ship declared in accordance with these Rules and approved.




(2) Previous name: refers to the different ship names used by the ship before this registration. If no, enter "--".
(3) IMO number: seven Arabic digits, international navigation 100 gross tons and above self-propelled passenger ships, 300 gross tons and above self-propelled cargo ships must be filled in. Other ships with this number should also be filled in. If there is no such number, enter --.




(4) Port of registration: selected according to the port name listed in the ship registration software. If any addition or adjustment is required, it shall be reported to the competent authority for approval and added or adjusted in the database.




(5) Port of registration: means the port of registration of ships used before the registration authority. If no, enter "--".




(6) Hull materials: Fill in the name of the hull materials in the ship's inspection certificate or data.




(7) Type of ship: Fill in according to the relevant management regulations according to the ship inspection certificate. In case of a type of ship not included in the database, it shall be reported to the competent authority for approval and uniformly added to the database.




(8) Completion date: refers to the completion date in the ship's inspection certificate or data or the completion date in the ship's delivery documents.




(9) Name of shipyard: Fill in according to the construction contract or ship inspection certificate or data.




(10) Place of building: Fill in according to the ship's inspection certificate or data. For domestic construction, fill in the name of the province and city and the name of the shipyard; If built abroad, fill in the name of the country and the name of the shipyard.




(11) Date and place of alteration: fill in the date and place of alteration completion specified in the ship's survey certificate; If there is no alteration, fill in "-".




(12) Scale, tonnage, main engine, propeller: fill in according to the data in the ship's inspection certificate or data. 2 decimal places shall be reserved for the numerical value of the ship dimension. The tonnage value is retained as an integer. If there are two or more hosts, enter the total power in the total power column. The total power value is reserved for 2 decimal places.




(13) Navigation area: Fill in according to the ship's inspection certificate for reference when making relevant certificates.




(14) The date of acquisition of ownership: the date of handover of the ship as recorded in the ship handover document or the date recorded in other documents with the same legal effect. If the parties agree otherwise on the date of acquisition of ownership, the agreed date shall be.




(15) The owner of the ship and its address: if the owner is a natural person, fill in the name and address on his ID card; if the owner is a legal person, fill in the full name and address of the unit on its industrial and commercial business license or legal person registration document. If the ship is jointly owned by several persons, the owner shall fill in the name of all the owners, and the address shall fill in the address where the largest share of the joint owners reside or the main business is located. However, if the co-owners have agreed, the name and address of the ship owner as agreed shall be filled in.




(16) Joint ownership of the ship: truthfully fill in the names of all co-owners and the shares occupied according to the certificate of joint ownership of the ship; The common share is expressed as a percentage. If there is no joint ownership, "non-joint ownership" shall be filled in.




(17) When applying for the issuance of a ship registration certificate in Chinese and English, the applicant's English name and English address shall be filled in the "Remarks" field.




(18) Contact information of the owner of the ship: the emergency contact information that can be contacted by the owner of the ship and the contact information of non-sponsoring personnel should be filled in.




Application for registration of mortgage right




(1) The name and address of the mortgagor, the name and address of the mortgagee: to be filled in according to the mortgage contract and its identification documents.




(2) Amount of claims: The amount of claims secured by a ship's mortgage shall not exceed the value of the ship confirmed jointly by the mortgagor and the mortgagee.




(3) The original mortgage situation: fill in the contents registered in the "mortgage registration" column of the ship ownership registration certificate, and fill in "none" if the mortgage registration is not handled.




(4) Whether the transfer is allowed during the mortgage period: fill in "√" in the "Yes □, no, not yet determined □".




Application for bareboat charter registration




(1) Vessel lessor or charterer: Fill in the bareboat charter contract and its identity documents.




(2) Rental, lease term, start date and end date: Fill in according to the contents of the bareboat charter contract.




Application for registration of ship alteration




(1) Change content: Fill in the content of the application for change according to the actual situation, and cross out the inapplicable items.




(2) Project filling: Fill in according to the content of the change certificate, only fill in the content of the changed project, without changing the project blank.




Application for cancellation of registration of ship




(1) Cancellation content: Select the application for cancellation content according to the actual situation, and delete the inapplicable items.




(2) Project filling: the standard is the same as "ownership/nationality registration Application".




(3) The name of the new port of registration shall be determined according to the address indicated in the identity certificate of the new ship owner and the port under the jurisdiction of the ship registration authority authorized by the competent authority.






Annex 2




Document review, filling and certificate making










1. Application review




When accepting the application, the ship registration personnel shall examine the application in accordance with the requirements of the Provisions on Filling in the Application Form. If it does not meet the requirements, it should be returned to fill in again.




2. Fill in the registration approval form




(1) The Ship Registration Approval Form shall use the Ship Registration Approval Form in the standard format uniformly printed by the competent ship registration authority, or the electronic version of the Ship Registration Approval Form in the registration system with the same content as the printed standard format.




(2) The Ship Registration Approval Form shall be filled in with blue and black ink pen in regular and simplified characters, and the handwriting shall be clear and correct, or it can be filled in by printing.




(3) The registration and acceptance personnel shall fill in the basic information of the applicant, the content of the application, the date of acceptance and the opinion of acceptance. The acceptance date shall be the date on which the application materials are submitted and accepted by the registration authority.




(4) The "Examination and approval Opinions" column shall be filled in by the examination and approval personnel in the corresponding column, and signed and dated. The ship registration authority shall affix the special seal for ship registration at the signature of the approver.




(e) through the online process to apply for approval, through the registration system printed approval form.




Third, certificate production




(1) Ownership registration certificate




The ownership registration certificate shall use the ship registration software designated by the competent authority, use the certificate No. 6 (the first digit of the certificate serial number is the certificate number), and make it with the word No. 12.




1. Ship registration number: This number is automatically generated by a computer. It consists of 12 Arabic digits, the first 4 digits are the ship registration authority code (number), the fifth and sixth digits are the two digits after the year of registration, and the last 6 digits are the registration serial number.




2. Initial registration number: refers to the registration number obtained when the ship is registered for ownership of the ship for the first time in accordance with the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Ship Registration, which shall not be changed once determined.




For ships that have already held the old version of 1995 ship registration certificate, the initial registration number is the nine-digit registration number of the old version of 1995 ship registration certificate held, and it will not be traced back.




3. Ship identification Number: refers to the number obtained by the ship in accordance with the "Ship Identification Number Management Regulations" application, once determined, no longer change.




4. Shipbuilding location: domestic construction, fill in the name of the province and city and the name of the shipyard; If built abroad, fill in the name of the country and the name of the shipyard.




5. Changes to registered items: Each change shall record the name of the registered item, the data before and after the change and the registration date of the change, and the special seal for ship registration shall be affixed to the registration date of the change. Change registration should be printed in chronological order of registration.




6. Mortgage situation: the mortgage registration shall record the mortgage registration number, the name of the mortgagor and the mortgagee, the amount of the claim, and the date of mortgage registration, and the special seal for ship registration shall be affixed to the date of mortgage registration. To cancel the mortgage registration, the mortgage registration number and the cancellation registration date shall be recorded, and the special seal for ship registration shall be affixed to the cancellation registration date.




7. Light charter information: The light charter registration shall record the light charter registration number, the name of the lessor and the charterer, the rent, the charter period and the date of light charter registration, and the special seal for ship registration shall be affixed to the light charter registration date. To cancel the bare-charter registration, the bare-charter registration number and the date of cancellation shall be recorded, and the special seal for ship registration shall be affixed to the date of cancellation.




8. Photos: ordinary color photos, photos of the ship name, port of registration and other signs should be clearly visible. The photo of the ship on the certificate is the color photo of the ship taken in the direction of the ship; The Mark photograph (not required to be affixed to the certificate of title) is a colour photograph of the chimney section only taken from the ship's direct transverse direction, which shall be stamped with the ship's special registration seal.




9. Issuing authority and its number: automatically generated by the registration system, and stamped with the special seal of the issuing authority for ship registration.




10. Date of issuance: fill in the date of approval by the registration examination and approval personnel.




11. Other items: Fill in the approved application form.




(2) Nationality certificate




The nationality certificate shall be made using the ship registration software uniformly designated by the competent authority.




1. The provisional nationality registration number is: P plus 4 digits of the registration authority code, plus 2 digits after the registration year and 6 digits of the registration serial number, which consists of 12 digits in Arabic.




2. The validity period of the nationality certificate is as follows: fill in the "date of the year".




3. Other items: Fill in the approved application form.




(3) Certificate of registration of mortgage right




The ship registration authority shall use the ship registration software designated by the competent authority and make the mortgage registration certificate with the word Typeface 9.




1. Mortgage registration number: It is automatically generated by the registration software and consists of DY plus 4 digits of registration authority code plus 2 digits of year plus 4 digits of serial number.




2. Mortgage registration date: refers to the date on which the registration application is served on the registration authority and accepted.




3. Date of issue: Fill in the date approved by the registration and approval personnel.




4. Changes and Remarks: "The scope of security interest includes the principal claim and its interest, liquidated damages, damages, expenses for keeping the secured property and realizing the security interest. If the parties agree otherwise, such agreement shall prevail."




5. Other items: Fill in the approved application form.




(4) Bareboat Charter Registration Certificate




The ship registration authority shall use the ship registration software designated by the competent authority and make the bareboat charter registration certificate with the word Typeface 9.




1. Bareboat charter Registration number: Automatically generated by the registration software, consisting of GZ plus 4-digit registration authority code plus 2-digit year plus 4-digit serial number.




2. Change registration: In the "Remarks or changes" column of the certificate, record the name of the change registration item, the changed content and the change registration date, and affix the special seal for ship registration on the change registration date.




3. Other items: Fill in the approved application form.




(5) Cancellation of registration certificate




The ship registration authority shall use the ship registration software designated by the competent authority and make the cancellation registration certificate with the word Typeface 9.




1. Cancellation of registration number: It is automatically generated by the registration software and consists of ZX plus 4 digits of the registration authority code plus 2 digits of the year and 4 digits of the serial number.




This is to certify that the round is registered at _________ (registration number:) with the type of deregistration filled in and the registration number of the corresponding registration certificate. Where multiple registrations are cancelled at the same time, the registration number of each registration certificate shall be filled in the registration number column at the same time.




3. On ______ ____ month ____ / re-registration date/cancellation. The date is the date issued by the approving personnel in the Ship Registration Approval Form. Cross out "on ______ ____ on ____" or "on the date of re-registration", reserving only one of them.




4. "The ship is/is not registered with mortgage and the registration authority is ________." Cross out yes or no. Where there is a mortgage, the registration authority shall handle the registration of the mortgage.




(6) Certificate of unencumbered registration




The ship registration authority shall use the ship registration software designated by the competent authority and make an unsecured registration certificate with the word Typeface 9.




1. Unsecured registration number: It is automatically generated by the registration software and consists of WDY plus 4-digit registration authority code plus 2-digit year plus 4-digit serial number.




2. If the ownership of the ship is not cancelled, fill in "--" in the columns of "the date of Cancellation of the registration of the ship ownership" and "the registration number of cancellation".




3. Other items: Fill in the approved application form.




If a column cannot be filled in due to more content, the size of the column can be reduced.


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Time:2024-04-10

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