Ship registration

the business practice registering a ship under a different sovereign state than that of its owners, to reduce costs or avoid regulations

unique identity number issued to seacraft

jurisdiction a merchant vessel is registered under; has authority/responsibility to regulate vessels registered under its flag, e.g. inspection, certification, issuing safety/pollution prevention documents

mechanism for international shipping inspection

european identifier for watercraft that are mainly used on inland waterways

the process by which a ship is documented

official inventory of ships and service craft of the United States Navy

1921 treaty which recognised that a land-locked state could register ships and sail them on the sea using its own flag

merchant marine service of the United Kingdom