GEORGIA
Is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital and largest city is Tbilisi. Georgia covers a territory of 69,700 square kilometers (26,911 sq mi), and its population is almost 5 million..
Why Georgia?
- No nationality restrictions for Masters, officers and crew
- All types of vessel can be registered under Georgian flag
- Good quality service
- Vessels registered under Georgia are approximately 40 vessels
- Vessel willing to be registered under Georgian flag should carry pre
- entry inspection in case it fails one or more criteria listed:
- The age of vessel is 20 years and more
- Has one detention by port state control within 12 months
- Is under provision of classification society which is not recognized by Georgia and while applying for registration will provide notice of transfer of class.
- Has suffered serious maritime incident or casualty within 24 months
- Changing flag from black listed state under any MoU
- Has 20 or more deficiencies within the last 12 months confirmed by the Port State Control Reports
- Completed application form for Ship Station License
- Document claiming applicant’s competency for ship registration
- Copy of ship’s sale and purchase agreement or subsequent bill of sale
- Copies of all valid certificates issued by Recognized Classification Society or the letter of approval from Recognized classification society
- Copy of certificate of registry issued by the previous flag state
- Affidavit from the owner confirming that the vessel will be deleted from the previous flag for permanent registration under Georgian flag
- Copy of certificate of company or certificate of incorporation of a company if the shipowner is a juridical person; in case of individual owner – copy of ID
- Statement concerning satisfaction of hypotheque from the creditor
- Payment for service fees and other related charges
- Completed application form for permanent registration
- Completed application form for ship station license
- Document claiming applicant’s competency (whether natural or juridical person) for ship registration
- Original of ship’s sale and purchase agreement or subsequent bill of sale
- Copies of all valid statutory certificates issued by recognized classification society
- Original deletion certificate from previous flag
- Copy of required mandatory insurance certificate
- Original ship inspection report of surveyor approved by MTA
- Two recent colored photos of the ship (front and side view – port of registry to be seen)
- Copy of continuous synopsis record
- Statement concerning satisfaction of hypotheque from the creditor (if applicable)
- Copy of certificate of company or certificate of incorporation of a company if the shipowner is a juridical person; in case of individual owner – copy of ID
- Payment check for service fees and other related charges
- Ships Registration
- Corporations
- Seafarers’ Certification
- Statutory Certificates
- Marine Surveys
- Drawings, Plans & Calculations
