Organization : Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
Facility : Provisional Registration
Country : Singapore
Website : https://www.mpa.gov.sg/web/portal/home
Details Here : https://www.mpa.gov.sg/
MPA Provisional Registration
A vessel may be provisionally registered. Vessels that are provisionally registered will be issued with a Provisional Certificate of Registry valid for a maximum period of one year with no possibility of any extension.
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The vessel must be transferred to the permanent register before the end of this period. The transfer will be effected when all the outstanding documents for permanent registration are submitted. No fee is charged for this transfer.
Documents Required
** Download and complete the application form for provisional registration.
a. Where the vessel owner is an individual, the declaration in the application form may be signed by him or his appointed agent.
b. Where the owner is a corporate body, the form may be signed by a Director or the Secretary of the corporate body. The Director can also appoint an agent to sign on his behalf.
** The declaration must be made on or after the date of acquiring the legal title to the vessel.
** The declaration must be made before the Director of Marine, a surveyor of ships, a Justice of the Peace, a Commissioner for Oaths or any person authorised to take or receive a declaration by any laws in force in Singapore.
** If an application is made for a post-dated Certificate of Registry, the completed application form, except for the signature(s) of the declarant(s), must be submitted at least three working days before the date on which the certificate is to be collected.
On the date of registration, the declarant(s) must be present to attest his/their signature(s) and date the declaration.
Business Profile
The business profile lists the company’s particulars as lodged with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA).
Where the vessel owner is a company incorporated in Singapore, the application form must be accompanied by one of the following documents :
** A computer printout on the company from the ACRA’s Instant Information Service, accompanied by a Certificate of Production of Statement by Computer.
The computer printout to be submitted must be the latest or at least dated 3 months from the date of vessel’s registration. (Vessel owners can apply for a Business Profile computer report from the Registry of Ships counter for the purpose of registration.
Application must be made at least three working days before the vessel’s registration date. The fee for each Business Profile printout is S$5.00, inclusive of GST).
Business Profile certified copies of all the following :
i. Certificate of Incorporation.
ii. Annual return or filing, giving particulars of directors, managers and secretaries (the latest annual return or Form 49).
** The owner must notify the Registrar of Ships of any changes in the particulars pertaining to the ship, within 30 days of the change. All such notification must be accompanied by appropriate documentary evidence.
** Where the owner is a company, information will be required on its direct and indirect equity holders, but only to the extent necessary to establish whether the owner is local or foreign owned company.
This information, other than the name and address of the company, will be kept strictly confidential.
Appointment of an Agent
An agent may be appointed to sign the declaration in the registration application form. To appoint an agent, the owner must complete the Appointment of Agent form.
** When the owner is an individual, he may appoint an agent. The owner must sign the appointment form in the presence of a witness.
** When the owner is a company and if the registration application form is not signed by a Director or the Secretary of the company, then a person must be appointed as an agent for the purpose of signing the form. The appointment of the agent must be executed under the common seal of the company.
Appointment of a Manager
The vessel manager is responsible for all matters related to ship registration and crew manning such as the day-to-day correspondences, billings including annual tonnage tax (ATT) with the Ship Registry Department (REG) and the Seafarers Management Department (SMD).
All communications relating to the vessel will be directed to the manager.
** For every Singapore vessel, the owner must appoint a manager, whose residence is in Singapore.
** Where the owner is an individual, he may appoint himself as the manager.
** Where the owner is a company, it may appoint an employee of the company to be the manager.
** Where a company is appointed manager, the name of the person in the company with the ultimate responsibility for the vessel and his designation in the company must be clearly indicated.
The appointment of the manager must be made by the owner by completing the Appointment of Manager form. The original form has to be submitted to the Registrar of Ships.
If there is a change in the manager, the vessel owner must complete a new form and submit the duly completed original form to the Registrar of Ships within seven days of the change.
Fees
** The fee for an initial/ordinary registration is S$2.50 per NT subject to a minimum of S$1,250 (500 NT) and a maximum of S$50,000 (20,000 NT).
** The annual tonnage tax is S$0.20 per NT subject to a minimum of S$100 (500 NT) and a maximum of S$10,000 (50,000 NT).