Extended Operational and Trade Vocabulary
Ship Registries and Flag States glossary (page 2)
The flag-state and registry vocabulary: the Administration as the flag government, the national flag administrations (ADOMS for Antigua and Barbuda), AIS type codes, and the open-registry, tonnage, and registration terms. Grounds each term in the flag administration or the registration process it belongs to.
289 defined terms.
Showing 39 on this page (page 2 of 2).
S
- SRS
- Singapore Registry of Ships.
- Statutory survey
- Survey performed under IMO conventions for issuance or endorsement of statutory certificates.
- STCW
- International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978, as amended.
- Suez Canal Net Tonnage
- SCNT, tonnage measure used by the Suez Canal Authority for assessing transit tolls.
- Suez Canal Tonnage Certificate
- Tonnage certificate for Suez Canal transit dues.
T
- Taiwan International Ship Registry
- Second register of the Republic of China (Taiwan) administered by the Maritime and Port Bureau.
- Tanzania Zanzibar Maritime Authority
- ZMA, flag administration administering the Zanzibar ship registry.
- Thai Marine Department
- Flag administration of the Kingdom of Thailand for ship registration matters.
- Togo Ship Registry
- National open registry of the Togolese Republic.
- Tokyo MoU
- PSC regime for the Asia-Pacific.
- Tonga Maritime Registry
- National registry of the Kingdom of Tonga.
- Tonnage Certificate
- Statutory certificate of gross and net tonnage.
- Tonnage tax
- Alternative tax regime based on ship tonnage rather than profits.
- Transport Malta
- Maltese authority administering the Malta Ship Registry under its Merchant Shipping Directorate.
- Trinidad and Tobago Maritime Services Division
- Flag administration of Trinidad and Tobago.
- Turkish International Ship Registry
- TUGS, second register of the Republic of Turkiye established by Law No. 4490 of 1999.
- Turkish Loyd
- Klas NK predecessor name occasionally cited; the active Turkish classification society is Turk Loydu.
- Tuvalu Ship Registry
- National registry of Tuvalu, administered by the Tuvalu Ship Registry from Singapore.
U
- UAE Federal Transport Authority
- Federal flag administration of the United Arab Emirates for ship registration.
- UK Ship Register
- UK national flag register administered by MCA.
- UK Tonnage Tax
- Tonnage tax regime introduced by the Finance Act 2000 in the United Kingdom.
- UNCLOS Article 91
- Provision requiring a genuine link between a flag state and the ships it registers.
- Universal Measurement System
- Term used in the PC/UMS Panama Canal tonnage rules.
- US Coast Guard
- US armed service and flag administration responsible for documentation, inspection, and certification of US-flag vessels.
- US Documentation
- Federal recordation of US-flag vessels by the NVDC under 46 USC Chapter 121.
- USCG Marine Safety Manual
- Multi-volume guidance issued by the US Coast Guard on inspection and certification of US-flag vessels.
V
- Vanuatu Maritime Office
- Office of the Maritime Regulator administering the Vanuatu Ship Registry from Port Vila and New York.
- Venezuelan National Institute of Aquatic Spaces
- INEA, the Venezuelan flag administration.
- Vessel Type Code
- Numeric or alphanumeric code identifying ship type in AIS, IMO statistics, or class records.
- Vietnam Maritime Administration
- Vinamarine, flag administration of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- Vina del Mar Agreement
- Latin American PSC arrangement.
- Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme
- Verified compliance of flag States with IMO instruments; relevant context for PSC.
- VUMPA
- Ventanilla Unica Maritima de Panama, the Panama Maritime Single Window operated by the AMP.
W
- Wan Hai Lines
- Taiwanese container line with vessels under Taiwan, Liberia, and Singapore flags.
- West and Central African MOU
- Abuja MOU on Port State Control for the West and Central African region, signed 1999.
- White list
- Top performance category in the Paris MoU and Tokyo MoU flag performance lists.
Y
- Yacht Code
- Common term for the Large Yacht Code adopted by Red Ensign Group registries for commercial yachts above 24 meters.
- Yang Ming Marine Transport
- Taiwanese container line with vessels under Taiwan and Liberian flags.
Z
- Zanzibar Maritime Authority
- ZMA, flag administration of Zanzibar administering the Zanzibar ship register.