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Article: Shipping.(Cayman Islands is ideal site for registering ships)(Industry Overview)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- May 7, 2003
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The strategic location of the Cayman Islands, at the center of the Caribbean Sea, make the Cayman Islands an ideal site for ship registration.
The Cayman Islands Shipping Registry is the Maritime Administration of the Cayman Islands. The Administration of the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry is conducted under power conveyed by the British Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1988 as extended by Orders in Council to the Islands together with the Cayman Islands Merchant Shipping (Applicable Conventions) Law 1987. Regulations have also been introduced in the Cayman Islands which govern all aspects of maritime safety, prevention of pollution, certification and manning of ...