International Merchant Marine Register of Belize

(1) There shall be maintained at the Head Office of IMMARBE a register to be known as the “International Merchant Marine Register of Belize,” containing information concerning all vessels registered in IMMARBE, namely, (a) name of the ship; (b) official number and call letters of the ship; (c) name and address of owners; (d) operational address of the managers of the vessel (if different from the address of the (e) name of the manager; (f) type of vessel; (g) gross and net tonnage; (h) name of Shipping Agent; (i) date of entry into the register, and such other particulars as the Registrar may specify from time to time. (2) All Deputy Registrars operating in designated offices shall maintain for those Belizean ships registered through their designated office a record comprising the information required for the vessels registered in IMMARBE as stated in subsection 20 (1) of this section, and such other particulars as the Registrar may specify from time to time. (3) For the purposes of the Act, entries in the Register (whether by the Registrar or by any Deputy Registrar) shall be in accordance with the following provisions, (a) any person of legal age and capacity or the duly authorized representative of such person may be registered as the owner of a ship; (b) a body corporate, whether established in Belize or elsewhere, may be registered by its corporate name as the owner of a ship; (c) any number of persons or bodies corporate or any combination thereof may be registered as joint owners of a ship. (4) On the completion of the registration of a vessel and upon payment of the prescribed fees, the Registrar, the Senior Deputy Registrar or the Deputy Registrar, as the case may be, shall issue a certificate of registry (provisional or permanent) in the form contained in Appendix 2 showing the particulars respecting that vessel entered in the Register. (5) Where registration is effected by a Deputy Registrar, he shall forthwith transmit a copy of the certificate of registration and of all official receipts to the Head Office. (6) Before a certificate of registry is issued by the designated offices, the written confirmation from the Head Office (by email, facsimile or other means of communication) that the name of the vessel(s) is available must first be obtained.