Registration of a newbuilt vessel into the Finnish ship registry

Abstract

In this thesis, I set out to explore the different aspects of ship requirements in terms of registering one for commercial use. Using international online publications and websites the process itself turned out to be relatively simple but the sheer amount of information on different kinds of requirements and the massive number of requirements themselves proved to make the in-depth exploration of the topic seem out of scope for this thesis. In the end the thesis turned out to be a superficial look into the matter and mostly serve as reading material to start looking into the topic itself and perhaps pique an interest in ship ownership and commercial use. In conclusion the matter of ship registration is simple but very in-depth in terms of legal requirements.