An important development in recent years has been the increasingly widespread practice whereby a vessel registered in one State is…
World shipping, up to the early post-war years, was dominated by the fleets of the traditional maritime nations—among these we…
Article 91 of UNCLOS provides: ‘1. Every State shall fix the conditions for the grant of its nationality to ships,…
Registration means the entering of a matter in the public records. Registration is generally—but not always—not only a precondition for,…