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All recreational craft should be registered either in the Register of Cyprus Ships (these vessels are permitted to sail in national and international waters) or in the Register of Small Vessels (these vessels are permitted to sail only in the territorial waters of the Republic of Cyprus).
Recreational craft are registered in the Register of Cyprus Ships, in accordance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships, Sales and Mortgages) Laws of 1963 to 2005 (Law 45/63, as amended) or the Register of Small Vessels, in accordance with the Emergency Powers (Control of Small Vessels) Regulations of 1955.
Ships that are not registered in Registry of Cyprus Ships are:
(á) ships having an overall length less than thirteen (13) metres, employed solely in navigation on the coast of the Republic or of the Sovereign Base Areas;
(b) ships not having a whole or fixed deck and employed solely in fishing, lightering or trading coastwise on the shore of the Republic or of the Sovereign Base Areas or within such a radius therefrom as may be prescribed.
Under regulation 13 of the Emergency Powers (Control of Small Vessels) Regulations of 1955, failure to register a vessel by its owners constitutes a criminal offence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
The Department of Merchant Shipping
Kyllinis Str., Mesa Geitonia, Limassol Cyprus
Postal Address : P.O. Box 56193,
3305 Limassol, Cyprus
Telephone: +357 25848100
Fax: + 357 25848200
E-Mail:
maritimeadmin@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Web site: http://www.shipping.gov.cy