Vessel Registration

Kellett Corporation provides maritime registration services for ships and yachts worldwide together with all administrative and regulation compliance matters.

The Republic of Panama has the largest Registry of Vessels worldwide. For decades, maritime operators everywhere have chosen to register their vessels of all types, including tankers, fishing boats, cargo vessels or yachts, in the Panamanian Merchant Marine due to its prestige and confidentiality in international maritime commerce.

The advantages of the Panamanian Registry of Vessels are well known; reasonable registration fees, no income taxes on maritime commercial activities abroad, no restrictions in relation to the property or the age of the vessels, which can be registered by any person, natural or corporate, irrespective of nationality or domicile and  allows imposition of encumbrances by means of a trustworthy and fast procedure.

As you would expect, we also offer registration in other jurisdictions; in order that clients have many possible options for vessel registration.  These alternatives include Belize, Jamaica, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Dominica, St. Vincent, Marshall Islands and other jurisdictions according to client's needs.

Likewise, we ensure clients are informed of all the latest regulatory issues and offer assistance in the establishment and execution of naval mortgages as collateral to their credit operations.  We carry out procedures for obtaining technical certificates, hiring general maritime services, radio licenses, contracts, fishing licenses and other documents required to carry out transactions deemed convenient.