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Regulation No. 36 for Greenland on the registration of ships, including bareboat registration, and rights over ships in the Danish Ship Register, and the listing in the Vessel Register of ships with a home port in Greenland.

Country
Type of law
Regulation
Source

Abstract
This regulation sets out in detail how ships are to be registered in the Digital Ship Register (DSRG) — including ordinary Danish ship registration (DAS), the Shipbuilding Register (SKBR), the Danish International Ship Register (DIS), and a public vessel listing for Greenlandic vessels — as well as how rights such as mortgages and bareboat charters are to be recorded. It defines the legal framework for registering newbuilds, used ships, ships under construction, changes of ownership, flag status, deletions, insolvency situations, and Greenland-flagged vessels, and makes clear that all registrations must primarily occur digitally via a self-service portal using digital signatures (MitID), with narrow exceptions for paper submissions. It also regulates bareboat in- and out-registration, digital documentation requirements, recognition of foreign registry certificates, and specifies that fishing vessels are separately identified within the system. Overall, it is a procedural/technical enforcement regulation that operationalises Søloven in Greenland by prescribing exact documentation, digital forms, timing requirements, and legal validity rules for ship registration and maritime security rights.
Date of text
Entry into force notes
16 January 2023.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Bekendtgørelse for Grønland om registrering af skibe, herunder bareboat-registrering, og rettigheder over skibe i Dansk Skibsregister og optagelse i Fartøjsfortegnelsen af skibe med hjemsted i Grønland.