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Container Ship

S H I P P I N G

Advice is offered on the following matters: 

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To Owners in respect of:

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- newbuildings and ship building contracts

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- ship sale and purchase of second hand tonnage, and the conclusion of the Memorandum of Agreement for the sale and purchase of a vessel up to the completion of the transaction.  

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- setting up a Cyprus shipping company

 

- ship registration. The office has a good working relationship with the Cyprus flag and most of the major flags around the world. The office undertakes the permanent, provisional, and bareboat registration of vessels, the transfer of ownership of vessels, the registration and deletion of ship mortgages, the transmission of ship mortgages, and representing the Seller or Buyer or Mortgagee in a transaction before the ship registry.  

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- taxation of a vessel or a fleet under the Cyprus Tonnage Tax. The Cyprus Tonnage Tax Law has been in force since 2010 and the office has a good working knowledge of the Law.

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- regulatory shipping matters

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- piracy 

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To Owners and Financing Institutions in respect of:

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- the financing of vessels, including lease financing, and securities granted pursuant to such arrangements.

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© 2020 Michael Papadopoulos LLC

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