Ship's Registry

[SG81]

Just curious why ships are registered to other countries and not the US? I'm guessing it's cheaper to register them else where?

[firefly333]

My guess is if they registered them in the US then they couldnt work people 16 hours a day.

 

i.e. labor laws in the U.S. is why

[EastCarolina]

cheaper. Register under the US and you have to abide by US Labor Laws.

 

NCL tried it a few years ago for one of their ship out of hawaii and have since gone back to another country for registration.

 

*Correction they still have the pride of america. I read in the WSJ that they were going to change the registration of the ship due to costs.

[SG81]

Thanks for both your replies. I figured cost had something to do with it but didn't think of the labour laws. i didn't realize they worked that many hours/day

[DaDivaMom]

Tax laws

[PA Dutchman]

http://www.cruisejobfinder.com/fm/cruises/foreign-flagged-cruise-ships.php

 

Its a old 1830s law. Everything you need to know.

[SG81]

http://www.cruisejobfinder.com/fm/cruises/foreign-flagged-cruise-ships.php

 

Its a old 1830s law. Everything you need to know.

Thanks for the link, very interesting. That basically answers it

[*Mach*]

cheaper. Register under the US and you have to abide by US Labor Laws.

 

NCL tried it a few years ago for one of their ship out of hawaii and have since gone back to another country for registration.

 

*Correction they still have the pride of america. I read in the WSJ that they were going to change the registration of the ship due to costs.

 

 

NCL had three ships sailing to Hawaii that were US flagged to avoid the legal issues pointed out above. The costs were so prohibitive that they had to reassign/reflag two...

:)