Commercial Maritime Law

1. If a vessel’s registration certificate is lost or damaged, a replacement shall be issued by the office where the vessel was registered upon submission of an application by its owner or his representative, stating reasons and circumstances of loss or damage. 2. If a registration certificate is lost outside the Kingdom, the office where the vessel was registered or the Kingdom’s diplomatic mission in the country where the vessel is located shall issue a temporary registration certificate that shall be valid for a period not exceeding six months and shall expire upon the vessel’s arrival to the first port in the Kingdom. 3. A vessel owner may transfer the vessel’s registration from the office where it is registered to any other authorized registration office in the Kingdom, in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the regulations.