Requirements for the cancellation procedure:
- The ship should be in good standing.
- Original Public Registry Certificate free of encumbrances.
- To pay the cancellation fees.
- To prove the ship’s property title in the name of the requestor, if the document is issued offshore it shall be presented in a duly authenticated original.
- Evidence of the cancellation of the previous registration or a certificate of new construction, when that’s the case. If the documents are issued offshore, they should be presented duly authenticated.
- Payment of fees, of B/.1,000.00
The cancellation request shall contain:
- The name of the ship buyer, in case of transference of the property title.
- The new registry of the ship after the cancellation of the Merchant Marine.
- The motive by means of which the cancellation is requested.
- Any other information required by the General Directorate of Merchant Marine.