Nautical Term: Port of Registry

Definition of Port of Registry

The Port of Registry refers to the specific port in a country where a vessel is legally registered under that country’s flag. For instance, if a ship named ‘Sea Star’ is registered in the Port of Hamburg under the German flag, then Hamburg is the Port of Registry for ‘Sea Star’.

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