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Discounts
and incentives are available to the shipowner on Initial Registration
or Annual Fees where:
a) the ship being registered is less than 10 years old;
b) more than one vessel is being registered;
c) the ship being registered is a passenger ship exceeding 10,000
gross tonnes;
d) the ship has, in the preceding 5 years, consistently met the
requirements of the Shipping Act and any
regulations made thereunder relating to maritime safety and pollution
prevention;
e) the technical management or crewing of the ship is carried
out by an entity established and operating in
Jamaica;
f) a minimum of 20% or five members (whichever is greater) of
the crew, including at least one officer, are
Jamaican nationals;
g) in the case of a passenger ship over 10,000 gross tonnes, the
home port during the 12 month period
prior to the anniversary due date was in Jamaica.
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