MLT bareboat registry
Duration: 2 years · renewable
- Bareboat-in flag
- MLT
- Parent flags accepted
- CYP, GRC, LUX
- Maximum duration
- 2 years
- Renewable
- Yes
- Labour regime
- Maltese flag CBA (or ITF Uniform TCC on FoC vessels)
- Tax regime
- Maltese tonnage tax + reduced corporate tax
Notes
Maltese bareboat-in is popular for Cypriot + Greek owners seeking EU-flag + tonnage-tax benefits. Duration typically 2 years renewable.
DMLC Part II caveat under bareboat
When a vessel is registered under a bareboat arrangement, the DMLC (Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance) Part II names the shipowner in the sense of the bareboat charterer — not the parent-flag registered owner. Seafarers on board should verify which entity is named as the operator + financial- security provider on the DMLC in the event of an MLC A2.5.2 abandonment claim.