South Korea cabotage
Ship Act + Ship Personnel Act
- Citizenship requirement
- Korean-flag + Korean-national officer quota
- Vessel flag required
- Korean flag for coastal cabotage; second-registry (Korean International Ship Register — KISR) available
- Officer quota
- Master + Chief Engineer must be Korean-national on domestic-flag
- Wage effect
- Korean domestic seafarer wages significantly above international; FKSU CBAs
Notes
KISR second registry (established 2003) provides tax + crewing flexibility for foreign-trading Korean-controlled vessels. Domestic-only trades remain on the primary registry.