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🇧🇲 Bermuda
ISO BMU / BM
Regulatory
- MLC 2006
- ratified (2013-08-07)
- Paris MoU rating
- white
- Tokyo MoU rating
- white
- USCG Qualship 21
- listed
- ITF FoC
- listed as Flag of Convenience
Registry
- Vessel count
- 250
- Deadweight
- 14
- Administration
- Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority (BSMA)
- File a complaint
- Official form
British Overseas Territory; high-quality registry popular for superyachts and gas carriers
What this means for seafarers
- MLC 2006: This flag has ratified MLC 2006. Vessels must hold a valid Maritime Labour Certificate + DMLC Part II posted onboard. You can file an MLC complaint via the flag administration.
- Port-state-control profile: high-performing flag — fewer detentions on average. Read about PSC regimes →
- ITF Flag of Convenience: This flag is on the ITF FoC list. ITF Total Crew Cost (TCC) scale applies as the wage floor. Contact an ITF inspector at the next port if your contract is below TCC. Unpaid-wages route →
- STCW: Party to STCW. Verify a CoC issued under this flag at the administration.
See also: flag risk explained · MLC ratification list · white/grey/black lists.
Ships flying Bermuda
- Queen Anne · IMO 9799727 · Passenger / Cruise
- Queen Mary 2 · IMO 9390776 · Passenger / Ocean liner
- White Pearl · IMO 1012141 · sailing yacht
- Titan · IMO 1010478 · motor yacht
- Leander G · IMO 1002445 · motor yacht
Companies headquartered in Bermuda
- Teekay Corporation · operator
- DHT Holdings Inc. · operator
- Stolt-Nielsen · operator
Ports in Bermuda
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