1 The purpose of this article
In 2020, Norway enacted rules on the registration of bare boat charter parties: a vessel registered in a Norwegian register (we have two) may – while still retaining the Norwegian registration – be registered in the register of a foreign state, on the basis of a bare boat charter party. Conversely, a vessel registered in a foreign state – being on a bare boat charter party – may also be registered in a Norwegian register. In simple terms, this has the following effects: the public law rules are transferred to the state of the bare boat register, while the private law rules on ownership to and encumbrances on the vessel are not changed and remain as registered in the original register (the primary register). The purpose of this article is to provide an outline of the rules and their implications – after some introductory remarks on registration and the background for the new rules.(1) The translations of Norwegian texts are the responsibility of the author.