Before commencing the business, the shipping agency shall submit the application forms (Attachment 7, Attachment 8) and photocopies of the agency contract (the original copies will be returned after registration) to apply at the shipping administration for registration. Any shipping agency that conducts shipping business for a foreign company and is instructed by a foreign company to handle the service of inbound and outbound of the vessels shall enclose the following documents:1. List of principals (Attachment 9);2. Counterparts or photocopies of documents relating to the establishment registration made by the principal in its home countries and the operation information of such principals (Attachment 10);3. List of vessels operated by the principals (Attachment 11) and supportive documents covering the principal-owned vessels.The stipulation relating to certification (verification) under Article 4 shall be applied to the counterparts or photocopies of the foreign principals’ establishment documents registered in its home countries and the agency contract in the preceding paragraph. However, the certification (verification) of the agency contract may be replaced by the notarization of an ROC court.Ifthe principalthat is represented by the shipping agency has no self-owned vessel, the shipping agent shall furnish the principal’s security bond of 9,000,000 N.T. dollars, and create a mortgage in favor of the local shipping administration as mortgagee. If the principal operates its business in the ROC territories for more than 3 years without any bad record and the finance situation is firm and steady, it is allowed to apply for the return of the security bond.The security bond in the preceding paragraph can be replaced by a guarantee signed by an ROC bank, or a guarantee signed by a local vessel carrier that has vessels with a total gross tonnage of 5,000 tons or more or by a local shipping agency experienced acting on behalf of a foreign vessel carrier whose vessels are over 30,000 tons or more and there have been no bad record in the last 5 years, the guarantee can be replaced by a guarantee signed by the shipping agent itself and such guarantee shall be notarized by the court.Attachment 7：Application Form for Registration of the Authorized Business Scope to be operated by a Shipping Agency.PDFAttachment 7：Application Form for Registration of the Authorized Business Scope to be operated by a Shipping Agency.docAttachment 8：Authorized Business Scope to be operated by a Shipping Agency.PDFAttachment 8：Authorized Business Scope to be operated by a Shipping Agency.docAttachment 9：List of Principals of a Shipping Agency.PDFAttachment 9：List of Principals of a Shipping Agency.docAttachment 10：Principal’s Operational Information List of a Shipping Agency.PDFAttachment 10：Principal’s Operational Information List of a Shipping Agency.docAttachment 11：List of Vessels.PDFAttachment 11：List of Vessels.doc