The Enforcement Rules of the Ship Registration Law Article 25

In case of changing the port of registry, firstly the registration of deletion shall be made, followed by putting a remark in the Registration Certificate, issuing a transcript (or photocopy) of the register book, deleting the registration number and marking "closed" in the remark column of the part of "Indication of Ship".The change of the port of registry to some other port shall be subject to the registration of transfer. The entries made in the transcript (photocopy) of the register book given by the original port of registry shall be transcribed to the register book, in which the former port of registry, register book number and all matters that are required to appear in the application form shall be indicated.