Vessels: registrations, charters and incidents

Next steps

Ship registration: title, identity and flag
Prepare a vessel ownership and register file with separate French and Swiss maritime requirements.
Modified vessel: inspection and navigation title
Prepare the refit record using the actual French vessel class or Swiss navigation framework.
Pleasure-boat licence: choose the qualification route
Prepare a personal boating-qualification file without mixing French options, Swiss inland categories and sea-going certificates.
Maritime charter: control, crew and operating costs
Compare the actual charterparty’s vessel, crew, employment and cost arrangements under the relevant French or Swiss framework.
Bill of lading: holder and cargo-delivery records
Connect the bill, transfers and release request with the separate French and Swiss maritime rules.
General average: values and contribution demands
Reconcile the adjuster’s admitted values and demands using the actual applicable French or Swiss framework.
Vessel collision: navigation facts and fault evidence
Prepare a collision chronology with the correct French, Swiss maritime or qualifying inland framework.
Maritime salvage: agreement, service and remuneration
Organise the assistance agreement, danger, useful result and remuneration evidence under the applicable maritime framework.
Ship mortgage: deed, registration and maritime liens
Prepare a vessel-security comparison with the applicable French or Swiss registration and priority conditions.
Shipowner limitation: prepare the fund dossier
Identify the event, eligible claims, tonnage and proposed security without assuming identical French and Swiss limitation limits.

Frequent questions

What other questions arise in this file?

Registration follows ownership and vessel identity. The modification dossier connects altered features, inspections and certificates; evidence for one does not automatically complete the other.

Retain the applicable contract, vessel identity, cargo records and dated observations. Keep supplied amounts separate from questions of responsibility or limitation still requiring review.

The English pages separate France and Switzerland. Select the country, authority and relevant period; a Swiss cantonal example does not establish a French requirement or one rule for every canton.

Choose the page matching the document, then retain facts, versions and the question in the preparation. Julie can help research references and prepare the next document; the record itself grants no permission.

Sources

Which official references should you consult?

Code des transports, livre Ier : L5114-1, L5114-3www.legifrance.gouv.fr
Navigation maritime : texte fédéral suissewww.fedlex.admin.ch
Arrêté23novembre1987, division241www.legifrance.gouv.fr
Navigation intérieure : ordonnance fédéralewww.fedlex.admin.ch
Décret2007-1167, arts1–3www.legifrance.gouv.fr
Code des transports, livre IV : L5423-1www.legifrance.gouv.fr
Navigation maritime : ordonnance fédéralewww.fedlex.admin.ch

Texts cited last checked: 3 November 2026

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Vessels: registrations, charters and incidents

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