The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) is an authority that registers vessels in the

Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the ar ...

and enforces safety standards on Bahamian-registered craft.About Us
." Bahamas Maritime Authority. Retrieved on 16 February 2012. The authority has an office in the Shirlaw House in

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. It also has offices in the Bahamas House in

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, in the Hutchinson House in

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, and in

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.Contact Us
" Bahamas Maritime Authority. Retrieved on 16 February 2012. "London Office 120 Old Broad Street London EC2N 1AR United Kingdom" and "New York Office Bahamas House 231 East 46th Street New York New York 10017 United States of America" and "Nassau Office Shirlaw House 87 Shirley Street PO Box N-4679 Nassau, Bahamas" and "Hong Kong Office Room 2019 - 2020 20th Floor Hutchison House 10 Harcourt Road, Central Hong Kong" The agency was established in July 1995. Prior to the establishment of the authority, the Bahamas Ministry of Transport maintained the register of ships that were Bahamian-flagged. The BMA was formed due to growth that made the prior arrangement difficult.

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Bahamas Maritime Authority
1995 establishments in the Bahamas Organisations based in the Bahamas Maritime transport authorities Ship registration Organizations established in 1995 {{Water-transport-stub