The Norwegian Shipbuilding Register ( no, Skipsbyggingsregisteret) is a domestic

ship register The flag state of a merchant vessel is the jurisdiction under whose laws the vessel is registered or licensed, and is deemed the nationality of the vessel. A merchant vessel must be registered and can only be registered in one jurisdiction, but m ...

for ships under construction or contracts for building ships within

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. The register is managed by the Norwegian Ship Registers and is subordinate to the Norwegian Ship Register.

Registration

All

ship A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished ...

s over 10 metres can register, including

offshore platform An oil platform (or oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, and similar terms) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process petroleum and natural gas that lie in rock formations beneath the seabed. Many oil platfor ...

s and equivalent. The ship must be built at a Norwegian ship yard.

External links

* The Norwegian Ship Registers Water transport in Norway {{norway-gov-stub