The purpose of this article is to establish the concept of the
bareboat charter registry and draw attention to a few significant
international conventions that govern certain aspects of the
bareboat charter registry. Also, the purpose is to present models
which various countries apply to regulate the registration of
vessels during the bareboat charter and analyse the contents of
the provisions of the bareboat charter that regulate the relations
between the contracting parties who wish to have the vessel
registered in the bareboat charter registry. BIMCO’s Standard
Bareboat Charter, also known under the code name BARECON
2001, will be used to lay out the provisions applicable to vessels
registered in the bareboat charter registry
