Foreign ships - gaikokusenpaku

Japanese: 外国船舶 - がいこくせんぱく

...In addition, there is a system of ship registry for ships with a gross tonnage of less than 20 tons (Article 1 of the Cabinet Order on the Registry and Measurement of Gross Tonnage of Small Vessels). By acquiring Japanese nationality in this way, a distinction is made between Japanese ships and foreign ships. Meanwhile, in countries such as Liberia, Panama, Honduras, and Costa Rica, it is extremely easy for a ship to acquire nationality (the only condition is that it is not registered in another country), and since there are preferential tax treatments and there is no obligation to have domestic crew on board, an increasing number of shipowners are registering their ships in these countries due to business advantages such as being able to man the ship with crew from low-wage countries and reduce crew costs.

From "boat"

...After a shipowner determines the port of registry (Article 4), registers the ship (Commercial Code Article 686), and registers the ship (Ship Law Article 5, Paragraph 1), the shipowner will receive a certificate of ship nationality (Ship Law Article 5, Paragraph 2, Ship Law Enforcement Regulations Article 30). By acquiring Japanese nationality, a distinction is made between Japanese ships and foreign ships. Japanese ships have the right to fly the Japanese flag (Ship Law Article 2), the right to call at closed ports (Article 3), and the right to engage in coastal trade (Article 3). ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "foreign ships" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なお，総トン数20トン未満の船舶については船籍票の制度がある(〈小型船舶の船籍及び総トン数の測度に関する政令〉1条)。こうして日本の国籍を取得することにより，日本船舶と外国船舶との区別を生ずる。　ところで，リベリア，パナマ，ホンジュラス，コスタリカなどにおいては，船舶の国籍の取得がきわめて容易であり(他国に登録されていないことが唯一の条件)，課税上の優遇措置があることや，自国船員の配乗を義務づけていないことから，低賃金国の船員を配乗させ，船員費を節減することができるなどの経営上の利点により，これらの国に，船籍を置く船主が増えている。…

【舟∥船】より

…船舶所有者は，船籍港を定め(4条)，登記(商法686条)，登録(船舶法5条1項)したのちに，船舶国籍証書を受有することになる(船舶法5条2項，船舶法施行細則30条)。日本国籍を取得することにより，日本船舶と外国船舶との区別を生ずる。日本船舶は，日本国旗掲揚権(船舶法2条)，不開港場への寄港権(3条)，沿岸貿易に従事する権利(3条)をもつ。…

※「外国船舶」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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