Flag State Registries
Official ship registration authorities and how to verify vessel registration with them. Flag states highlighted in red have known fraudulent websites impersonating them.
Registries highlighted in red have known fraudulent websites impersonating them.
🇦🇱 Albania
1 fake 🇦🇴 Angola
1 fake 🇦🇼 Aruba
1 fake 🇧🇯 Benin
7 fakes 🇨🇲 Cameroon
2 fakes 🇨🇰 Cook Islands
1 fake 🇨🇼 Curacao
1 fake
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🇨🇿 Czech Republic
1 fake 🇪🇷 Eritrea
1 fake 🇸🇿 Eswatini
1 fake 🇫🇯 Fiji
1 fake 🇬🇷 Greece
1 fake 🇬🇾 Guyana
1 fake 🇭🇹 Haiti
1 fake 🇮🇪 Ireland
11 fakes 🇰🇮 Kiribati
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🇱🇦 Laos
1 fake 🇱🇸 Lesotho
🇱🇹 Lithuania
1 fake 🇲🇼 Malawi
1 fake 🇲🇻 Maldives
🇲🇱 Mali
1 fake 🇲🇷 Mauritania
🇲🇳 Mongolia
Open Registry
🇲🇿 Mozambique
🇳🇦 Namibia
1 fake 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
🇵🇼 Palau
Open Registry
🇵🇦 Panama
5 fakes
Open Registry
Online verification
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
1 fake 🇷🇴 Romania
5 fakes 🇼🇸 Samoa
1 fake
Open Registry
🇸🇽 Sint Maarten
3 fakes 🇸🇰 Slovakia
1 fake 🇹🇿 Tanzania
1 fake 🇹🇱 Timor Leste
2 fakes 🇹🇬 Togo
1 fake
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🇹🇴 Tonga
1 fake 🇺🇾 Uruguay
3 fakes