The Norwegian Ship Register or NOR is a domestic ship register for Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The register is managed by Norwegian Ship Registers

Norwegian Ship Registers

The Norwegian Ship Registers, sometimes called NIS-NOR is a Norwegian government agency responsible for operating the Norwegian International Ship Register, the Norwegian Ship Register and the Norwegian Shipbuilding Register. The register is subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and...

 (NIS-NOR).

Registration

All ship

Ship

Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...

s over 15 metres must register, as must offshore platform

Oil platform

An oil platform, also referred to as an offshore platform or, somewhat incorrectly, oil rig, is a lаrge structure with facilities to drill wells, to extract and process oil and natural gas, and to temporarily store product until it can be brought to shore for refining and marketing...

 and equivalent. A voluntary registration is available for vessels under 15 metres, but over 10 metres, commercial vessels, certain fishing vessels, cranes and mud vessels, and fixed offshore installations for other purposes than peopleum exploitation. Only Norwegian owned or operated ships can register, though ships registered in Norwegian International Ship Register

Norwegian International Ship Register

Norwegian International Ship Register or NIS is a separate Norwegian ship register for Norwegian vessels aimed at competing with flags of convenience registers like Panama, Liberia etc. Originally proposed by Erling Dekke Næss in 1984 it was established in Bergen in 1987 and is managed by the...

 or other foreign ship registers are exempt. Ships under construction at Norwegian ship yard

Ship Yard

Ship Yard is a rail yard on the Richmond District in Richmond, Virginia. It is just east of Triple Crossing. Ship Yard is not often used for putting together trains, but is more for storing empty cars, especially boxcars....

s or contracts for building ships can be registered through the Norwegian Shipbuilding Register

Norwegian Shipbuilding Register

The Norwegian Shipbuilding Register is a domestic ship register for ships under construction or contracts for building ships within Norway. The register is managed by the Norwegian Ship Registers and is subordinate to the Norwegian Ship Register....

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