>Press Releases Home > Publications and press releases > Press Releases Ship registration made easier with one-stop-shop service The Marine Department has officially opened a one-stop-shop service to process all ship registration related applications at the third floor of the Harbour Building. Instead of having to apply for their ship registration in the Central's Harbour Building and application for a ship station licence from the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) in Wan Chai as in the past, shipowners are able to make all the necessary applications at one point. The office for the one-stop service is situated on the third floor of the Harbour Building in Central. Marine Department's Chief Assistant Registrar, Mr Chan Ming-yau, said: "However, shipowners still have the option to apply for their ship station licence directly from the OFTA instead of going through the one-stop-shop." The one-stop shop service was established in response to clients' comments that they were inconvenienced when making applications for trading certificates at various sections of the Marine Department and other Government Department that were remote from the Shipping Registry, Mr Chan said. As the Shipping Registry and Seafarers Branch (SRSB) is the major service provider in the Department for the HKSR shipowners, all the offices under the SRSB Branch, namely the Shipping Registry, the Mercantile Marine Office and the Seafarers' Certification Section, have now been grouped together as one single office. More details about the one-stop-shop service are available in the eighth issue of Hong Kong Maritime News which is accessible through Marine Department's website at http://www.gov.hk/mardep. Friday, April 5, 2002
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