Fees Calculator German Flag

Please note:
As of 1 October 2024, the "BSH-Gebührenverordnung" (Ordinance of fees of the BSH) has been integrated into the "Besondere Gebührenverordnung des BMDV" (Special ordinance of fees of the BMDV - BMDV-WS-BGebV). Some of the fees of the BSH have been changed. These changes will soon be considered in the Fees Calculator.

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What can the fees calculator German Flag do?
Fees Calculator Ship Registration

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Cost transparency of the German Flag is important to us. With our fees calculator German Flag you can calculate the most important fees for German-flagged merchant ships on international voyages yourself. Our staff will gladly inform you about fees regarding any other ships or exceptional cases.

1. Choose the type of ship

Please choose the type of ship
Passenger ship Cargo ship

2. Is your ship changing to the German Flag or are you building a new ship?

Is your ship (already in service) Changing to the German Flag or are you building a new ship?
Changing to German flag Building a new ship

Calculate fees for entire term of the certificate or for a shorter term (rest of term until end of class term)?

Term
Entire term of the certificates Shorter term of the certificates

Please mark until when the certificates of the foreign flag are valid for (=end of the class term, maximum of 5 years):

Month

Year

3. Shipping register of sea-going ships: Initial registration?

Usually when changing to the German Flag: No initial registration, because most owners have their ships registered in a German shipping register for sea-going ship regardless of the flag they choose for them.
No initial registration (usual case) Initial registration (exception)

What is the value of the ship in Euros? (= business value acc. to GNotKG, sec. 36)

(please enter the amount without any spaces, dots or decimal places)

What can the fees calculator German Flag do?

The fees calculator German Flag provides you with the fees for ship-related compulsory certificates for cargo and passenger ships on international voyages. In doing so the calculator takes into account the reduced fees when the certificates are not issued for the full term of 5 years during a change of flag (because the class term is shorter).

The calculator does not include the following fees and costs:

ship-related additional certificates (e.g. for the transport of dangerous goods), because depending on the cargo of the ship different additional certificates are required,

ship surveys, tonnage measurements or plan approvals since the fee amount is based on the individual survey or processing time and, moreover, many shipping companies have arranged block fee contracts with classification societies,

if necessary, the transition of the medical equipment (on-board pharmacy), of which the costs depend on the present standard on board,

seafarer’s documents (e.g. certificates of competency), since depending on the composition of the crew a different amount of seafarers need these documents,

the wages of the crew members, because the costs of wages depend on many different factors (manning of the ship, use of bargaining agreements, social security law)

Further information about the advantageous fees of the German Flag is under the heading “Financial Matters”.

Fees Calculator Ship Registration

If you would only like to know the fees for initial registration of a sea-going ship into a register for sea-going ships, please use the Fees Calculator Ship Registration.