Shipping registration fees

Find out about the shipping registration fees for ship registration.

Application fees are payable when you lodge an application for any of the transactions listed in the table below. These fees are non-refundable.
Shipping registration fees are set out in the AMSA Fees Determination 2015 [1].

How to pay fees

You can pay by cheque, credit card or direct deposit.

Credit card: Ship registration credit card payment authorisation form 114 [2]

Direct debit: Australian shipping registration office direct deposit information [3]

Shipping registration fees

Item	Service	Fee A$
1	Application for registration or re-registration [4] for:
	(a) ship required to be registered	$2664
	(b) ship permitted to be registered	$1554
	(c) ship on demise charter	$3996
2	Application for provisional registration certificate [5]	$333
3	Extension of period of currency of provisional certificate	$222
4	Application for continuous synopsis record [6]	$555
5	Amendment of the continuous synopsis record [6]	$390
6	Re-issue of a continuous synopsis record [6]	$170
7	Application for registration of transfer or transmission of ownership [7] in relation to:
	(a) ship required to be registered	$777
	(b) ship permitted to be registered	$444
	(c) ship on demise charter	$1332
8	Application for grant of temporary pass [8]	$333
9	Application for change of name of registered ship [9]	$111
10	Application for change of home port of registered ship [9]	$111
11	Application for new registration certificate [10]	$222
12	Supply of deletion certificate	$111
13	Application for certificate of entitlement to fly Australian national flag or Red ensign [11]	$222
14	Lodging a caveat [12]	$222
15	Request for extension of time for lodging documents	$167
16	Application for exemption from requirement to be registered [8]	$666
17	Inspection of register [13] in relation to a registered ship—for each period of 15 minutes	$55.50
18	Supply of certified title extract [13]	$75
19	Supply of certified copy of register entry [13]	$40
20	Supply of certified copy of documents from the register [13], for each page	$21
21	Courier fees within Australia	$40
22	Courier fees outside Australia	$80