Honduras is the Heart of Central America and the Caribbean

Honduras since 1888 with the Ports Law that allowed the registration of ships and officially since 1943 is open to the world, so, citizens from all over the world can register their vessels in Honduras. The Honduran Ship Registry has no limitations or restrictions regarding the country of origin of the ownership of the ship, nor does it have restrictions regarding the nationality of the crew. Initially it requires 3 documents for a provisional patent (1. The tonnage, 2. Bill of Sale and Power of Atorney, 3. Application plus the payments of taxes.). More information on the subject of ship registration can be found at  I want to sail with the Honduran flag.

In 1935, Honduras had the great White Fleet, they were large ships of the United Fruit Company that sailed throughout the Caribbean with a monopoly trade and later added transantlics transporting passengers and a lot of Honduran crew labor on the boats. In the 1960s and 1970s, two large Greek shipowners Niarchos and Onasis were originally the ones who brought Open Registry and world trade to life, they saw the economics of keeping their fleets on the basis of convenience that put them at an advantage over the costs of Logistics with the competition, being favored the Honduran flag, and already in the 80s and 90s it was very popular in Asia especially in Sigapore and China and Hong Kong and all over the world.

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