a) A top quality register that is credible and secure, and listed in the top twenty of the Paris MOU white list on Port State Control;

b) European Community register. Vessels fly the Portuguese flag and can access European Union cabotage;

c) All international agreements to which Portugal is a signatory are applicable;

d) The income of ships´ crew is completely exempt from any tax in Portugal;

e) Flexibility relative to crew composition: only the captain and 50% of the safety manning have to be European nationals and/or nationals of an official Portuguese-speaking country (Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau and East Timor); vessels owned by Spanish nationals are also authorised to have crew from official Spanish-speaking countries;

f) The crew and their respective employers are exempt from making social security contributions in Portugal, as long as they are covered by another social security scheme or voluntary insurance;

g) There are no nationality requirements for the owners of vessels registered in MAR;

h) Highly competitive registration and service fees; bulk discounts available;

i) Mortgages of vessels registered in MAR can be governed by the laws of a different country;

j) Access to Europe´s most competitive tax system if the ship´s owner is a company operating in the International Business Centre of Madeira.