Barbados maintains two forums through which ship owners and managers may participate in the management of the registry.

Membership of the Ship Owners Association is by invitation and is made up of senior representatives of companies having at least three vessels in the Barbados Ship Register over a minimum period of three years.

The purpose of the Association is to give the clients a voice in the decision making process of running an international ship register.

As well as through the AGM, members are encouraged to voice their opinion regarding the operation of the Registry throughut the year and can make depositions regarding the ratification by Barbados of new international regulations and the application and interpretation of existing regulations.

Companies having representation in the Ship Owners Association may elect to have a person of their choice represent their company on our Technical Committee.

The function of the Technical Committee is to provide a technical resource and enabling the operator's perspective to influence the decisions made by the Registry.

Such decisions may include the assessing of PSC detention reports to assess the viability of launching an appeal against the detention or the interpretation of current legislation effecting operational matters.

Members of the Technical Committee are either contacted individually to give their views or may be brought together for collective discussions when this is warranted by the issues under consideration.