NORWAY Law and Practice Contributed by: Kristian Lindhartsen, Lilly Kathrin Relling and Tobias Kilde, Kvale Advokatfirma DA
forbidden. As many mortgages include a clause prohibiting further mortgages, the mortgagee must either consent to registration of the new mortgage/right or sign the mortgage for deletion. The amendment must be made in the original document. The following document requirements are appli - cable: • consent to the registration of a new mort - gage/right requires specification of a new creditor, face value and currency; • if the mortgagee/holder of the right is a com - pany, the endorsement must be signed with a binding signature according to the certificate of company registration; and • if the mortgagee/holder of the right is a for - eign body, a notary public must confirm both the identity and the authority of the person signing the amendment. The notary’s signa - ture is then to be legalised by a Norwegian foreign service station or by the amendment of an apostille. It should also be noted that the new mortgage/ right must be forwarded, in original, to the Department of Ship Registration with a binding signature in the following circumstances: • if the mortgagor is a Norwegian registered company, it must be signed according to the certificate of company registration; and • if the mortgagor is a foreign entity, a notary public has to confirm the identity and author - ity of the person signing. The signature of the notary shall be legalised by a Norwegian foreign service station or by the amendment of an apostille. From 1 January 2024, the NOR, NIS and BYGG register allows for fully electronic and fully auto -
matic registration of ships and rights in ships. This requires access to the nationally used platform BankID, which is a personal electronic identification used for identification and signing online. This option significantly reduces pro - cessing time. If the electronic option is not used, the docu - ments submitted must be originals, and should not be sent for deposit more than three weeks prior to scheduled registration (the sender must include a statement to that effect). The docu - ments will be returned to sender without regis - tration if there is no scheduled registration within three weeks. 1.7 Ship Ownership and Mortgages Registry All three ship registries in Norway are open to the public, and are searchable by name and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) number of the vessel on www.sdir.no. The infor - mation available to the public includes the full details of the owners of the vessel. 2. Marine Casualties and Owners’ Liability 2.1 International Conventions: Pollution and Wreck Removal The Norwegian Parliament adopted legislation in 2018 to implement the 2007 Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks. On 11 February 2025, the Nairobi Convention entered into force in Norway. Norway is also party to the 1973/1978 Interna - tional Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Convention as incorpo - rated into Chapter 5 of the Norwegian Ship Safe - ty and Security Act. Owners must also comply
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