Type of Ship	Maximum age limit	Entry inspection requirement	Additional inspection required
Cargo ships and Cargo High Speed Craft	Yes ≤ 25 years	Yes If ≥ 15 years	No
Passenger ships and Passenger High Speed Craft engaged on international or short international voyages	No	Yes If ≥ 30 years	Yes If 2 ≤ Age ≤ 10Biennial If Age › Annual
Passengers ships and Passenger High Speed Craft engaged on domestic voyages within the territory of a State, other than Cyprus	No No	Yes If ≥ 25 years Yes	Yes If 2 ≤ Age ≤ 10Biennial If Age › 10 Annual No
Passengers ships and Passengers High Speed Craft engaged on domestic voyages within the territory of Cyprus		If ≥ 20 years	In order to operate they are required to be inspected and certified annually
Fishing vessels	Yes ≤ 25 years	If ≥ 20 years	No
Floating Production Storage Offloading Units, Floating Storage Offloading Vessels and Mobile Offshore Drilling Units	Yes ≤ 25 years	If ≥ 15 years	No
Ships of types other than those listed above	Yes ≤ 35 years	If ≥ 20 years	Yes If the ship is carrying industrial or special purpose personnel and 2 ≤ Age ≤ 10Biennial Age ≥ 10 Annual