The Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance’s (CG-CVC) Work Instruction (CVC-WI-002 (series)) provides a full overview of these programs including incentives, eligibility requirements and application instructions. This Work Instruction along with other guidance on port state control matters can be found on CG-CVC’s Mission Management System (MMS) webpage:

For those companies that believe their vessel(s) qualify for the Qualship 21 Program or Qualship 21 with E-Zero Designation applications must be made using the application provided in CVC-WI-002.

Before any ship can be enrolled into Qualship 21 program. it’s flag Administration must be qualified for the QS21 program. For a flag administration to become qualified, they must meet the eligibility criteria outlined in CVC-WI-002.

The following flag administrations have met all the requirements for full participation in the Qualship 21 program (through the end of June 2025: