Shipping & Maritime

Moore Stephens has a long association with the shipping and maritime sector. As part of the National Recovery Plan, the Government will seek to rebuild indigenous industries. Consolidating and developing the Shipping and Maritime sector will be key to this recovery process. Strong professional advice will be needed to support this recovery process and at Moore Stephens we feel we have the necessary experience to provide this support.

Our experience can broadly be divided into the following sub sectors:

•    Shipping 
•    Fishing 
•    Aquaculture 
•    Marine Tourism 

Within these sub sectors, we provide the following services:

Audit and assurance
Audit, accounting assistance, conversion of financial statements to international reporting standards, corporate governance, risk management and internal audit. 

Shipping finance 
Business plans, start-ups, floatations and privatisations, bond issues, acquisitions, disposals, buy-ins and buy-outs. 

Tax
Irish tonnage tax calculation and structuring. VAT and PAYE taxes, UK tonnage tax, US IRC S.883.