After information on the name and type of ship, the LDT, the launch year, and the manufacturing country have been issued in Hong Kong, prospective buyers in Taiwan double-check the information with the World Ship Annual or American Ship Annual published by the Lloyd's Register of Ship in London and the American Bureau of Ships respectively.
舊船交易中心隨時將舊船拍賣的資料，包括船名、形式、輕排水噸位、下水年份、製造國、交船時間等，經由電傳打字機立即傳送到台灣來。拆船業者接到後，可以翻閱倫敦勞氏驗船協會或美國驗船協會所出版的世界船隻年鑑或美籍船隻年鑑，求取進一步的資料。