Marine Technical Review Board (MTRB)

The Marine Technical Review Board ( MTRB ) has been created under the CSA 2001 to review applications for equivalencies to safety requirements or exemptions from non-safety ones. These applications concern individual Canadian vessels or the issuance of Canadian maritime documents to persons. The MTRB cannot make a decision that affects multiple vessels or classes of vessels.

• Rules of Procedure for the Marine Technical Review Board for the Processing of Applications for Exemptions or Replacements
• How to apply to the MTRB for:
  • Exemptions and Equivalencies
  • Appeal of a Detention Order
  • Technical Dispute Resolution
• Positive Decisions (MTRB Query System)
• Review of Detention Orders by the Marine Technical Review Board
• Process for the Review of Detention Orders
• Procedure for Marine Safety Technical Dispute Resolution
• Marine Technical Review Board Process for Granting a Regulatory Exemption or Replacement
• Annual Reports 
• Renewal of Board of Steamship Inspection Decisions Expiring July 1st, 2012