Fee: $100
If your vessel has been altered or modified to the point where the information on your Certificate of Registry is no longer accurate, you must report the changes to the Vessel Registration Office.
Examples of changes that need to be reported include changes to the vessel’s descriptor, tonnage, length, breadth, depth, or engine size (horsepower).
Contact your regional Marine Safety Service Center to speak to the technical services group if you have any questions regarding tonnage measurement.
If the vessel was measured by… |
Do this… |
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Certificate of Survey |
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Tabular Method |
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Assigned Formal Tonnage |
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Simplified Method of Tonnage Measurement (Form 4A) |
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Tonnage Measurement of a Simple Multihull Vessel (Form 4B) |
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- Provide the following to make the alteration to the registry:
- Submit and pay
How long it may take to process your request
View the Vessel Registry service standards
Full re-build of a vessel
A full re-build is not considered to be an alteration. A Marine Safety Inspector must review the vessel changes. Based on their review, you may have to do the following:
Make an appointment with a Marine Safety Inspector
If your vessel has had a full re-build, you need a marine safety inspection.