Vessel licensing and registration

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Pleasure craft licence, vessel registration, Canadian Register of Vessels, Small Vessel Register, marine mortgage, bareboat registry, vessel history, coasting trade licence.

vessel licensing

Services and information

Apply for or manage a Pleasure Craft Licence (PCL)

License a pleasure craft, manage pleasure craft licence, updates and changes to licence, boat dealer demonstration licence.

Apply for or manage a vessel registration

Register commercial vessels and pleasure craft, manage registration, report changes, transfer ownership.

 

Register or manage a marine mortgage

Register, transfer or discharge a marine mortgage, builder’s mortgage, death of mortgagee.

Request or extend a certificate of bareboat registry

Bareboat charters in or out of Canada, obtain or extend a certificate of bareboat registry, suspend or reinstate a vessel’s registry in Canada.

 

Request transcripts or historical research of a vessel

Vessel Registration Query System, transcripts, vessel history.

Coasting trade

What is coasting trade in Canada, coasting trade licence, advance notification for foreign vessels.