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Distances between locks on the River Thames and measurements restricting navigation.
Register your boat with the UK coastguard using the Royal Yachting Association’s SafeTrx service
Advice for vessel owners, operators and masters about vessels with bow areas open to passengers.
Check customs rules for private individuals who leave the UK in their pleasure craft and travel to other countries.
Register or license a boat for use on the UK's inland waterways or at sea - which authority to register with, the UK Ship Register and Small Ships Register, penalties and fines
Information for boaters on the River Stour.
A guide for boaters and other users of the River Thames.
Find out the procedures you'll need to follow to zero rate VAT for the supply of a sailaway boat.
River Medway general boating information.
How to get statutory safety training and the certificates of competency you will need to work in the fishing industry.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Courts issue fines for failing to register boats on the River Thames. Environment Agency enforcement officers regularly patrol the river
FCDO travel advice for Barbados. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Nicaragua. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
All fishing vessels must carry out regular drills and record these. Drills may differ depending on whether the vessel is single handed or not.
FCDO travel advice for Cayman Islands. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Vessel traffic management, electronic nautical publications and safety information for owners, operators of ships, yachts, fishing vessels.
FCDO travel advice for St Kitts and Nevis. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Apply for a boatmasters' licence to run a passenger-carrying or non-passenger carrying commercial vessel - apply, replace, renew or upgrade your licence
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