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Get a boat hire licence to let out a boat or use it to transport up to 12 passengers for a fare - exemptions, how to apply, conditions, penalties and fines
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
General Export Facility secured by Marine Specialised Technology Group to win contracts in the Netherlands, Ireland and Italy
Online proforma registration and guidance for owners, operators and bareboat charterers registering merchant vessels under the UK flag.
Location: River Bure, Norfolk, England.
You usually need to register your boat to use it on inland waterways, such as rivers and canals.
Find out the procedures you'll need to follow to zero rate VAT for the supply of a sailaway boat.
Information for boaters on the River Stour.
Complete form MSF 4738, to register a bareboat charter ship with the Registry of Shipping and Seamen (RSS)
The current conditions affecting boaters on the River Thames and what the warnings mean.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
Apply for a boatmasters' licence to run a passenger-carrying or non-passenger carrying commercial vessel - apply, replace, renew or upgrade your licence
Boat registration charges for the River Thames.
Location: 1 nautical mile south of Punta Rasca, Tenerife
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