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Marine Safety
Transport Canada’s marine safety programs provide Canadians with a safe and efficient marine transportation system worthy of public confidence. Broad areas of marine safety activity include the following:
- Setting standards for vessel crew, design, equipment and use
- Monitoring and compliance of Canadian and foreign vessels
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Licensing pleasure craft
- Pleasure Craft Operator Competency Requirements
- Inspection of dangerous goods containers
- Protecting the navigability of Canada’s waterways
- Cargo handling and ship-port interface
- Navigation and radio communications
- Environmental protection and response systems
- Ship operations and inspection
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Vessel registration
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Small Vessel Compliance Program (Non-Pleasure Craft) (SVCP)
What's New in Marine Safety
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Day of the Seafarer, June 25 2011
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Small Vessel Compliance Program (Non-Pleasure Craft) (SVCP)
- Current Situation of Ports and Shipping in Japan after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident
- Attention Boaters: There are Changes in Applying for a Pleasure Craft Licence
- Boating Safety Class Contribution Program
- Arctic Shipping
- Ship Safety Bulletins
- Transport Canada News Releases
- Our Publications
- Online Marine Safety Framework
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- 2011-09-26
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