by Mac Mackay » February 25, 2011, 7:57 am
New Canadian regulations require that every powered vessel is to be registered (even outboard motor boats). Those under 15 gross tons are registered by number and their names are thus unofficial, making them impossible to trace by name. The Transport Canada web site lists small vessels in a seperate database, and uses the number only.
Many small tugs (whether commericial or pleasure) would fall into this category.
Since these vessels are required to display their registration number, it is important for shipwatchers to try to record that number. It is usually displayed on the bows and always takes the same form: CO1234BC where C stands for Canada, and the last two letters represent the province in which it is based.
New Canadian regulations require that every powered vessel is to be registered (even outboard motor boats). Those under 15 gross tons are registered by number and their names are thus unofficial, making them impossible to trace by name. The Transport Canada web site lists small vessels in a seperate database, and uses the number only.
Many small tugs (whether commericial or pleasure) would fall into this category.
Since these vessels are required to display their registration number, it is important for shipwatchers to try to record that number. It is usually displayed on the bows and always takes the same form: CO1234BC where C stands for Canada, and the last two letters represent the province in which it is based.