When you own a boat, you are likely to need to register it with the US Coast Guard. Known as vessel documentation, this is the national registry of vessels in US waters and is administered by the US Coast Guard at their Documentation Center. In order to apply to document a vessel, you will need…
Boat Licenses, state registration numbers, official numbers, documented vessels, unregistered boats, USCG, NVDC… if you don’t know what these words mean we have got you covered. We will tell you everything about them so you are able to process your initial vessel documentation by yourself and you know what you are doing. But that’s not…
A lot more goes into owning a boat than you may realize at first. While you may purchase your ship with the intent of going out and enjoying time with your friends and family, fishing, swimming, snorkeling, or just traveling to warm, exotic places, you have to work at maintaining your boat to keep it…
USCG vessel owners should know our Vessel Documentation Portal’s data privacy measures. Encryption on our secure server ensures that only authorized personnel may access your information. The USCG Vessel Documentation Portal employs hypertext transfer protocol secure servers with 128-bit encryption to provide a safe and secure connection. Using our Vessel Documentation Portal to access operations…