A hailing port is a location designated by the United States Coast Guard for boats greater than 65 feet to check in before moving throughout the waters of the United States. Even though the boat’s proprietor (also known as the boat’s captain) must regularly report to a specified calling point, they are not confined to…
A hailing port is a location designated by the United States Coast Guard for boats greater than 65 feet to check in before moving throughout the waters of the United States. Even though the boat’s proprietor (also known as the boat’s captain) must regularly report to a specified calling point, they are not confined to…
There are many rules and regulations associated to owning a vessel. First we’d like to establish the fact that vessels cannot be identified as both State Registered and Federally documented, they can only be one or the other. This is an important tip to know when you are expanding your knowledge on hailing port and…
“Marad Waiver”, “Preferred Ship Mortgage”, and “Hailing Port”… If you are new to the boating world there must be some terminologies you are not yet familiar with. Furthermore, the processes to obtain that type of documentation tend to be tedious and time-consuming. In this particular article, the Maritime Documentation Center will explain to you how…
You may be new to boating and vessel ownership so understand the terminologies involved comes with a learning curve. Vessel ownership also involves a bit of paperwork filing and ensure that you are going about things in the proper legal manner. One of the first things to note is that if you own a vessel…
Are you wondering what exactly a hailing port is, and how to choose one for your documented vessel? Something to keep in mind: it doesn’t have to be the port that your vessel spends most of its time at. But, it does have to be a port in the United States. In addition to all…
“Preferred Ship’s Mortgage,” “Hailing Port,” “MARAD” – vessel documentation is full of odd phrases you probably don’t hear in other walks of life. That’s just one part of the documentation that makes it a bit opaque and confusing to people, even those who have been dealing with it for years. Of course, it doesn’t help…
Every industry, every hobby has its own jargon. In boating, the jargon might actually be more dense and esoteric than in other industries. While there may be several reasons that this is true, a significant one is that people have been boating for literally thousands of years. That’s plenty of time for terms to be…
The home dock for your vessel is officially known as its hailing port. This, like many different components of your boating registration, will have to be updated should things change. Let’s look into why that is and how it can be changed. The Vessel Hailing Port The vessel hailing port is, pretty self explanatorily, the…
If you are not familiar with the boating industry at all, a term like “hailing port” will probably sound like something you can plug your phone or computer into. As you can imagine, given that you are on a vessel documentation website, it is not. The hailing port is, of course, the port in which…