Apply for a tonnage certificate

Service Description

The BSH issues internationally recognized tonnage certificates for recreational craft. These are a prerequisite for entry in a shipping register.

The issue of tonnage certificates depends on the length of your vessel.

  • For pleasure craft under 24 meters in length (in accordance with Article 2 paragraph 8 of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships), a simplified measurement is carried out; it is limited to determining the length. The issued tonnage certificate is generally sufficient for the registration of the recreational craft in a shipping register.
    • On request, these smaller pleasure craft can also be measured in accordance with the international rules for vessels over 24 meters in length. You will then receive the international tonnage certificate.
  • For vessels over 24 meters in length, an exact measurement is carried out on board in accordance with the rules of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships. These ships then receive an international tonnage certificate.

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)

Competent Authority

Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)

Address
Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 78
20359 Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt
Telephone
+49 40 3190-0
Fax
+49 40 3190-5000

Further Authorities

Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie Sachgebiet S21
Postal address
Post office box 30 12 20
20305 Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt
Telephone
+49 40 3190-7290