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The Minister of Transport is authorized to designate inspectors, and require ships to undertake inspections of ship and cargo, and obligate shipping companies to maintain documents. [ 7 ] The Act establishes the regime for registration of ships, ship naming, requirements for maintaining records, and for displaying ships markings.
Transport Canada Marine Safety (TCMS) is the division under Transport Canada that maintains and enhances marine safety and work to protect life, health, property and the marine environment. This includes providing services that are mandated by acts and regulations such as certification for Canadian seafarers and related professionals.
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA; French: Office des transports du Canada, OTC) is the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal of the Government of Canada that makes decisions relating to federally-regulated modes of transportation (air, rail and marine).
The Office of Boating Safety is the division of Transport Canada that is responsible for overseeing regulations, standards, policies, enforcement, and technical services for pleasure craft and marine recreation. The OBS delivers prevention-based programs to reduce the safety risks and environmental impacts of boating on Canadian waters.
On 18 February 2012, letters patent were issued to promote the Oshawa Harbour Commission to a port authority. [8]On 16 November 2012, a project document was released about the Saguenay Port Authority intermodal container plan, [9] which will impact the village of Tadoussac, and which needed the support of Denis Lebel, MP for Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean and Minister of Transport from May 2011.
The Polar Prince, the submersible’s support vessel, returned to port in Newfoundland, Canada, on Saturday after pieces of the submersible were found on the ocean floor earlier this week.
The PCOC can be obtained by taking a Transport Canada accredited boating safety course, then passing a test. Transport Canada requires a minimum study time of 3 hours for the boating safety course. The boating course is generally split up into 5 chapters with a 10 question multiple choice quiz at the end of each chapter. Curriculum includes: [3]
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