Requirements for BOOK AND CERTIFICATE:

– Application for Seaman’s Identity Document
– Medical Certificate Form
– Digital Photographs
– Revenue StampsStamps per License: A L. 10.00 revenue stamp per license is required for all certification procedures.
– Stamps per Seaman’s Book: A L. 5.00 revenue stamp per seaman’s book is required for all procedures.
– Stamp on Application: All applicants must include a L. 1.00 revenue stamp affixed to the procedure application form.
– Identification Documentation: It is mandatory for everyone to present a Passport (with a minimum validity of 6 months) or the National Identity Card for Honduran citizens.
– Medical Certificate: All levels must present a Medical Certificate with a minimum validity of 6 months.
– Application Form: Absolutely all seafarers must complete and submit the “Seafarer Procedure Application Form TI.R.73”.
– Minimum Validity Rule: All documents (courses, passport, and medical certificate) must have a minimum validity of 6 months at the time of processing the application.
– STCW Training Courses:Basic Safety Training (BST): Required for all ranks.
Security Awareness Training for All Seafarers: Universally required for all ranks.

HEALTH CARDS, STANDARD MEDICAL CERTIFICATES, AND LABORATORY TEST RESULTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. IT IS MANDATORY THE OFFICIAL MEDICAL FITNESS CERTIFICATE FORM

Experience Details, Advanced Courses, and STCW Regulations
Specific requirements regarding sea service time (discharges), on-board performance evaluations, advanced courses (GMDSS, ARPA, ECDIS, Advanced Firefighting – AFF, etc.), and co-existent/previous licenses vary depending on the rank requested.

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Requirements
– Written Application: Submitted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Law if the process is carried out through a legal representative (Power of Attorney).
– Identity Card or Passport: Depending on the applicant’s country of origin.
– Valid Certificate to be Endorsed: Issued in compliance with the STCW 78 Convention, as amended, by countries recognized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
– Verification Data: Physical addresses, email address, fax number, and telephone number of the issuing maritime authority that granted the certificate, required for authentication.

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Maritime Training Centers wishing to obtain recognition under the Honduran Flag Administration must submit documentation demonstrating compliance with the requirements of the STCW Convention, 1978, as amended, including the STCW Code, applicable IMO Model Courses, instructor qualifications, quality management standards, and training facilities.

– List of courses to be recognized.

– Description of the training facilities where the courses are conducted. Address of the head office and any branch offices.

– A duly apostilled extract from the Commercial Registry (or equivalent corporate registry) evidencing the legal existence of the Training Center, including its date of incorporation, board of directors, and legal representative.

– Format of the Certificates to be issued

– Name, copy of identification document, photograph and signature of the Director of the Training Center or, if applicable, of the persons authorized to sign in his name and on his behalf, and the record of signatures must be accredited with the respective apostille.

– Document where the outline and structure of the IMO model courses are accredited, according to the STCW 78 Convention Training Code, as amended.

– Resume of the instructors assigned for each course, experience, training courses, teaching level in accordance with Regulation I-6 of STCW 78, as amended.

– Document that the instructors have acquired training in the IMO Model Course 6.09; if the center has bridge simulators, they must demonstrate training and experience.

– Current Quality Management Certificate in accordance with ISO 9001-2008 (or current version).

– Copy in digital format of the latest version of the approved Quality Manual, including the training procedures established by said center, in accordance with Rules I-6 and I-8 of the STCW 78 Convention, as amended.

– Photographs of the facilities, equipment and simulators of the Maritime Training Center, in case the equipment to carry out the courses is at the disposal of a third party, a duly apostilled copy of the Agreement signed with third parties must be accredited.

The owners, leaseholders, or shipowners who are interested in registering a vessel in Honduras, must apply for registration at the General Directorate of the Merchant Marine through a professional authorized to practice law in Honduras.

The documents attached to the application form may be temporary and for the sole purpose of obtaining the Provisional Certificate of Registry, presented as authenticated photocopies.

Validity: Six (6) months

General Requirements

1. Fill the Request Form, which can be found in the Section of Reception of Documents and Customer Service at the headquarters in Tegucigalpa, it can also be downloaded from our website.
2. Public Deed of Power duly authenticated, in any cases, or power of attorney duly authenticated.
3. Original or certified copy of title deed, lease or legal act by virtue of which shows the ownership.
4. Tonnage Certificate. (Only applies to vessels larger than 78 feet or 24 meters of Length – according to the ITC 69 Convention -. In case of smaller vessels, the Recognized Organization (R.O.) chosen by the shipowner shall issue a “Non Convention” Certificate or on behalf, the General Directorate of the Merchant Marine may issue a certificate of “Simplified Tonnage Calculation”, but solely in these cases.
5. If it is a cargo or passenger vessel an insurance policy for damage to third parties must be presented.

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To request an extension of the Provisional Registry, the attorney must submit the request with certified copies of the Third Party Liability Insurance Policy to the Reception of Documents and Customer Service Section before the expiration date of the previous Certificate. Only one extension of Provisional Registry may be given.

Validity: three (3) months

Requirements:
– Public deed of power or Power of Attorney duly authenticated, if the document was issued abroad it must be must be duly legalized.
– Original or certified copy of Property Title, lease or legal act by virtue of which is in possession of the ship registered in the Registration of the Vessel Property (Located in Honduras), or submit Public Deed for the corresponding registration.
– Deletion Certificate of the previous registration, duly legalized.
– Tonnage Certificate issued by a Recognized Organization, duly endorsed or Classification Society.
– A Class Certificate or Seaworthiness issued by a classification society or Inspector authorized by the General Directorate of Merchant Marine, if the ship is older than 20 years, properly endorsed when applicable.
– Establish the type of fishing will be carried out.
– Indicate Operation Zone (nL / south and east / west longitude).
– Identify installation and operation of the satellite monitoring system.
– Continuous Synopsis Record (See Maritime Safety Department).

Note: International vessels, must also submit:
Approval of the General Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DIGEPESCA for its acronym in Spanish).
Fishing Statistics Report to this General Directorate every three months. The report must be accompanied by an affidavit duly authenticated by the shipowner. The statistics report shall be submitted to the competent international organizations, both by the owner of the vessel as by the Maritime Administration for purposes comparative purposes.

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Requirements:
– Public deed of power or Power of Attorney duly authenticated, if the document was issued abroad it must be duly legalized.
– Original or certified copy of Property Title, lease or legal act by virtue of which is in possession of the ship registered in the Registration of Vessel Property Registry (Located in Honduras), or submit Public Deed for the corresponding registration.
– Deletion Certificate of the previous registration, duly legalized.
– Tonnage Certificate issued by a Recognized Organization or Classification Society, properly endorsed.
– A Class Certificate or Seaworthiness issued by a classification society or Inspector authorized by the General Directorate of Merchant Marine, if the ship is older than 20 years, properly endorsed when applicable.
– A certified copy, original or certification of the Third Party Liability Insurance Policy.
– Continuous Synopsis Record (See Maritime Safety Department).

To make a change of name, owner, leaseholder, structural changes, tonnage and activity of the vessel, the attorney must submit to the Section of Reception of Documents and Customer Service Section the application form of Definitive or Provisional Registry to register the change in the Certificate of Registry.
If a vessel is not yet registered in the Registry of Property of Ships of the General Directorate of the Merchant Marine, having only provisional certificate of registry, the issuance of the new provisional certificate of registry for the requested change would proceed without further ado.

Prior to the issuance of a Definitive Certificate of Registry the owner must register the property with the Testimony of Public Deed with the change made. When the vessel has its property already registered, an inscription of the change made in the corresponding registry must be submitted.
When changes are made, supporting documents must be attached thereof, as follows:
Change of Vessel Name: Request the availability of the name.
Change of Owner: Bill of Sale or any other title deed transferring ownership.
Structural Changes of the Vessel: Letter of the shipyard detailing the structural changes made.
Change of Tonnage: Tonnage Certificate issued by a Recognized Organization or a classification society.
Change of Activity: Technical certificates proving that the vessel may engage in the new activity.

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To register the vessel property, the Attorney must submit the corresponding application form to the Reception of Documents and Customer Service Section with the Testimony of Public Deed and two photocopies.

This process is a requirement to obtain the Definitive Certificate of Registry. The testimony must detail particular of the ship as they appear on the Provisional Certificate, as well as the registration number and the background of the ship.

The reconstructed vessels must present:
Reconstruction Plans of the vessel duly authenticated pointing in the best way possible the changes in the vessel during the reconstruction process.
Letter of the Shipyard duly authenticated, with its exact address, telephone, fax, email and full name and title of the person signing it. The letter should detail at least the period of reconstruction, structural changes made, and an estimated of the vessel’s useful life if kept in optimum conditions.
If it is a Honduran shipyard, it must be registered with the General Directorate of the Merchant Marine (according to Resolution 001/2004).
Note: When applying for registration, the petitioner must submit the documentation attesting the reconstruction. This documentation will be reviewed by the Maritime Safety Department for approval. (Resolutions 003/2005 and 001/2003).

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The Attorney must apply for the Registry Deletion of a ship, which has obtained Definitive Registry through Reception of Documents and Customer Service Section; accompanied the application form with the following documents:
– Proof of cancellation of CONATEL-National Commission of Telecommunications.
– Proof of having no outstanding debts with DIGEPESCA. (Fisheries)
– Proof of solvency with satellite monitoring company. (Fisheries)
– Do not have outstanding debts with the General Directorate of Merchant Marine of Honduras.
In case that only Provisional Certificate has been obtained, a Deletion Certificate must also be attached.

The Attorney must submit to the Reception of Documents and Customer Service Section the request for Provisional Mortgage Registration, accompanied by a document which describes the mortgage lien.

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To carry out a Special Registry the Attorney must submit to the Section of Reception of Documents and Customer Service Section the RBRE 09.1 form duly filled out, accompanying the relevant documents duly authenticated.

The application documents are the following:
– Public Deed of Power duly authenticated, or copy duly authenticated Power of Attorney.
– Original or certified copy of title deed, lease or legal act under which shows ownership vessel.
– Tonnage Certificate issued by a recognized organization or recognized Classification Society properly endorsed when applicable.
– A class certificate or seaworthiness certificate issued by a classification society or inspector authorized by the Directorate General of Merchant Marine, if the ship is older than 20 years, properly endorsed when applicable.
– Certified copy of the Insurance Policy for 90 days or 3 months.
Report of the port of departure and port of arrival.