Apply In-person

1. To apply for Provisional Registration of Ship in person, the applicant has to visit the office of the South African Maritime Safety Authority.
2. The contact details of the South African Maritime Safety Authority can be found in the following link: Link
3. Visit the office and obtain Form 12 - Application for Registration Form as required from the relevant department. Or click here to download: Link
4. Make sure that you have all the documents listed in the “Required documents” section of this page.
5. Now, complete the application form with appropriate information under relevant sections. Attest it with your signature once completed.
6. Then, pay the applicable fees as directed to the relevant bank account. Find the information regarding payment at the office.
7. After paying the fees, attach all the required documents with the completed application and submit it to the relevant official at the office.
8. Then, the application and attached documents will be forwarded to the concerned authorities for further verification processes.
9. Once the verification and validation processes are over, the application will be approved and the officials will proceed to take required steps for the Registration.

Required documents check sheet is found in the link below: Link

South African Maritime Safety Authority - Head Office,
Physical Adress : 146,Lunnon Road,
Cnr Jan Shoba&Lunnon Roads,
Hillcrest, 0183.
Pretoria , South Africa
Postal Address : P.O. Box 13186 ,
Hatfield,Gauteng,South Africa
Tel: +27 (0) 12 366 2600
Fax: +27 (0) 12 366 2601.
Website:Contact link

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) branches

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) Emergency Contacts

• Any person living in South Africa, who owns a Shipping Vessel, can apply to get it provisionally registered.
• The owner may be an individual, a company or a closed corporation.

• Please approach the authorities for fees details.
  

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

• Check sheet: Link
  
• Application form: Link
  
• Declaration of Ownership & Nationality: Link
  
• Any other document to be used can be downloaded from the following page (as required): Link
  

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.gIn the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• This application form is common for both commercial and recreational pleasure vessel, so the applicant needs to mark with an ‘X’ on whichever option he/she wants to make.

• Places that are not applicable to the type of vessel that you own should be filled with an N/A.

• Application form can be typed or completed neatly by hand as applicable to the applicant’s requirement.

• It is important that the completed form must contain all the information required properly and the form must be filled legibly, in order to get accepted by the Authority.

• Proposed names or already registered name of vessel
• Name, address and contact details of the owner
• Applicant names
• Address and contact details
• Particulars of the vessel
• Builder’s details and dimensions
• Engine particulars
• Contact person details

• A Provisional Registration for a Shipping Vessel is required when a South African wishes to possess a ship legally inside the Republic for any permitted purpose as stipulated in the relevant legislation and he/she wants a registration certificate temporarily.
  

• Refer “PART 3” in the following document for more information regarding Registration of Ships: Link
  

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Link
  

More information which might help people.