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Cuba

Who issues it
Capitanías de Puerto [Port Captaincies]: private-boat authorizations and port clearance; Ministerio del Transporte [Ministry of Transport]: maritime professional oversight.
Buoyage
IALA region B

Do you need a licence?

Port Captaincies issue private-boat operator authorizations, but I could not verify when recreational skippers need one. Recreational licence categories, exemptions, age rules and boat or operating limits remain unconfirmed.

Professional deck titles

  1. Patrón de Segunda

    What it lets you do
    National command category for vessels of 5 to under 50 GT.
    Where to study
    Study it in Academy

  2. Patrón de Primera

    STCW II/3
    What it lets you do
    Near-coastal cargo-vessel command, 50 to under 500 GT.
    Where to study
    Study it in Academy

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Official sources: Ministerio del Transporte / ILO NATLEX — Resolution 140/2024, Article 24.1(l)(3): private-boat operator authorizations · Consejo de Ministros / FAOLEX — Decree 317/2013, Articles 103, 162 and 164: command categories and pleasure-boat permits · Ministerio del Transporte / FAOLEX — Resolution 1200/2015, Annex 2: minimum safe-manning categories · IMO — STCW/CONF.2/34, Section A-II/3: near-coastal masters of ships under 500 GT · National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency — Sailing Directions, Publication 140: Cuba, Buoyage System · Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular / FAOLEX — Law 115/2013, Articles 63–64: professional oversight and endorsements