IALACOLREG
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Oman

Who issues it
المديرية العامة للشؤون البحرية، وزارة النقل والاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات [Directorate General of Maritime Affairs, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology]
Minimum age
18 years
Buoyage
IALA region A

Do you need a licence?

Under Decision 223/2013, Annex 1, private pleasure-craft skippers need a maritime-authority licence and must be at least 18. It covers GCC-flagged craft and similar foreign craft authorised to operate in GCC territorial waters. The annex states no engine-power, length or speed exemption.

  1. ترخيص قائد السفينة · Vessel skipper's licence

    From 18
    What it lets you do
    Private pleasure craft: GCC internal/territorial waters and special zones. Other voyages need suitable equipment and written notice to the authority.
    How you get it
    Recognised maritime-college certificate, or authority test on COLREGs, navigation, buoyage, stability, communications, firefighting and first aid.
    Where to study
    Study it in Academy

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The Academy is free with an account: lessons for every topic, timed mocks marked like the real exam, and your progress saved.

Study the theory in the Academy See the Exam Pass

Official sources: Ministry of Transport and Communications — Decision 223/2013, small-vessel safety regulation, Annex 1, pp. 147–152 · Ministry of Transport and Communications — Decision 127/2016, training and certification of seagoing seafarers · Ministry of Transport and Communications — Decision 70/2017, training and certification of domestic-voyage seafarers · Gov.om / Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology — احصل على شهادة الكفاءة البحرية · Gov.om / Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology — Get Navigation License for Ships and Marine Units · US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency — Sailing Directions, Publication 160, Oman: Buoyage System, p. 303