Senegal
- Who issues it
- Agence nationale des Affaires maritimes (ANAM) [National Maritime Affairs Agency]. Radio operator certificates: Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (ARTP) [Telecommunications and Posts Regulatory Authority].
- Buoyage
- IALA region A
- Collision rules
- Règlement international pour prévenir les abordages en mer
Do you need a licence?
Under the 2013 order, owners applying for a maritime circulation card must hold a pleasure-boat permit. ANAM also lists a motorised pleasure-craft permit. Skipper-permit exemptions, minimum ages and power, size, speed and navigation limits could not be confirmed.
Permis de conduire des navires et autres engins de plaisance à moteur · Permit to operate motorised pleasure boats and other motorised pleasure craft
- What it lets you do
- Motorised pleasure boats and other motorised pleasure craft; power, size and navigation limits not confirmed.
- Where to study
- Study it in Academy
Professional deck titles
Brevet de chef de quart de navigation côtière
- What it lets you do
- Listed in the 2002 decree for coastal watchkeeping; vessel and distance limits could not be confirmed.
- Where to study
- Study it in Academy
Brevet d’Officier chargé du quart à la passerelle à bord de navires de charge de jauge brute égale ou supérieure à 500
STCW II/1- What it lets you do
- 2005 official list: bridge watch officer on cargo ships of at least 500 gross tonnage.
- Where to study
- Study it in Academy
Brevet de Second Capitaine de navire de jauge brute comprise entre 500 et 3 000
STCW II/2- What it lets you do
- 2005 official list: chief mate on ships between 500 and 3,000 gross tonnage.
- Where to study
- Study it in Academy
Brevet de Capitaine de navire de jauge brute comprise entre 500 et 3 000
STCW II/2- What it lets you do
- 2005 official list: master of ships between 500 and 3,000 gross tonnage.
- Where to study
- Study it in Academy
Brevet de Second Capitaine de navire de jauge brute supérieure à 3 000
STCW II/2- What it lets you do
- 2005 official list: chief mate on ships above 3,000 gross tonnage.
- Where to study
- Study it in Academy
Brevet de Capitaine de navire de jauge brute supérieure à 3 000
STCW II/2- What it lets you do
- 2005 official list: master of ships above 3,000 gross tonnage.
- Where to study
- Study it in Academy
Radio certificates
Certificat restreint d’opérateur
ROC- What it lets you do
- 2007 ARTP report: restricted radio operator for SOLAS ships under the GMDSS.
- Where to study
- Study it in Academy
Certificat général d’opérateur
GOC- What it lets you do
- 2007 ARTP report: general radio operator for SOLAS ships under the GMDSS.
- Where to study
- Study it in Academy
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Official sources: Journal officiel du Sénégal, via FAOLEX — Arrêté ministériel n° 4441 du 28 mars 2013, carte de circulation maritime (articles 5–7) · ANAM — Décret n° 2011-821 du 16 juin 2011, redevances (personnel navigant: permis de plaisance) · Journal officiel de l’Union européenne — 2005/C 85/04, Sénégal, French certificate titles (position at 31 December 2004) · ARTP — Rapport annuel 2007, section 2.4.1: contrôle des navires et certificats des opérateurs radio maritimes · ARTP — Décret n° 2019-1877 relatif aux fréquences radioélectriques (articles 59–62: opérateurs radio) · US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency — Sailing Directions (Planning Guide), Publication 140: Senegal, Buoyage System · Commission sous-régionale des pêches — Senegal official-text compilation, Décret n° 2002-933, article 60 (coastal watchkeeping certificate) · HASSMAR — Loi n° 2002-22, Code de la Marine marchande, article 199 (collision regulations)