Danish Maritime Authority
DMA Makes Pleasure Boat Rental Easier
Now, it becomes easier for private persons to hire out or share their pleasure boats. The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) has revised its regulations on pleasure boats so that they are now simpler if you want to hire out or share your pleasure boat with others. This is the case for both private persons and hire services. Director Per Sønderstrup from the Danish Maritime Authority said: ”In the future, the same regulations apply to equipment and arrangement irrespective of whether the pleasure boat has been hired or is owned.
DMA Releases Flexible Framework for Yachtsmen's Tests
The Danish Maritime Authority has enabled yachting organizations to be approved for holding tests and issuing certificates, just as they can authorize external examiners for yachtsmen's tests. On the basis of a new executive order, it becomes easier to establish a dialogue between the clubs, evening schools, course providers and sailing schools that prepare people for tests and the approved course providers who carry out the tests as such. Director Per Sønderstrup from the Danish Maritime Authority said, “The new model is more up-to-date and strengthens the tests for yachtsmen without reducing the level.
Thorn to Chair Danish Pleasure Craft Safety Board
Jan Thorn will take over the chairmanship of the Danish Pleasure Craft Safety Board on February 1, 2015. Thorn is Director of the Danish Maritime Authority’s division “Aids to Navigation” that is striving to enhance safety at sea for both commercial shipping and pleasure cruising. He has a background in the now abolished Danish Maritime Safety Administration and the Danish Defense and is an active yachtsman. He takes over the post from Francis Zachariae, who has been appointed…
