List of boat registration office initials
The boat registration initials that designate a boat's home port are essential for identifying a craft. These codes make it possible to link each boat to its official home port and are indispensable during registration formalities.
Discover the meaning of the initials, their role in maritime identification, as well as the key steps for choosing and registering a home port. Whether you are registering a new boat or looking for information to sail in full compliance, we support you step by step.
Boat registration in inland waters
| Office initials | Registration office |
|---|---|
| PA | Seine Navigation Service |
| LI | Nord - Pas-de-Calais Navigation Service |
| SG | Strasbourg Navigation Service |
| LY | Rhône-Saône Navigation Service |
| TO | Toulouse Navigation Service |
| NT | Loire-Atlantique Departmental Directorate for Equipment |
Register a boat in one of these inland ports
Boat registration at sea
| Office initials | Registration office |
|---|---|
| AJ | Ajaccio |
| AC | Arcachon |
| AD | Audierne |
| AY | Auray |
| BA | Bayonne |
| BI | Bastia |
| BL | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| BX | Bordeaux |
| BR | Brest |
| CN | Caen |
| CM | Camaret |
| CH | Cherbourg |
| CC | Concarneau |
| DP | Dieppe |
| DZ | Douarnenez |
| DK | Dunkerque |
| FC | Fécamp |
| LR | La Rochelle |
| GV | Le Guilvinec |
| LH | Le Havre |
| LS | Les Sables d’Olonne |
| LO | Lorient |
| MN | Marennes |
| MA | Marseille |
| MT | Martigues |
| MX | Morlaix |
| NA | Nantes |
| NI | Nice |
| NO | Noirmoutier |
| IO | Oléron |
| PL | Paimpol |
| PV | Port-Vendres |
| RO | Rouen |
| SB | Saint-Brieuc |
| SM | Saint-Malo |
| SN | Saint-Nazaire |
| ST | Sète |
| TL | Toulon |
| VA | Vannes |
| YE | Yeu |
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Overseas maritime districts
| Office initials | Registration office |
|---|---|
| CA | Cayenne |
| FF | Fort-de-France |
| PP | Pointe-à-Pitre |
| RU | La Réunion |
| DI | Dzaoudzi |
| BY | Saint-Barthélemy |
| SP | Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon |
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