Marine services

Marine transport requires a wide range of indispensable services to operate smoothly. These marine services are provided by various private or public marine sector-related organizations and include towing, pilotage, ship repairs, maintenance, environmental services and various suppliers.

Many essential navigation services are supplied by federal government departments and agencies:

• The Canadian Coast Guard is responsible for ice-breaking, buoyage and marine communications.
• Public Works and Government Services Canada oversees maintenance dredging of the St. Lawrence navigation channel.
• Transport Canada is in charge of enforcing many statutes and regulations governing marine activities in Canada, including those related to:
  • vessel, crew and passenger safety and security
  • environmental and marine environment protection