For the convenience of our readers, this post provides updated information for mariners who need to submit payments for services and documents associated with merchant mariner credentialing, inspections, and vessel documentation.

Online payments for Coast Guard user fees

The Coast Guard encourages online payments by credit card or from a checking account. Forms for payments of fees for merchant mariner and vessel documentation services, as well as, forms for vessel inspection user fee payments are available at www.pay.gov. Once on the site, find Coast Guard forms for online payments by entering ‘USCG’ in the search field at the top of the page. The results will list Coast Guard forms for available online payments.

New addresses for paying Coast Guard vessel inspection user fees by check

The addresses for submitting payments by check to the Coast Guard, including for vessel inspection user fees, have changed. Payments sent to the old addresses will not be forwarded to the Coast Guard. Payments received after the due date will result in late fees and penalties.

To ensure the Coast Guard receives payments sent by check through the U.S. Postal Service, use the following address:

US Coast Guard Vessel Inspection
P.O. Box 979118
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

If using a delivery service that requires a street address, use the following address:

U. S. Bank Government Lockbox
Lockbox Number 979118 (COI)
1005 Convention Plaza
ATTN: Gov’t Lockbox, SL-MOC1 GL
St. Louis, MO 63101

Don’t forget to include the invoice number or the vessel name and identification number on the check. Additional information is available on the Coast Guard Finance Center’s website.

This blog is not a replacement or substitute for the formal posting of regulations and updates or existing processes for receiving formal feedback of the same. Links provided on this blog will direct the reader to official source documents, such as the Federal Register, Homeport and the Code of Federal Regulations. These documents remain the official source for regulatory information published by the Coast Guard.