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Arrivals, spedizioni, cabotage and the 2026 seaworthiness rule

IT-CHARTER-M4 · Foreign-Flag Yachts in Italy · IT-CHARTER-M4-A What an EU or third-country-flag charter yacht must do to work in Italian waters: the STED declaration, safety top-up, arrivals, cabotage and customs.

An EU-flag charter yacht comes and goes like a private one. A **non-EU commercial yacht** clears in at its first Italian port and holds **spedizioni valid for a year**. Cabotage is the question nobody has answered.

Independent study. xplor is not affiliated with the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT), the Guardia Costiera / Capitanerie di Porto or any marine protected area, is not an approved nautical school (scuola nautica) or training centre, and awards no licence, title, certificate or endorsement. Charter annotations, declarations and certificates are obtained only through a STED, the Capitanerie and the bodies the law names, and nothing here is legal or tax advice for a particular yacht or contract. AI-drafted content pending subject-matter-expert review.