WHAT IS A MORTGAGE?

A mortgage is a legal document that creates a security for a loan or other financial consideration, whereby, the registered vessel or share or a share of it is used as security. The person using the vessel as security and receiving the loan is called the mortgagor. The person taking the vessel as security and usually giving the loan is called the mortgagee. Only vessels registered in the Canadian Registry of Vessels can have mortgages recorded against them.