diff --git a/apps/portal/src/app/features/onboarding/pages/OperationsOnboardingPage.tsx b/apps/portal/src/app/features/onboarding/pages/OperationsOnboardingPage.tsx
index 8041bf431..c6cb8070f 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/app/features/onboarding/pages/OperationsOnboardingPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/app/features/onboarding/pages/OperationsOnboardingPage.tsx
@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@ import { OperationsFormContent } from '../../profile/components/OperationsFormCo
 
 /**
  * Where a fresh applicant lands after declaring themselves. Someone who says
- * "I own a vessel" came here to register, so they are taken straight to that
- * form instead of a dashboard that only links to it. A seafarer goes to
- * `/profile` instead — registration is built from the profile
+ * "I own a vessel" came here to register, so they are taken to that service's
+ * own page — which lists what they already hold and starts the application —
+ * rather than dropped straight into the wizard with no way back. A seafarer
+ * goes to `/profile` instead — registration is built from the profile
  * (`RequireSeafarerProfile`), and a brand-new signup has none of it yet, so
  * sending them straight to the wizard would only bounce them back here.
- * Seafarer wins when both are ticked; the other form is one nav click away.
+ * Seafarer wins when both are ticked; the other page is one nav click away.
+ *
+ * A licence type with no page of its own falls through to the dashboard,
+ * where the catalogue offers it.
  */
 const NEXT_STEP: Record<string, string> = {
   SEAFARER_REGISTRATION: '/profile',
-  VESSEL_REGISTRATION: '/licensing/VESSEL_REGISTRATION/apply',
+  VESSEL_REGISTRATION: '/vessel-registration',
 };
 
 function nextStepFor(selectedKeys: string[]): string {