THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, CHAPTER 165. R.E 2023

Abstract

An Act to repeal the Merchant Shipping Act, 1967 and Inland Waters Transport Ordinance, to provide for the registration and licensing of ships, to regulate proprietary interests in ships and the terms of engagement of seafarers and matters ancillary thereto; to provide for the prevention of collisions at sea, the safety of navigation and of life at sea, the regulation of load lines, the carriage of bulk and dangerous cargoes, unsafe ships, inland waterways, passenger ships, wreck and salvage, the liability of ship owners and others and inquiries and investigations into maritime casualties; to provide for the pollution prevention and protection of marine environment and marine security; to consolidate the law relating to shipping and for connected matters.