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Rules & Regulations

Merchant Shipping

  • Merchant Shipping Act No. 52 of 1971
  • Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act No. 36 of 1988
  • Merchant Shipping (Official Log Book) Regulations (167/5-1975)
  • Merchant Shipping (Amendment) ACT, No.52 of 1971
  • Merchant Shipping (Amendment) ACT, No. 17 OF 2019

                                         Merchcnt Shipping Act No.52 of 1971

       Regulation                   

Gazette

Number

Date of

Publication

Download
01

Merchant Shipping(Regulation of Sri Lanka Shipping owned by Sri Lanka companies with Foreign shareholders) Regulation

257/5 1983.08.08

English 

02

Merchant Shipping (Registration) Regulation 

1469/22 2006.10.31

English

03 Merchant Shipping (Verification of Container Gross Mass) Regulation 1979/30 2016.08.11

Sinhala

English

Tamil

04 Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certifiction and Watch Keeping for Seafarers) Regulations 1987/19 2016.10.04

Sinhala

English

Tamil

05 Merchant Shipping Regulations (Standards of Training,Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers) Regulations 2018/03 2017.05.08

Sinhala

English

Tamil

06 Amendment to the Merchant Shipping  (Standards of Training. Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers) Regulations 2303/16 2022.10.26

Sinhala

English

Tamil

07 Merchant Shipping (Surveys and Certificates) Regulations. 2261/49 2022.01.06

Sinhala

English

Tamil

08 Merchant Shipping (Construction-Structure, Subdivision and Stability, Machinery and Electrical Installations) Regulations. 2261/50 2022.01.06

Sinhala

English

Tamil

09 Merchant Shipping (Construction - Fire Protection, Fire Detection and Fire Extinction) Regulations 2261/51 2022.01.06

Sinhala

English

Tamil

10 Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances and Arrangements) Regulations 2261/52 2022.01.06

Sinhala

English

Tamil

11 Merchant Shipping (Radio communications) Regulations 2261/53 2022.01.06

Sinhala

English

Tamil

12 Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2261/54 2022.01.06

Sinhala

English

Tamil

13 Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes and Oil Fuels) Regulations 2261/55 2022.01.06

Sinhala

English

Tamil

14 Merchant shipping (Carriage of dangerous Goods) Regulations 2261/56 2022.01.06

Sinhala

English

Tamil

15 Merchant Shipping (Management for the Safe Operation of Ships) Regulations 2261/57 2022.01.06

Sinhala

English

Sinhala

16 Merchant Shipping (Tonnage Measurement of Ships) Regulations 2262/31 2022.01.13

Sinhala

English

Tamil

17 Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour) Regulations 2292/18 2022.08.09

Sinhala

English

Tamil

18 Merchant Shipping (Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Safety) Regulations 2298/32 2022.09.22

Sinhala

English

Tamil

19 Amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Wath Keeping for Seafarers)  Regulations 2303/16 2022.10.26

Sinhala

English

Tamil

20 Merchant Shipping (Special Measures to Enhance Maritime Security) Regulations 2320/35 2022.02.21   Sinhala

English

Tamil

21 The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2313/38  2023.01.04 

Sinhala

English

Tamil

22 Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers) Regulations-Ammendment 2023 2339/05  2023.07.04 

Sinhala

English

Tamil

23 Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers) Regulations -Ammendment 2024 2397/61   2024.08.16

Sinhala

English

24 Merchant Shipping (Non-Convention Vessel) Regulations, No.1 of 2024 2417/14  2024.12.31 

Sinhala

English

Tamil

25 Merchant Shipping (Categorization of Waters) Regulations, No.2 of 2024 2417/15  2024.12.31 

Sinhala

English

Tamil

26 Merchant Shipping (Vessel Classification and Certification) Regulations, No.3 of 2024 2417/16  2024.12.31   Sinhala

English

Tamil

27 Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers serving on board Ships engaged on Domestic Voyages) Regulations  2417/17 2024.12.31  Sinhala

English

Tamil

 

Shipping Agency Law

  • Licensing of Shipping Agents Act No. 10 of 1972
  • Licensing of Shipping Agents (Amendment) Act No. 9 of 1981
  • Licensing of Shipping Agents (Amendment) Act No. 16 of 1982
  • Shipping Agents (Licensing) Regulations (684/9-1991)
  • Shipping Agents (Amendment) (Licensing) Regulations (1992)
  • Shipping Agents (Amendment) (Licensing) Regulations (No.763/8-1993)
  • Shipping Agents (Amendment)
  • (Licensing) Regulations (No.905/13-1996)
  • Regulations under Exchange Control Act (Shipping Agencies, Freight Forwarding & Coastal Shipping) (No.721/4-1992)
  • Shipping Agency – Exchange Control Tariff 1996
  • Licensing of Shipping Agents (Amendment) Act No. 18 of 2002
  • Shipping Agents Regulations (Amendment-Licencing) (Fees)
  • Freight Forwarders,Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers and Container Operators Regulations ( No.1717/6-02nd August,2011)

         

 Licensing of Shipping Agent Act Nop10 of 1972

 

Regulation

 Gazette Number

Date of

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01

Shipping Agent (Licensing) Regulation, 1991

684/9

1991.10.17

sinhala

English

02

Shipping Agent (Licensing) Regulation

724/9

1992.07.23

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03

Shipping Agent (Licensing) Regulation

763/8

1993.04.21

 Sinhala
 English

04

Freight Forwarders, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (Licensing) Regulations, 2005

1402/19

2005.07.22

 English

05

Freight Forwarders, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (Licensing) Regulations, 2014

1877/26

2014.08.28

       English
          Sinhala
          Tamil

06

The Licensing of Shipping Agents, Freight Forwarders, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier and Container Operators Regulations

2069/38

2018.05.04

  English

  Sinhala

   Tamil

06

Amendment to the Licensing of Shipping Agents, Freight Forwarders, Non- Vessel Operating Common Carriers and Container Operators Act, No. 10 of 1972

2287/24

2022.07.07

  English

  Sinhala

  Tamil

07

Amendment to the Shipping Agents (Licensing) Regulations (Fees Regulations)

2313/38

2023.01.04

   English 

   Sinhala

   Tamil

08

Amendment to the Licensing of Shipping Agents, Freight Forwarders and Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (Licensing) Regulations (Fees Regulations)

2313/38

2023.01.04

        English 

  Sinhala

   Tamil

  

09

Amendment to the 'The Container Operators' Regulations 2005 (Fees Regulations)

2313/38

2023.01.04

         English 

  Sinhala

   Tamil

10

The Licensing of Shipping Agents, Freight Forwarders, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier and Container Operators (Structure of Charges) Regulations -

2334/26

2023.05.31

  English

  Sinhala

  Tamil

 

 

Admiralty Jurisdiction

  • Admiralty Jurisdiction Act No. 40 of 1983

Marine Pollution Prevention

  • Marine Pollution Prevention Act, No.35 of 2008

Safety of Maritime Navigation (Piracy)

  • Safety of Maritime Navigation (Piracy)
  • Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation Act, No. 42 of 2000
  • Piracy Act, No. 9 of 2001

Carriage of Goods by Sea

  • Carriage of Goods by Sea Act No. 21 of 1982
  • Hague Visby Rules/Rotterdam Rules

Port State Control

  • Procedures for Port State Control
  • Comparison of Procedures for Port State Control under IMO
  • Indian Ocean MOU
    Website: www.iomou.org.

 

CODES

1.SCV CODE

 

 

 

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