Administrative contact
20 quai l'Hirondelle
98000 MONACO
Opening hours :
from 9.30am to 5.00pm from Monday to Friday
Phone :
Fax :
Administrative contact
20 quai l'Hirondelle
98000 MONACO
Opening hours :
from 9.30am to 5.00pm from Monday to Friday
Phone :
Fax :
Role
The Department of Maritime Affairs has the following responsibilities:
- Registration of vessels and removal from the register
- Issue of shipping licences
- Ship mortgage registration
- Implementation of rules on the status of the vessel
- Collection of the relevant duties and taxes
- Maritime pilots
- Safety inspections on board vessels
- Maritime buoys, markers and beacons
- Nautical information
- Shipping rules
- Recording offences against laws and regulations
- Issue of seafarer licences
- Embarkation of crews and checks of their professional aptitude
- Issuing crew lists
- Implementation of rules on the status of the seafarers
- Combating all forms of pollution in maritime areas
- Maintenance of pollution prevention equipment
- Training
- Participation in national and international exercises (RAMOGEPOL and REMPEC)
- Relations with international maritime Organisations (IMO, IOPC, IHO, IMSO) and interregional Organisations (REMPEC, RAMOGE, ACCOBAMS, PELAGOS)
- The organising of official visits of foreign State vessels
- Managing the refit area and the technical area of Fontvieille
- Upkeep of the Larvotto’s maritime property:
- Installation and removal of cofferdams in the event of heavy swell
- Installation of fencing
- Levelling of the beach
- Management of the jellyfish net
- Interface between the Government and the port operator (SEPM)
- Government’s representative within the Monaco Port Authority (SEPM)
- Monitoring of port activity
- Authorisation of nautical events and involvement in ensuring safety for some events
- Coordination of Government services
- Monitoring of maritime construction and port development works
- Secretariat of the Council of the Sea
- Drafting of maritime legislation
- Nautical information and advice to seafarers
- Authorisation to occupy the slipway
- Checking that ships are compliant with maritime safety standards
- Inspections of newly launched pleasure craft and working vessels
- Annual inspections of working vessels
- Of a scientific nature: with the Department of the Environment, the Oceanographic Museum, laboratories, universities, etc.
- Film shooting
- Various studies
Legal References
Administrative contact
20 quai l'Hirondelle
98000 MONACO
Opening hours :
from 9.30am to 5.00pm from Monday to Friday
Phone :
Fax :