Shipping ports

Establishes safety requirements regarding the use of pesticides in ships. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea.

Establishes technical regulations for the loading and unloading of bulk carriers. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea.

Established specific regulations regarding mandatory surveys for the safe operation of ro-ro (roll-on/roll-off) ferries and high-speed passenger craft. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea.

Establishes technical regulations to ensure a higher level of safety on small vessels carrying a maximum of 12 passengers. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea.

Concerns the implementation of Regulation No. 725/2004 on enhancing ship and port security. Refers to the SOLAS Convention (Safety of Life at Sea), the ISPS Code (International Ship and Port Facility Security Code), the Act on Safety at Sea

Establishes rules regarding ships inspection operated by the Danish Maritime Authority

Refers to the liability for pollution damage caused by bunker oil and liability for damage in connection with the carriage of hazardous and noxious substances by sea. Refers to the Tonnage Convention, BUNKERS Convention (International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage), the 1992 FUND Protocol (International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage), the HNS Convention Hazardous and Noxious Substances). Amendments included in the Consolidated Merchant Shipping Act.

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Establishes technical regulations regarding towing and anchor winches and towing hooks in ships. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea.

Aims to ensure a higher level of safety regarding fuel oil pipes. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea, the Notice D on the construction, equipment etc of ships and Notice B on the construction, equipment etc of passenger ships

Implements part of the STCW Code. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea and to the STCW Code (International Code on Standards of Traning, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers).

Amends the penaty provisions section. Refers to the MARPOL Convention and the Act on the Protection of the Marine Environment

Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea and the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage.

This Executive Order applies to Danish and Greenlandic ships and to foreign ships sailing in Danish and Greenlandic inland waters and territorial waters. Ships covered by this Executive Order must comply with the international rules of the sea (Collision Regulations)

Evolution regarding the areas where the prohibition applies

Establishes obligations regarding an emergy plan on board. Refers to the Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances (OPRC-HNS) to the Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC).

Defines to which vessels the Order and the COLREG apply. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea the the COLREG (Collision Regulations)

Implements parts of EU Regulation No. 782/2003 on the prohibition of organitin compounds on ships

Implementation of the maritime Labour Convention, modernisation of provisions on inspection… Refers to EU Directive 2009/17/EC establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and EU Directive 2009/21/EC on compliance with flag State requirements. Amendments included in the consolidated version of the Act on safety at Sea

Establishes a framework on technical regulatons on the construction, equipment etc of small commercial vessels. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea. Latest updated version is Order No. 1008 on Notice F from the Danish Maritime Authority, technical regulation on the construction equipment etc of small commercial vessels (2014).

Creates the National Park Vadehavet and defines the principles and rules applying.

Implements part of the EU Directive 2009/18/EC and refers to the Act on Safety at Sea

Sets rules regarding the transport of motor vehicles and refers to the Act on Safety at Sea

This Order identifies places of refuge in Danish waters. The purpose is that ships in need of assistance can seek refuge here to limit or eliminate the risk of pollution of the marine environment as well as in consideration of navigational safety. Refers to the Act on the Protection of Marine Environment.

Defines conditions and situations under which dumping of dug up seabed material is allowed in Denmark.

Refers to the EU Directives 2009/20/EC, 2009/21/EC and 2009/16/EC. Amendments included in the Consolidated Merchant Shipping Act.

Concerns the payment dued to pilotage services. Refers to the Pilotage Act.

Implements parts of the EU Directive 2009/21/EC on compliance with flag States requirements and refers to the Act on Safety at Sea

Establishes mandatory rules regarding the surface treatment of ships

Defines a framework for the investigations of marine accidents. Amendments included in the Consolidated Merchant Shipping Act.

Establishes a framework regarding technical aspects on the construction and equipment, etc, of passenger ships engaged on domestic voyages. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea.

Implementation of the International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, adjustments as a consequence of the Regulation concerning the Rights of Passengers, fees for certificates of competency and certificates of qualification, the introduction of an annual fee for ships registered in the ship registers and sanctioning of the master’s obligation to rescue those on board, etc. The part "Liability for wreck removal following a maritime accident and the obligation to take out insurance covering the removal of wrecks" in the Merchant Shipping Act is especially relevant as well as the amendments regarding the act on additions to the act on wreckage of 10 April 1895. Amendments included in the Consolidated Merchant Shipping Act.

Establishes a legal framework regarding small vessels carrying a maximum of 12 passengers. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea

Establishes in the Community a vessel traffic monitoring and information system with a view to enhancing the safety and efficiency of maritime traffic and improving the response of authorities to accidents, incidents or potentially dangerous situations at sea, including search and rescue operations. Refers to the Act on Safety at Sea, the EU Directives 2002/59/EC and 2009/16/EC, the MARPOL Convention, the SOLAS Convention, the International Safety Management Code (ISM), the SAR Convention (International Convention on Maritime Research and Rescue) and several IMO resolutions and guidelines.

Ports Act. It applies to ports used for commercial handling of goods, vehicles, persons and landings of fish (§ 1).

Refers to the Regulation (EC) no 392/2009. Amendments included in the Consolidated Merchant Shipping Act.