MARITIME TRANSPORT SERVICES
Maritime Transport Services provided by the Ministry of Economic Development, Transport & Trade focus on regulating, managing, and supporting sea-based transport across the Maldives. These services aim to ensure a safe, efficient, and well-coordinated maritime system for passengers, cargo, and maritime professionals.
Key areas of service include:
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Vessel Registration & Licensing
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Maritime Safety & Regulation
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Seafarer Certification & Licensing
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Port & Maritime Operations Coordination
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Digital Services & Online Access
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MARITIME SERVICES
Hull number registration services
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Registration of hull number
- Change the vessel builder of an issued hull number
- Change the hull number, due to vessel build location
- Ownership change of an issued hull number
- Registration of hull number (For Foreigners)
- Transfer of hull number due to change in vessel builder
- Change of vessel build location, to an issued hull number (For Foreigners)
- Ownership change of an issued hull number (For Foreigners)
Hull Registration Services
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Vessel Hull registration
- Change in ownership of a vessel hull registry
- Transfer of hull registry to a permanent vessel registry
- Vessel Hull registration (For Foreigners)
- Ownership change of a vessel hull registry (For Foreigners)
- Transfer of vessel hull registry to a vessel permanent registry (For Foreigners)
Services related to registration of Local Vessels
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Local vessel registration
- Renewal of cancelled registry, due to unpaid annual fee (Local Vessels)
- Renewal of lost / damaged registry (Local Vessels)
- Change of registry due to transfer from motor vessel to a sailing vessel (For Local Vessels)
- Attesting a copy of an issued registry (As a true copy)
- Change in registration of vessel due to change in the dimensions of a vessel (For Local Vessels)
- Alteration to registry (Local Vessels)
- Change ownership of a vessel (Local Vessels)
- Change in the registry of a vessel, due to transfer from sailing vessel to a motor vessel (For Local Vessels)
- Cancellation of Registry (Local Vessels)
- Renewal of registry after cancellation (Local Vessels)
- Registration of an imported vessel as a local vessel
- Registration survey
- Issuing a document regarding a lost vessel registry
- Registration of luxury vessels (For Foreigners)
- Registering a new local vessel (For Foreigners)
- Renewal of a cancelled registry of a local vessel, due to unpaid annual fee (For Foreigners)
- Renewal of lost / damaged local vessel registry (For Foreigners)
- Change the registry of a local vessel, due to transfer from sailing vessel to a motor vessel (For Foreigners)
- Attesting a copy as a true copy of the original (For Foreigners)
- Renewal of registration of a vessel, due to change in the dimensions of the vessel (For Foreigners)
- Alteration of the registry of a local vessel (For Foreigners)
- Change in ownership of a local vessel registry (For Foreigners)
- Changing the registry of a local vessel, due to transfer from a sailing vessel to a motor vessel (For Foreigners)
- Cancellation of registry of a local vessel (For Foreigners)
- Registering an imported vessel as a local vessel (For Foreigners)
- Registration Survey (For Foreigners)
- Registration of luxury vessels (For Maldivians)
Services related to surveying and issuance of certificates for local vessels
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Conduct initial survey and issuance of seaworthiness certificates for local vessels
- Survey and issuance of seaworthiness certificates, due to (change in code/carrying capacity/for renewal)
- Initial renewal of lost seaworthiness certificates (For Local Vessels)
- Applying for a follow-up survey, due to non-compliance in the initial survey
- Survey and issue seaworthiness certificates to ferries
- Survey and issue seaworthiness certificates to safari vessels
- Initial survey and issuance of certificates to steel vessels and bare boats
- Survey and issue initial seaworthiness certificates for new fishing vessels registered at Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Ocean Resources
- Survey and issuance of seaworthiness certificates of fishing vessels registered at Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Ocean Resources (Renewal / Code Change)
Issuance of Licenses to Vessels
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- New driving license for motor vessels
- Renewal of the driving license for motor vessels
- Renewal of motor vessel licenses (Due to expiry / Damage)
- Issuance of motor vessel driving licenses (Card and License Booklet)
- Issuance of motor vessel license card
- Issuance of motor vessel driving licenses (For Foreigners)
- Initial application for motor vessel driving tests
- Endorsement of the driving license category for motor vessels
- Renewal of motor vessel licenses due to loss
- Renewal of motor vessel license book and card, due to loss
Services Related to the Registration of Boat Builders and Boat Yards
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Boat yard registration
- Renewal of boat yard registration
- Boat yard registration (For Foreigners)
- Renewal of boat yard registration (For Foreigners)
- Registration surveys for foreign going vessels (For Foreigners)
Services Related to the Registration of Foreign Going Vessels
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Temporary registrations for foreign going vessels
- Permanent registry for foreign going vessels
- Issuance of deletion certificates for foreign going vessels
- Change ownership of foreign going vessels
- Issuing non-encumbrance certificates (Foreign going vessels)
- Localization of foreign going vessels
- Registration survey for foreign going vessels (For Foreigners)
- Issuance of temporary registration for foreign going vessels (For Foreigners)
- Issuing permanent registry for foreign going vessels (For Foreigners)
- Issuing deletion certificate for foreign going vessels (For Foreigners)
- Change ownership of foreign going vessels (For Foreigners)
- Issuing non-encumbrance certificates to foreign going vessels (For Foreigners)
- Localization of foreign going vessels (For Foreigners)
- Issuance of lost registry for foreign going vessels (For Foreigners)
Bare Boat Registration Services
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Registration of bare boats
- Renewal of bare boat registry
- Localization of bare boat
- Registration of bare boat (For Foreigners)
- Renewal of bare boat registrations (For Foreigners)
- Localization of bare boat (For Foreigners)
Survey and Issuance of Certificates to Foreign Going Vessels
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Survey and certification of foreign going vessels
- Issuance of minimum safe manning certificate for foreign going vessels
Certificates Services Related to the Issuance of Niyama
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Issuance of new Niyami Certificate
- Renewal of Niyami certificates due to damage
- Endorsement of tonnage and license category for Niyami certificates
- Renewal of lost Niyami certificates
Services related to seafarers’ certificates
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Issue New CDC certificates
- Renewal of CDC
- Renewal of lost or stolen CCD
- Issuing new rating certificate
- Renewal of rating certificate
- Issuing new GMDSS certificate
- Renewal of GMDSS certificate
- Endorsement of short courses to C.D.C
- Endorsement of tanker certificate
- Issuance of able seafarer’s certificate
- Registration of seaman’s agreements
- Issuing certificate of competency (COC) in the same category (Engine Department)
- Issuing certificate of competency (COC) in the same category (Deck Department)
- Issuing advance certificate in marine operations / certificate 3 in marine operations
- Issuing advance certificate in marine engineering / certificate 3 in marine engineering
- Issuance of certificate of recognition (COR)
- Renewal of lost rating certificates
- Renewal of electro technical officer certificates
- Issuance of lost GMDSS certificates
- Renewal of able seafarer’s certificates
Issuance of seafarer’s identity documents
Payment of port dues, light dues, anchorage fees and application for port state clearance services
Service Link: OneGov
Service Provided:
- Issuance of port clearance for foreign going vessels and / or payment of port dues, light dues and anchorage fees
Transferring goods from one vessel to another or issuance of STS permit
Email: [email protected]
Service Provided:
- Discharging or transfer of cargo from one vessel to another (Double Banking)
- Issuance of a Continuous Synopsis Record (CSR) documents
Registration of Shipping Agencies
Registration and audit of ports
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Registration of ports and port facilities
- Renew the registration of ports and port facilities
- Auditing of the port or port facility
Vessel Mortgage Registration Services
Service Link: ePortal
Service Provided:
- Mortgage Registration (marine vessel)
- Mortgage Registration (Foreign Going Vessel)
Registration of master boat builders
Email: maritime@[email protected]
Service Provided:
- Personal application to register as a master boat builder
Registration of maritime training institutes
Email: maritime@[email protected]
Service Provided:
- Registration of maritime training institutes
- Requesting for approval by instructors to conduct Niyami course 1
- Requesting for approval by instructors to conduct Niyami course 2
- Requesting for approval by instructors to conduct crew course
- Requesting for approval by instructors to conduct marine mechanic course