Guidelines on the Implementation of Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act, 2003

Guidelines on the Implementation of Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act, 2003 Current Version

January 2022

This guideline document seeks to facilitate the establishment and development of national capacities to implement, manage, monitor, establish adequate information systems, develop expert human resources in cabotage administration and enforcement and generally promote the efficient operation of the cabotage regime. These objectives would be achieved by the development of guidelines, standards, codes of practice, and monitoring capabilities for the operators, enforcement agencies, and financial institutions, establishment of a comprehensive and up-to-date database, infrastructure for information exchanges upon which cabotage administration and enforcement can be processed, promotion of regular review of administrative and policy measures on cabotage and enforcement can be processed and establishment and strengthening of national and institutional cabotage implementation mechanisms.