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Bureau of the Merchant Marine

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Government Bureau F-220121128

The Bureau of the Merchant Marine is part of the Ministry of the Interior.

❊ EFF 01 Jan 01
Registry CMN-08 Reg 08 of 11 ΰΌΆ Est 1971
Headquarters Cama Commonwealth Maritime House
Scale 17 offices
10,470 staff
Bureau of the Merchant Marine
Bureau of the Ministry of the Interior
Employees 10,470
Established 1971
Headquarters Commonwealth Maritime House, Cama
Service Interior Service

The Bureau of the Merchant Marine is responsible for merchant shipping in the Commonwealth, and for the ports of the Ministry of the Interior. It registers ships under the Commonwealth flag, certifies their crews and surveys them for seaworthiness. It was established in 1971, with its headquarters at Commonwealth Maritime House on Cama.

Most freight between the republics goes by sea, and most of it is carried by Commonwealth Lines, about the 16th largest shipping company in the world. Its fleet of over 150 cargo ships is almost entirely nuclear, and almost all of them were built by Argo Meridian, the only builder of large merchant ships in the country. Commonwealth Lines also runs the passenger ferries between the islands, including the submarine ferries of the Arctic republics.

Customs at the ports belongs to the Bureau of the Frontier, and search and rescue at sea to the cutters of the Territorial Service. Senior posts in the bureau are held by officers of the Interior Service, and most of its staff are seamen and port staff, many of them members of the National Union of Railwaymen and Seamen.

Departments 5 departments, 17 offices, 10,470 staff

Department of Ship Registration

1,650

Registry of ships; flag duties.

  • Registrar of Ships

  • Flag Office

  • Ship Records Office

  • Transfers Office

Department of Maritime Traffic

3,980

Movement of ships through Commonwealth waters.

  • Traffic Office

    4 stations

  • Sea Lanes Office

  • Ship Reporting Office

    2 stations

  • Marine Casualties Office

Department of Ports

2,350

Port standards and the small island harbours.

  • Office of Port Standards

  • Harbours Office

    3 stations

  • Small Harbours Office

    2 stations

Department of Seafarers

1,110

Certificates, training and the conditions of seafarers.

  • Certificates Office

  • Training Office

  • Seafarers' Hostels Office

Department of Maritime Safety

1,380

Survey of ships; investigation of marine accidents.

  • Ship Surveyors' Office

    2 stations

  • Marine Accidents Office

  • Safety Rules Office

Interwork Detachments What is a detachment?
Annobon-Java Maritime Extension Detachment
with Ministry of the Interior
Extends vessel registration and port coordination to the federalising republics
Search & Rescue Liaison Detachment
with Ministry of Defence
Coordinates with the Maritime Service on search and rescue within Commonwealth waters
Constituents 7 bodies
Commonwealth Ship Registry
Registration of ships under the Commonwealth flag.
Maritime Traffic Service
Reporting and routing of ships in Commonwealth waters.
Commonwealth Harbours Board
Port standards across the republics.
Seafarer Certification Board
Certificates of competency for seafarers.
Maritime Safety Inspectorate
Survey of ships for seaworthiness.
Argo Meridian
Builder of merchant ships, and of the patrol, frigate and destroyer hulls.
Leviathan Vast
Builder of capital ships.