Tag: Danish Maritime Authority (DMA)

Denmark has launched the world's first digital ship register, in order to get rid of troublesome paperwork and increase security related to ship registration and ship trading.

Time has come to apply for renewal of CLC, Bunker, Athens and Wreck Removal Convention certificates from the Danish Maritime Authority.

The Danish Maritime Authority is opening a restructuring pool, to help Danish maritime companies that have lost revenue as a result of Brexit, apply for compensation of up to DKK 250,000. The pool is open until 15 November 2022.

In an exclusive interview, Mr. Andreas Nordseth, Director-General of the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA), refers to initiatives that DMA supports towards carbon neutrality in 2050. This is a target set by the Danish government and DMA is fully committed to, putting also digitalization, covid-19 recovery, crew welfare and safety of navigation as top priorities.

Shipowners must renew the certificates once a year upon expiry of the underlying insurance, DMA informed, highlighting that ships may operate only when they have valid certificates.

As a result of the continued high level of infections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Danish Maritime Authority has decided to extend the scheme, which gives Danish ships the opportunity to include extra medicine and equipment.

New technology and solutions are evolving faster than regulation can keep up with, which is often a barrier for first movers, says the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA).

The Danish Maritime Authority is launching digital certificates for seafarers as well as a number of other digital self-service solutions for shipping companies, staffing companies and educational institutions.

The new routeing systems, established this summer in Skagerrak and Kattegat in order to create more predictable traffic patterns and separate oncoming ship traffic better, work as intended, the Danish Maritime Authority informed. 

Over the next four months, a new drone is tested over the Great Belt to monitor emissions from ships sailing on the busy Route T, the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) announced. EMSA provides the drone, which will operate in a specific area north of the Great Belt.