IMSML Website Article 39/2023: MSN11/2023 - Gazettement Notification of Merchant Shipping (Collision Regulations) Amendment Order 2023

Today's article is going to the short. MSN11/2023 was issued by the Director General of Marine of the Marine Department (MARDEP) of Malaysia on 4 September 2023. It informs stakeholders of the maritime industry that new collision rules have been gazetted, ie the Merchant Shipping (Collision Regulations)(Amendment) Order 2023, see Para [1].

The new rules were made pursuant to the Merchant Shipping (Collision Regulations) Order 1984 [P.U.(A) 438/1984] and amends the Schedule. The two provisions which amend the Schedule are the Merchant Shipping (Collision Regulations)(Amendment) Order 2000, and the Merchant Shipping (Collision Regulations)(Amendment) Order 2023, see Para [2].

The 1984 order is effective as at 29 August 2023, see Para [4].

Thank you for reading IMSML Website Article 39/2023

Stay tuned for the next IMSML Website Article 40/2023: MSN13/2023 - Appointment of Malaysia’s Marine Department (MARDEP) as a Competent Authority as per International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea 74/78 (SOLAS)

Signing-off for today,

Dr Irwin Ooi Ui Joo, LL.B(Hons.)(Glamorgan); LL.M (Cardiff); Ph.D (Cardiff); CMILT

Professor of Maritime and Transport Law

Head of the Centre for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution

Faculty of Law

Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam

Selangor, Malaysia

Wednesday, 1 November 2023

Note that I am the corresponding author for the IMSML Website Articles. My official email address is: uijoo310@uitm.edu.my