Norwegian Maritime Directorate

Norwegian Maritime Directorate
Norwegian Maritime Directorate
Type Government agency
Industry Maritime safety
Headquarters Haugesund, Norway
Area served Norway
Key people Olav Akselsen (Director General)
Parent Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry
Website www.sjofartsdir.no

Norwegian Maritime Directorate (Norwegian: Sjøfartsdirektoratet) is a Norwegian government agency responsible for life, health, vessel and the environment for Norwegian registered ships and ships at Norwegian ports. The directorate, subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry, is located in Haugesund and led by Director General of Shipping and Navigation Olav Akselsen.

The main job for the directorate is to ensure that Norwegian ships and shipping companies meet high safety- and environmental standards, to ensure that Norwegian seamen have high qualifications and good working- and living conditions, and to ensure that foreign ships in Norwegian territory and ports meet international rules. The directorate also assists the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority in matters concerning petroleum activities and also has responsibilities concerning small boats.

In matters concerning environmental quality, the directorate is subordinate the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment. In police- and prosecution concerns it is subordinate of the Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions.

Directors

Rune Teisland left the director post in 2008. In August the same year, Olav Akselsen, a parliament member at the time, was appointed new Director General. Akselsen did not take up the post until January 2010, and in the meantime Sigurd Gude served as acting director.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Ny sjøfartsdirektør" (in Norwegian). Norwegian. http://www.ba.no/nyheter/politikk/article3735698.ece. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 

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