Responsibilities of the Maritime Safety Administration

The Maritime Safety Administration of Montenegro (MSA) is responsible for ensuring the safety of maritime navigation, protecting human life at sea, monitoring maritime traffic, and protecting the marine environment. Its responsibilities include regulating and maintaining maritime waterways, aids to navigation, and maritime signaling systems, as well as providing information relevant to navigational safety, including hydrographic, oceanographic, and meteorological data. It maintains and develops the National Maritime Single Window (NMSW), enables the electronic notification of ships’ arrival, stay, and departure, and facilitates the exchange of maritime data through the SafeSeaNet system. It coordinates and implements activities within its remit related to preventing pollution of the sea from ships and other vessels and floating structures, as well as responding to pollution incidents. It cooperates with the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), the competent maritime authorities of other countries, and relevant international organizations. Its mission is to protect human life at sea, ensure safe and efficient maritime navigation, preserve the marine environment, and continuously improve Montenegro’s maritime safety system through professionalism, modern technologies, and international cooperation.