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Merchant Shipping Secretariat which is the shipping administration arm of Sri Lanka has the overall responsibility for overseeing maritime concerns. The activities of the Merchant Shipping Secretariat are basically governed by the Merchant Shipping Act No.52 of 1971, Licensing of Shipping Agents act No. 10 of 1972 and also the relevant clauses of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Act No. 40 of 1983 and subsequent regulations made thereafter. Merchant Shipping Secretariat deals with ensuring safety of life and property at sea, maritime education, training, examination and certification, registration of ships under Sri Lanka flag, Licensing of Shipping Agents, Container Depot Operators, Container Terminal Operators, Container Freight Stations, Freight Forwarders or a Non Vessel Operating Common carriers and implementing provisions of all applicable international Maritime conventions and national regulations. As its overreaching responsibility in Sri Lanka, the MSS develops and implements the government’s maritime safety policy. In this remit, though, it has many roles including checking of ships for compliance of Sri Lankan and International Safety regulations (Flag State and Port State Control).

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National Maritime Transport Policy of Sri Lanka

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                                   VACANCIES

තනතුරු පුරප්පාඩු

වරාය හා සිවිල් ගුවන් සේවා අමාත්‍යාංශය

වෙළඳ නාවික ලේකම් කාර්යාලය

 

තනතුර

තනතුරු සංඛ්‍යාව

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වරාය රාජ්‍ය පාලන නිලධාරී (ඉංජිනේරු)

විභාග පරීක්ෂක (ඉංජිනේරු)

නීති නිලධාරි

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වැඩි විස්තර සඳහා අංක 2,506 දරණ 2026.09.11  දිනැති රජයේ ගැසට් පත්‍රය බලන්න.

විමසීම් :

වෙළඳ නාවික ලේකම් කාර්යාලය,

අංක 79, ටෙක්නිකල් හංදිය, මරදාන පාර, කොළඹ 10.

011 2105700 / 011 2105710              

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VACANCIES

Ministry of  Ports & Civil Aviation

Merchant Shipping Secretariat

 

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Port State Controller (Engineering)

Examiner (Engineering)

Legal Officer

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For more details, please refer the below government gazette notice

Gazette No. 2,506– Friday, September-11-2026 

Inquires:

Merchant Shipping Secretariat,

No.79, Technical Junction, Maradana Road, Colombo 10

011 2105700 / 011 2105710

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Publication of Proposed Rates and Charges of Licensed Inland Container Depot Operators for Public Observations

The Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation hereby informs importers, exporters, shipping agents, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCCs), freight forwarders, logistics service providers, trade associations, and all other stakeholders that the proposed rates and charges submitted by the Association of Inland Container Depot Operators for services rendered by its members are being published for public observations and comments in terms of the provisions of Section 12 of the Licensing of Container Depot Operators Act, No. 3 of 2026.

Accordingly, the schedule of proposed rates and charges is available for inspection on the Ministry’s website and the Merchant shipping secretariat website.

Interested parties are invited to submit their observations and comments in writing between 1 July 2026 and 31 July 2026.

Submissions should include:

  1. Name and address of the person or organization making the submission;
  2. Relevant contact details; and
  3. Specific observations and comments together with supporting reasons and documentation, where applicable.

Written submissions may be forwarded to:

Director General of Merchant Shipping
No 79, Technical Junction,
Maradhana, 
Colombo 10,
Sri Lanka

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The Ministry will consider all observations received within the stipulated period before making a final decision regarding the proposed rates and charges.

Secretary
Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation
Colombo 01

** Proposed Rates and Charges of Licensed Inland Container Depot Operators for Public Observations **

 

වෙළඳ නාවික ලේකම් කාර්යාලය - දුරකතන නාමාවලිය

 

 

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