Organizational Structure

Ministry of Transport’s Organizational Structure as per the Amiri Decision 46 of 2022

Ministry of Transport

The Ministry is mandated with all transportation affairs, particularly:

1. Overseeing land, maritime and air transportation,
2. Developing and improving transportation services, considering their projects, and monitoring their implementation to broaden the scope of the economic activity and serve the requirements of national development,
3. Monitoring compliance with technical performance criteria on the part of the entities and companies licensed to do transportation activities,
4. Monitoring traffic movements and suggesting traffic safety initiatives in conjunction with the entities concerned,
5. Overseeing maritime and air activities, licensing and ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, and systems in place,
6. Overseeing meteorological activities.

First: Administrative Units reporting to the Minister:

1. Minister’s Office
2. Technical Office
3. Internal Audit Dept.
4. Planning, Quality & Innovation Dept.
5. Legal Affairs Dept.
6. International Cooperation Dept.

Second: Administrative units affiliated to the Undersecretary:

1. Undersecretary’s Office
2. Public Relations & Communication Dept.
3. Human Resources Dept.
4. Finance & Administration Dept.
5. Information Systems Dept.

Third: Administrative Units reporting to the Assistant Undersecretary of Land Transport:

1. Assistant Undersecretary’s Office
2. Land Transport Planning Dept.
3. Land Transport Licensing Dept.
4. Road Affairs Dept.
5. Public Transport Affairs Dept.

Fourth: Administrative Units reporting to the Assistant Undersecretary of Maritime Transport:

1. Assistant Undersecretary’s Office
2. Maritime Transport Planning Dept.
3. Maritime Transport Licensing Dept.
4. Ship Registry and Seafarers Affairs Dept.
5. Marine Systems and Investigations Dept.
6. Maritime Safety Dept.

Minister’s Office

1. Minister’s Office
2. Technical Office
3. Internal Audit Dept.
4. Planning, Quality & Innovation Dept.
5. Legal Affairs Dept.
6. International Cooperation Dept.

Minister’s Office

Minister’s Office is responsible for:

1. Organizing the entry of papers and data registration (incoming & outgoing),
2. Responding to departments’ inquiries,
3. Receiving cables, faxes and mails addressed to Minister’s Office,
4. Receiving phone calls and notifying Minister’s Office,
5. Conducting all printing, copying, and archiving tasks related to Minister’s Office,
6. Taking the necessary actions and directing letters to the concerned department regarding devices maintenance or services the Office needs,
7. Indexing incoming and outgoing mails,
8. Overseeing the handling of files and the borrowing of them by departments, while keeping the original,
9. Designing the templates used in Minister’s Office, as needed,
10. Organizing visit and appointment schedules relative to Minister’s Office,
11. Directing correspondence to the entities concerned, delivering them, drafting and printing out the directives and circulars issued by Minister’s Office to the departments and/or the entities the Office identifies,
12. Following up on the matters from Minister’s Office to the entities concerned,
13. Following up on matters relating to organizing conferences and meetings attended or coordinated by Minister’s Office director,
14. Following up on the actions taken in response to complaints filed to Minister’s Office, and forwarding them to the entities concerned,
15. Following up on the decisions taken by Minister’s Office and ensuring their execution,
16. Fulfilling Minister’s Office needs and ensuring the secretariat section taking of the necessary actions,
17. Following up on all matters related to new training courses to be shown to Minister’s Office director in coordination with Undersecretary’s Office,
18. Performing any other task referred to it from Minister’s Office,
19. Giving suggestions and recommendations with relation to developing the administrative and office work in Minister’s Office,
20. Following up on the regularity of attendance of Minister’s Office staff, and sharing their vacation plans with Minister’s Office director,
21. Receiving reports coming from Ministry’s departments and forwarding them to the entities concerned upon the directives of Minister’s Office director.

Technical Office

The Technical Office is responsible for:

1. Submitting technical view on matters it receives from Minister’s Office,
2. Studying and assessing the reports, projects, and programs relative to Ministry’s activities, which it receives from Minister’s Office,
3. Considering, studying, and following up on the matters it receives from Minister’s Office, in coordination with concerned administrative units,
4. Preparing summaries of matters, reports and studies that need to be shown to the Minister and expressing views about them.

Internal Audit Dept.

Internal Audit Dept. is responsible for:

1. Preparing the draft annual risk-based audit plan for the Ministry, submitting the same to the Minister for approval, and preparing audit results reports.
2. Monitoring the extent of compliance with the implementation of laws, regulations and decisions regulating labor.
3. Reviewing the financial instructions, as well as proposing and monitoring the necessary amendments.
4. Supervising administrative work, employee recruitment procedures, leaves, promotions, and other personnel matters, in addition to ensuring compliance with laws, regulations and decisions regulating the same.
5. Controlling the financial and accounting work, payment vouchers, and recording procedures in the accounting records, as well as ensuring the application of the rules adopted in this regard.
6. Evaluating the risks related to financial and administrative auditing and proposing procedures to reduce them.
7. Following up on the corrective actions required from the concerned administrative units, according to the results of the audit, and preparing periodic reports thereon.
8. Ensuring the security of money, custodies, equipment, furniture, tools, buildings, and other assets owned by the Ministry or possessions under its supervision.
9. Participating in periodic and spot check inventory of stores contents and other custodies, besides ensuring the accuracy of registration in the books and the integrity of the procedures applied. 
10. Following up on the results of the audit reports and making appropriate recommendations thereon.

Planning, Quality & Innovation Dept.

Planning SectionQuality Section Innovation Section

Planning, Quality & Innovation Dept. is responsible for:

1. Preparing the Ministry’s strategic plan in coordination with the concerned entities and administrative units, and taking actions for its endorsement,
2. Listing the existing challenges, identifying, and assessing the potential institutional risks that may affect achieving the Ministry's objectives, and submitting proposals regarding them in coordination with the concerned administrative units,
3. Managing and preparing alternative plans to ensure the continuity of the Ministry's operations in emergencies and crises in coordination with the administrative units, each in its own jurisdiction,
4. Submitting the draft executive plans, projects and programs of administrative units, for approval by the Minister,
5. Following up on the implementation of the plans related to the Ministry's activities, assessing their outcomes, and submitting the periodic reports thereon,
6. Studying the problems and obstacles that encounter the implementation of the strategic plan and the executive plans, and proposing appropriate solutions,
7. Evaluating the quality of the services provided by the administrative units in coordination with the competent authority,
8. Reviewing and evaluating the quality of performance at the level of administrative units, and making proposals to raise their general efficiency,
9. Ensuring work systems and methods are compatible with the Ministry’s mandates and objectives, proposing plans to develop them, and simplifying procedures in coordination with the concerned administrative units and the competent authority,
10. Studying work problems and obstacles in the Ministry, investigating their causes, and proposing appropriate solutions,
11. Receiving initiatives, proposals, and creative ideas, and studying them in coordination with the concerned administrative units and the competent authority,
12. Monitoring, collecting, and analyzing statistical data related to the Ministry's activities, and coordinating with the competent administrative units regarding the statistical reports requested by the Ministry,
13. Coordinating with the concerned administrative units and the competent authority regarding international indicators relative to the Ministry’s activities and functions.

Legal Affairs Dept.

• Legal Studies Section
• Investigation & Case Follow-up Section

Legal Affairs Dept. is responsible for:

1. Discussing, studying, and following up the legal matters related to the activity of the Ministry in coordination with the concerned administrative units,
2. Preparing draft legislative tools of the Ministry and expressing opinion about the draft laws referred thereto,
3. Expressing legal opinion about the subjects referred thereto,
4. Preparing draft contracts, agreements and MoUs pertaining to the competences of the Ministry in coordination with the concerned administrative units,
5. Investigating the incidents and violations attributed to the Ministry employees, preparing the necessary memoranda on the investigation outcomes together with the legal opinion and recommendations, presenting them to the competent authority and following up on the implementation of the decisions taken thereon.
6. Following up on the disputes and matters where the Ministry is a part of.

International Cooperation Dept.​​

• International Relations Section
• International Organizations Section

International Cooperation Dept. is responsible for:

1. Preparing working papers for local, regional, and international conferences, symposia and meetings concerning the Ministry’s activities in coordination with the concerned administrative units and entities concerned,
2. Preparing for attending the conferences and meetings held by regional and international organizations and which are concerned with the Ministry’s activities where the State is a member,
3. Preparing reports and feedback requested by regional and international organizations with relation to the Ministry’s activities, in coordination with the concerned administrative units,
4. Studying and following up on the implementation of regional and international organizations’ recommendations regarding the Ministry’s activities, in coordination with the concerned parties in the State,
5. Preparing the required reports on the contributions of regional and international organizations in supporting and enhancing various activities related to the Ministry’s areas of work in coordination with the concerned parties,
6. Following up on the payment of the State’s financial contributions to the organizations concerned with the Ministry’s functions where the State is a member, in coordination with the concerned parties,
7. Studying the means that can help activate the State’s role in the Ministry’s areas of work with Arab, regional, and international organizations,
8. Gathering data and research issued by organizations and agencies concerned with Ministry’s matters locally, regionally, and globally, and publishing them for the general benefit,
9. Translating foreign documents, books, scientific research, and correspondence that are related to the Ministry’s functions.

Undersecretary

1. Undersecretary’s Office
2. Public Relations & Communication Dept.
3. Human Resources Dept.
4. Finance & Administration Dept.
5. Information Systems Dept.
6. Assistant Undersecretary of Land Transport
   1. Assistant Undersecretary’s Office
   2. Land Transport Planning Dept.
   3. Land Transport Licensing Dept.
   4. Road Affairs Dept.
   5. Public Transport Dept.
7. Assistant Undersecretary of Maritime Transport
   1. Assistant Undersecretary’s Office
   2. Maritime Transport Planning Dept.
   3. Maritime Transport Licensing Dept.
   4. Ship Registry and Seafarers Affairs Dept.
   5. Marine Systems and Investigations Dept.
   6. Maritime Safety Dept.

Undersecretary’s Office

Undersecretary’s Office is responsible for:

1. Organizing the entry of papers and data registration (incoming & outgoing),
2. Responding to departments’ inquiries,
3. Receiving cables, faxes and mails addressed to Undersecretary’s Office,
4. Receiving phone calls and notifying Undersecretary’s Office,
5. Conducting all printing, copying, and archiving tasks related to Undersecretary’s Office,
6. Taking the necessary actions and forwarding letters to the concerned department regarding devices maintenance or services the Office needs,
7. Indexing incoming and outgoing mails,
8. Overseeing the handling of files and the borrowing of them by departments, while keeping the original,
9. Designing the templates used in Undersecretary’s Office, as needed,
10. Organizing visit and appointment schedules relative to Undersecretary’s Office.

Public Relations & Communication Dept.

1. Public Relations Section
2. Communication Section

Public Relations & Communication Dept. is responsible for:

1. Publishing media bulletins and programs that aim at raising awareness of Ministry’s roles, activities, and functions, in coordination with the concerned administrative units,
2. Monitoring the topics published in newspapers, media outlets and social media platforms with relation to Ministry’s functions, showing them to officials and drafting necessary responses, in coordination with the concerned administrative units and entities concerned,
3. Coordinating with concerned administrative units regarding preparing awareness and education plans and programs and putting them in effect through events and activities, in coordination with the entities concerned,
4. Receiving customers’ requests and complaints, forwarding them to the concerned administrative units, and responding to their inquiries,
5. Making travel, hospitality and accommodation arrangements for Ministry's guests and visiting and departing delegations, in coordination with the concerned administrative units,
6. Organizing cultural, social and sports events for Ministry employees and supervising events organized or attended by the Ministry,
7. Organizing conferences, seminars and exhibitions organized by the Ministry, preparing the required budgets, in collaboration with the concerned administrative units and entities concerned.

Human Resources Dept.

Hiring & Human Resources Planning Section  

1. Personnel Affairs Section
2. Training & Development Section

Human Resources Dept. is responsible for:

1. Implementing laws, legislation and systems related to employees’ affairs,
2. preparing the studies related to planning the human resources, and identifying Ministry’s needs of jobs and staff, in coordination with the concerned authority and administrative units,
3. Preparing draft job descriptions and classifications, following up on implementation and developing them,
4. Preparing Chapter One draft budget in collaboration with concerned administrative units,
5. Carrying our staff appraisal procedures,
6. Carrying out procedure of staff hiring, transfer, secondment, and delegation,
7. Looking into staff leave entitlements according to the law,
8. Developing studies related to the Ministry’s organizational structure and presenting proposals to develop Ministry’s administrative management,
9. Identifying Ministry staff’s training needs in coordination with various administrative units, following up on implementation, and assessing the benefit from them,
10. Taking the necessary actions regarding allocating government housing and processing furniture allowance for Minsitry staff, in coordination with the entities concerned,
11. Setting up and updating personnel affairs’ databases.

Finance & Administration Dept.

1. Financial Affairs Section
2. Procurement Section
3. Administrative Services Section
4. Archiving Section

Finance & Administration Dept. is responsible for:

1. Putting into effect the financial and administrative laws, legislation, and systems relating to Ministry’s work,
2. Preparing Ministry’s draft annual budget and final accounts in collaboration with the concerned administrative units,
3. Providing the needs for the Ministry and its administrative units such as the devices needed for work, in coordination with the concerned administrative units,
4. Carrying out procurement and tendering works according to the systems and rules in effect in the country,
5. Overseeing the execution of appropriations, and revenue and expenditure auditing,
6. Receiving, delivering, sorting out, and registering the incoming and outgoing mails,
7. Organizing the Ministry’s archive and preserving documents as per latest methods,
8. Preparing exchange documents and other financial transactions,
9. Collecting fees for services the Ministry provides,
10. Performing all administration services,
11. Supervising the Ministry's stores.

Information Systems Dept.

1. Information Security Section
2. Development & Project Management Section
3. IT Infrastructure Section
4. IT Policies & Planning Quality Section   

Information Systems Dept. is responsible for:

1. Developing & monitoring the execution of the plans and policies on the use of computers in Ministry’s activities,
2. Programming, storing, restoring, and developing information and data systems necessary for Ministry's activities,
3. Securing information systems, software, networks, and infrastructures against electronic incident threats,
4. Preparing electronic incident recovery plans in case of their occurrence, minimizing their occurrence, in accordance with information security policies and guidelines, in coordination with the concerned entity,
5. Providing and maintaining the devices, software, and networks necessary for the automatic work systems of the Ministry, in coordination with the concerned administrative units,
6. Designing, operating, and managing all types of information and databases,
7. Providing technical support to Ministry’s electronic network users, and training them in systems, software, computers, and their accessories,
8. Creating, monitoring, and updating Ministry’s website.

Assistant Undersecretary of Land Transport

1. Assistant Undersecretary’s Office
2. Land Transport Planning Dept.
3. Land Transport Licensing Dept.
4. Road Affairs Dept.
5. Public Transport Affairs Dept.

Office of Assistant Undersecretary of Land Transport

Office of Assistant Undersecretary of Land Transport is responsible for:

1. Organizing the files, correspondence, and papers related to the Assistant Undersecretary’s Office,
2. Receiving correspondence coming to the Assistant Undersecretary’s Office, preparing them to be shown to the Office, and sharing them with the concerned entities as per Office directives,
3. Preparing memos and correspondence assigned to the Office by the Assistant Undersecretary,
4. Contacting entities to obtain information the Assistant Undersecretary requests,
5. Notifying the concerned entities of the Assistant Undersecretary’s approvals and directives, monitoring their implementation, and updating them of the progress,
6. Receiving relevant complaints and showing them to the Assistant Undersecretary, and putting into effect the decisions taken thereon,
7. Any other tasks assigned to the Office.

Land Transport Planning Dept.

Land Transport Planning Dept. is responsible for:

1. Laying out the land transportation planning general policy considering the country’s general policies,
2. Proposing and developing laws relative to land transportation planning considering the country’s general policies, in coordination with the concerned entities,
3. Developing and updating the comprehensive, strategic, and integrated studies and plans of land transportation, including land transportation networks with all modes, in coordination with the relevant entities,
4. Planning land transportation networks with all its modes, including paved and unpaved roads, railroads, pedestrian and bicycle crossings and paths, specifying their right-of-way, according to the deliverables of the comprehensive transportation plan,
5. Identifying land transportation networks’ priorities and programs with all its modes, according to the deliverables of the comprehensive transportation plan and in coordination with the relevant entities,
6. Adopting traffic impact studies with relation to the developmental projects relative to road networks, in coordination with the relevant entities,
7. Developing and updating land transportation model with its various modes according to approved land uses and land transportation networks, in coordination with the relevant entities,
8. Preparing and approving initial engineering designs for land transportation networks, specifying urban plots’ entrances and exits, in coordination with the relevant entities,
9. Preparing and updating technical and engineering references and standards necessary for planning and designing land transportation networks with all its modes, in coordination with the relevant entities,
10. Studying and expressing technical views on draft international agreements relative to land transportation.

Land Transport Licensing Dept.

Land Transport Licensing Dept. is responsible for:

1. Establishing the conditions and controls for issuing licenses, technical performance standards, and the rules and decisions governing the land transportation services with all its modes, and ensuring compliance to them,
2. Establishing the conditions and controls for issuing licenses, technical performance standards, and the rules and decisions governing the licensing and operating the activities of transporting hazardous materials, and ensuring compliance to them,
3. Establishing standards and conditions of land transportation services’ quality of performance, and ensuring compliance to them,
4. Suggesting fees of land transportation services with all its modes,
5. Receiving, reviewing, and releasing licenses of companies that provide land transportation services with all its modes,
6. Monitoring the performance of entities and companies licensed for land transportation with all its modes,
7. Enforcing the provisions of the laws and legislations regulating land transportation services with all its modes, in coordination with the relevant entities,
8. Proposing and developing regulatory legislations related to land transportation licensing activities with all its modes and facilities, considering the general policy of the country and in coordination with the entities concerned,
9. Examining and expressing opinions on draft international agreements relative to regulating and licensing of land transportation activities and improving service quality.

Road Affairs Dept.

Road Affairs Dept. is responsible for:

1. Proposing and developing policies and strategies relative to operating and maintaining road networks in coordination with relevant entities,
2. Preparing plans and programs on operating and maintaining road networks and identifying their priorities in coordination with the entities concerned,
3. Establishing controls and specifications relative to road networks operation and maintenance in coordination with the entities concerned, and ensuring they are being followed,
4. Ensuring the implementation of the roads strategic plan and its quality as per the approved designs and programs, in coordination with the concerned administrative units in the Ministry,
5. Taking road assets from the Public Works Authority when contractor is done with execution and the maintenance period ends as per the contract signed for them, and following up on maintenance works on road projects,
6. Maintaining road assets and their associated facilities, and taking all necessary actions in this regard,
7. Preparing studies on traffic movement and congestions in coordination with relevant entities,
8. Creating information and databases on roads and traffic safety in coordination with the entities concerned,
9. Preparing studies and analyzing data on road accidents, identifying their causes, and suggesting appropriate solutions,
10. Suggesting road safety measures in coordination with the concerned administrative units in the Ministry,
11. Preparing and updating the references relating to technical specifications and standards necessary for operating and maintaining road networks and for road safety, in coordination with relevant entities,
12. Examining and expressing views on regional and international draft agreements relative to roads and traffic safety.            

Public Transport Affairs Dept.

Public Transport Affairs Dept. is responsible for:

1. Preparing studies focused on developing public transportation with all its modes, and suggesting and developing necessary plans, policies, strategies, and regulations, in coordination with the concerned administrative units in the Ministry,
2. Preparing studies necessary for establishing standards and controls of issuing licenses, performance, rules, and decisions regulating public transportation services and activities with all its modes,
3. Putting standards and requirements on evaluating and selecting public transportation operators with all its modes and ensuring compliance, high performance, and quality by operators,
4. Developing a public transportation system, with all its modes, that is safe, ecofriendly and of high quality, taking into consideration the environmental standards issued by the concerned entities, in coordination with the concerned administrative units in the Ministry,
5. Preparing and approving public transportation’s operational plans, with all its modes, as per the Transportation Master Plan’s deliverables and in accordance with public transportation’s strategy and priorities,
6. Developing and managing the integrated automated fare collection and ticketing system for public transport with all its modes,
7. Approving paths and timetables for organizing and operating public transport with all its modes,
8. Ensuring that licensed entities comply with public transport’s licensing controls and standards with all its modes,
9. Preparing and updating the technical references and standards necessary for planning the public transport’s paths and networks, with all its modes, in coordination with the relevant entities,
10. Examining and expressing views on regional and international draft agreements relative to public transport.

Assistant Undersecretary of Maritime Transport

1. Assistant Undersecretary of Maritime Transport
2. Assistant Undersecretary’s Office
3. Maritime Transport Planning Dept.
4. Maritime Transport Licensing Dept.
5. Ship Registry and Seafarers Affairs Dept.
6. Marine Systems and Investigations Dept.
7. Maritime Safety Dept.

Assistant Undersecretary’s Office

Assistant Undersecretary’s Office is responsible for:

1. Organizing the files, correspondence, and papers related to the Assistant Undersecretary’s Office,
2. Receiving correspondence coming to the Assistant Undersecretary’s Office, preparing them to be shown to the Office, and sharing them with the concerned entities as per Office directives,
3. Preparing memos and correspondence assigned to the Office by the Assistant Undersecretary,
4. Contacting entities to obtain information the Assistant Undersecretary requests,
5. Notifying the concerned entities of the Assistant Undersecretary’s approvals and directives, monitoring their implementation, and updating them of the progress,
6. Receiving relevant complaints and showing them to the Assistant Undersecretary, and putting into effect the decisions taken thereon,
7. Any other tasks assigned to the Office.

Maritime Transport Planning Dept.

Maritime Transport Planning Dept. is responsible for:

1. Laying out the maritime transportation planning general policy considering the country’s general policies,
2. Laying out rules and decisions regulating the works and services of maritime transportation,
3. Preparing the necessary studies in the field of maritime transportation lines and developing them in coordination with the entities concerned,
4. Conducting necessary studies for developing the Qatari fleet to raise its competitiveness,
5. Proposing draft laws, bylaws, decisions, and rules regulating maritime transportation activities,
6. Suggesting fares for maritime transportation’s services and activities,
7. Ensuring that companies performing maritime activities and the competent administrative units comply with standards, conditions, and controls of the performance quality,
8. Implementing maritime quality requirements issued by the International Organization for Standardization,
9. Preparing studies relative to maritime transportation affairs’ projects, and supervising and monitoring their execution, and maintaining them, in coordination with the concerned administrative units,
10. Preparing technical studies for cooperation memos in the field of maritime training,
11. Proposing maritime training programs and workshops,
12. Preparing booklets to raise awareness of maritime safety and environment, in coordination with the entities concerned.

Maritime Transport Licensing Dept.

Maritime Transport Licensing Dept. is responsible for:

1. Executing the provisions of the laws, bylaws and decisions regulating maritime transportation’s activities and services,
2. Preparing studies necessary for identifying the requirements of the issuing of licenses related to maritime transportation’s activities and services, and modifying them,
3. Receiving the requests related to licensing the doing of maritime transportation’s activities and services, and examining and issuing them,
4. Receiving the requests related to licensing the vessels to perform maritime works in Qatari waters, and examining and issuing them,
5. Inspecting the companies that perform maritime transportation’s activities and services and ensuring they comply with the license terms and conditions,
6. Creating a classification registry for companies doing maritime transportation’s activities and services,
7. Examining the complaints related to port and licensed companies’ works, and offering suggestions on them,
8. Conducting field visits to ensure companies’ compliance with verification recommendations.

Ship Registry and Seafarers Affairs Dept.

Ship Registry and Seafarers Affairs Dept. is responsible for:

1. Executing the provisions of international maritime laws, bylaws, and conventions regulating ship registration and seafarers’ affairs,
2. Registering and deleting ships, and issuing their certificates in accordance with international maritime agreement in place,
3. Gathering, classifying, analyzing, and modifying the data of the certificates of the ships registered under the flag of Qatar,
4. Creating registries for registration, deletion, mortgage, and arrest and proposing modifications,
5. Registering, renewing, and deleting of maritime vessels and wooden ships, issuing their certificates, and inspecting them to ensure their compliance with the laws and decisions in effect,
6. Issuing and renewing maritime vessels’ helmsmanship licenses,
7. Receiving and examining licensing requests relating to the founding of institutes or training centers for helmsmanship, and issuing them,
8. Issuing seafarers’ certificates of competence,
9. Approving certificates of competence for those working aboard Qatari ships,
10.  Ratifying maritime labor contracts,
11. Approving seafarers’ training and qualification certificates in accordance with IMO’s International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), and its amendments,
12. Ensuring seafarers’ training centers meet the provisions of IMO’s International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), and its amendments,
13. Issuing and renewing maritime passports, and sailors’ documents, as per the national laws and international maritime conventions,
14. Inspecting ships that fly the flag of Qatar, as per the national laws and international maritime conventions,
15. Canceling navigation license of national ships that violate the provisions of international maritime conventions,
16. Approving maritime rating agencies and monitoring their performance,
17. Ensuring that national companies that own ships comply with national laws and international maritime conventions.

Marine Systems and Investigations Dept.

Marine Systems and Investigations Dept. is responsible for:

1. Proposing draft laws, decisions, bylaws, and rules regulating maritime transportation affairs as per the international maritime conventions,
2. Preparing technical studies for bilateral maritime transportation draft agreements,
3. Preparing technical studies necessary for joining the international maritime conventions in place, or amending them, or withdrawing from them,
4. Preparing technical studies necessary for identifying the maritime transportation affairs’ requirements in implementing the maritime instruments, and modifying them,
5. Proposing nautical circulars concerning ship and navigation safety in Qatari waters,
6. Monitoring the decisions and circulars released by the IMO, and sharing them with the concerned administrative units, entities, and companies,
7. Investigating maritime incidents involving ships and maritime vessels in Qatari waters and Qatari ships overseas, and reporting them as per the Code for the Investigation of Marine Casualties and Incidents,
8. Investigating certificate holders’ violations or violations of the state-approved certificates, as per the IMO Instruments Implementation Code,
9. Investigating incidents relevant to cargo and ships at the country’s ports, and reporting thereon,
10. Receiving reports on binding instruments and data from the competent departments, concerned entities and companies in Qatar, and publishing them on the IMO’s website.

Maritime Safety Dept.

Maritime Safety Dept. is responsible for:

1. Executing the provisions of international maritime laws, decisions, and conventions relative to maritime safety,
2. Preparing studies on the number and locations of navigational aids in Qatari waters, and developing them,
3. Inspecting and examining foreign ships in Qatari waters, as per local legislation, international maritime conventions, and the MoUs ratified,
4. Keeping under detention foreign ships that pose threat to marine navigation and which violate the provisions of the international maritime conventions in place, in coordination with the entities concerned,
5. Approving port bylaws and monitoring their implementation,
6. Approving security plans, emergency response plans, and the handling and storing of hazardous goods to state’s ports as per international maritime codes, and monitoring their implementation,
7. Controlling ports’ facilities in coordination with the entities concerned,
8. Authenticating port pilots’ certificates,
9. Overseeing state’s ports’ compliance with the provisions of international maritime conventions,
10. Overseeing maritime navigation traffic system, and authenticating personnel certificates,
11. Approving and executing sea lanes and traffic management system to regulate ship and maritime vessel traffic in Qatari waters,
12. Registering navigational aids in accordance with the legislation in place and international maritime conventions,
13. Creating registries to register or delete navigational aids, and proposing amendments to them,
14. Overseeing the ship identification and remote tracking systems and automatic identification systems,
15. Issuing navigational notices’ certificates.