Establishment ,Duties and Functions of Marine Department
Function s of Marine Department
Carrying out the marine essential services for vessels calling to or departure from the Port Limit.
Issuing the regulations concerned in all vessels which are using port limit area to provide move safety and monitoring them to abide by such regulations
Pilotage Service – There is one of the services Providing Pilots to the Vessels which inter to or Leave from Yangon Port to be safety .
Aids to Navigation service
Laying down light buoy , navigational buoy and marker buoy for the purpose of channel Safety.
Navigation Service by Lighthouses and light-ship along the coastal area and Myanmar’s sea for the purpose of navigation.
Mooring Service
Laying down the mooring buoys
Providing Mooring Gaing While the vessels are Mooring in mooring buoy or unmooring from mooring buoy
Laying down the navigational lightbuoy
Diving & Salvage Service
Removing and Clearing the obstacles sinking in water channel
Diving Service for under water inspection of vessels if call for
Salvage the navigational equipments sinking in water channel
Tug Service
Tug service by the Tug boat of MPA for calling vessels to be safe in turning and moving
Providing Tow service while the vessels call for emergence towing service
Following up and Guarding to the vessels which demand to guard along the channel
Launch Boat Service
carrying out the transportation service to the vessels which demand transport activities
carrying out transportation and survey work for MPA
Provide maintenance of water way channel within port limit area
To provide sufficient depth and width of water way channel in port limit, carrying out dredging and other necessary measures in cooperate with Dredging Division of Civil Engineering Department
Water Supply
Fresh water Supply to the Vessels by water bergs of MPA
Communication service
Providing in time information service assigned by 24 hours duty to interact among those vessels, shore and MPA’s ships