Qatar Ministry of Transport (MoT) has completed the automation of 14 additional maritime transportation services as part of its ongoing efforts to accelerate digital transformation and enhance the efficiency of services provided to the maritime sector.
The move is aimed at streamlining procedures, improving user experience, and supporting Qatar’s broader strategy to modernize transport and logistics services through advanced digital solutions.
According to the MoT, “Now electronic and accessible via the MoT’s official website, the 14 fresh e-services cover the transactions related to big vessels, 10 in total, and seafarers’ affairs, 4.”
The 10 major vessel e-services cover ship sanitation, permanent registration, provisional registration, annual fees, renewal of provisional registration, extension certificate, exemption certificate, certificate of seaworthiness, issuance of an NOL for the announcement of a navigational warning, and record and payment of penalties.
The 4 seafarers’ affairs e-services cover the issuance, renewal, amendment to, and the issuance of a replacement of the endorsement attesting the recognition of the GMDSS operator certificate. GMDSS, or the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System, is an international maritime safety system mandated by the IMO under the SOLAS convention.
Beneficiaries can now apply for those e-services anytime, anyplace, thereby saving time and effort.
“The automation by the MoT of this new package of maritime transportation services enhances the Ministry’s efforts for wider digital transformation of all its services, aiming for better efficiency, simpler transactions, streamlined procedures, and better user experience in step with its strategy that aims at modernizing the transportation industry in a fashion that supports the technological advancements and innovation, and excels in providing integrated government services and making them simpler, more available, and more accessible anytime, anyplace,” said MoT’s Information Systems Department Acting Director, Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Kuwari.
He added that the MoT will continue automating more services to enhance the user experience and improve the quality of life of all beneficiaries as part of the overall national efforts that aim at further improving the quality of government services provided to individuals and businesses, boosting efficiency in government administration through automation of functions and state-of-the-art applications, and developing a more open government with enhanced participation from all parties.
