Law on inland waters navigation of 1993. Country/Territory Sudan Document type Legislation Date 1993 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Inland waters Navigation Authorization/permit Local government Registration Transport/storage Certification Inspection Royalties/fees Geographical area Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Near East and North Africa, Northern Africa, Red Sea & Gulf of Aden, Sahel Abstract This Law consisting of 23 articles aims at providing for the navigation in inland waters and establishes a Technical Advisory Committee with the following main tasks (i) make recommendations to the Minister of Transportation with regard to licensing applications for mechanically managed ships, ferryboats, trailers, or riverboats, whatever the method of its operation or the purpose of its use, with a tonnage of ten tons or more, and public boats and sailboats, whose length exceeds ten meters, or whose tonnage is ten tons or more; and (ii) submit recommendations and reports to the Minister regarding renewal of licenses. Article 9 deals with procedures to obtain the license. As for the local authorities and their powers, each locality shall have the following powers (i) the license to operate boats for hire for the transport of passengers or goods or to carry out any other commercial activity related to the operation of boats on the banks of rivers, after the applicant submits a technical validity certificate to the auxiliaries of the authority; (ii) defining public places for the passage of boats in coordination with the authority from the technical point of view; (iii) determining the terminals of berthing, linking, loading or unloading of vessels in coordination with the authority from the technical point of view; and (iv) impose and determine the fees for licensing boats. Full text Arabic Website www.swm-programme.info