Merchant Shipping Act 2010 (No. 14 of 2010). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Legislation Date 2010 (2022) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to make provision in relation to giving further effect to the International Convention For The Safety Of Life At Sea Signed in London on 1 November 1974 and its protocols, providing access to passenger vessels for persons with reduced mobility, to enable sunken vessels to be raised, to give the force of law to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 adopted at Geneva on 23 February 2006, to amend the merchant shipping acts 1894 to 2005 and to amend and extend part iv of the Harbours Act 1996 and to provide for related matters. Subject Environment gen., Fisheries, Sea Keyword Marine pollution Fishing vessel Navigation Hazardous substances Transport/storage Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Act concerns principally the construction and use of Irish vessels and, in particular, carriage of goods by those vessels. Specific provision is made for, among other things: the carriage of nuclear material, the carriage of liquefied gas and in respect of chemical tankers. The Act also amends the Merchant Shipping Act 1992 in relation to safety for fishing vessels. Further rules relative to environmental controls in relation with the carriage of hazardous substances may be made under this Act. Full text English Website revisedacts.lawreform.ie