Mission

To facilitate the provision of safe and efficient Inland Water Transport Services while contributing towards the maintenance of safer and cleaner Inland Waterways.

Role

To administer the In-lands Waters Shipping ACT 13:06

Major Undertakings

• Implementation and enforcement of the Inland Waters Shipping Statutes.
• Conducting first and annual vessel survey to guarantee the seaworthiness of boats, conducting boat inspections following compulsory repairs and major alterations.
• Examining and certifying prospective boat drivers.
• Conducting Lake Patrols and spot checks on vessels.
• Managing Lake Navigation Radio Control/telecommunications system on Lake Kariba (i.e. continuous listening watch on VHF radios).
• Co-coordinating search and rescue operations and installation and maintenance of aids to navigation on Lake Kariba.
• Guarding against non-economic or uneconomic duplication of shipping services through the permit system on inland waterways. Conduct pollution surveillance and control on inland waterways particularly in harbors.