Associated Entity

Romanian Naval Authority (RNA) is a specialized executive agency subordinated to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure , playing the role of state authority with the purpose of ensuring safety of navigation.Romanian Naval Authority is a self-financing institution, with legal personality, based in Constanta Port Enclosure, established by merging the Civil Navigation Inspectorate and the Romanian Register of Shipping.

Main tasks of the Romanian Naval Authority have been defined as follows:

• inspection, control and surveillance of navigation in Romanian maritime waters and inland waterways;
• fulfillment of the obligations assumed from the international agreements and conventions to which Romania is part of;
• implementation of international rules, regulations and conventions into Romanian legislation;
• Port State Control and Flag State Control -registration, endorsing and certification of Romanian seafarers;
• protection of navigable waters against pollution by vessels;
• supervising the compliance of the Romanian naval transports with the provisions of the ISM Code and ISPS Code;
• ships' registration;
• coordination of search and rescue activities in the Romanian navigable waters and of the actions to be taken in case of navigation accidents and casualties.