Mercantile Marine Department

Mercantile Marine Department, Pakistan (Urdu: ادارہ بحری تجارت، پاکستان) is an attached department of Ports and Shipping Wing, Karachi under the Ministry of Ports and Shipping, Government of Pakistan. The department was established in 1930 under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1923, which was repealed and replaced with Merchant Shipping Ordinance No.