The article explores seldom deliberated issues of legal angles of maritime safety. The first part evaluates the Maritime Safety Act (2011). The Act governs maritime safety issues with respect to ship construction, including its on-board facilities, ship inspection, crew qualifications, safety at sea and maritime rescue.

The analysis of the Act reveals that many of the adopted legal solutions appear dubious, some outright flawed. The Author’s assessment of the Act’s principles is unfavorable.

The declining quality of legislation prompts the author to suggest a thorough redraft of maritime safety law, one that would attain a comprehensive status of a code. The Author suggests the code should include, inter alia,law on maritime equipment, law on Maritime AccidentInvestigation Commission and law on shipping and sea harbours protection. The lex ferendashould include general provisions, regulation on electronic measures and a catalogue of sanctions for failure to comply with maritime safety standards.