Maritime Transport Safety - UN ESCAP China Presentation.pdf · safety supervision over ships carrying dangerous goods and other goods; – 4. Administer seafarers and pilots' training,

Maritime Transport Safety

Shen jiaqiangChina Maritime Safety Administration11# Jianguomennei Ave, Beijing, 100736People's Republic of ChinaEmail: [email protected]

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1. China Maritime Safety Administration Introduction

2. Maritime Safety Management

• Working independently since 1998– From 11 November 1998, China Maritime Safety Administration (China

MSA) as the government body , was established and authorized by the State Council and the Ministry of Transport, responsible for operational delivery of maritime safety and marine environment protection, and other related services.

• Roles played nationally and internationally– Designated as competent authority in light of laws

• Maritime Traffic Safety Law• Marine environment Protection Law

– Class A Party to the International Maritime Organization since 1989 and CMSA has been playing a significant role in IMO and other international maritime forum after its establishment.

Function and Jurisdiction

China Maritime Safety Administration

• The detailed responsibilities of China MSA include:– 1. Draft and implement policies, regulations and technical codes and

standards in safety supervision, marine pollution prevention,navigational aids, and other relevant fields of transportation;

– 2. Comprehensively supervise water safety and prevent marinepollution. Inspect the ship's safety conditions and safety managementsystem of water transport enterprises; investigate and handle watertraffic accidents, marine pollution from vessels and water transportviolation cases; implement the safety management in respectivetransport industries;



– 3. Responsible for the administration of ship and off‐shore facilitiescheck, supervise the statutory survey and certification for ships andoff‐shore facilities, monitor the qualifications of ship surveyorganizations and marine surveyors, approve and supervise theresident representative offices of foreign ship survey organizationswithin the territory of China, in charge of Chinese flag ships'registration, certification, survey and certificate endorsement, controlforeign flag ships' entry and exit of Chinese ports and waters, conductsafety supervision over ships carrying dangerous goods and othergoods;

– 4. Administer seafarers and pilots' training, examination andcertification, Check and supervise the qualification and quality systemof training institutions for seafarers and pilots, responsible for themanagement of seafarers' documents.



• MOT– The Ministry of Transport (MOT) was established in March 2008 by the State

Council as one of the new “super ministries,” combining the functions of theold Ministry of Communications (MOC) with those of the Civil AviationAdministration of China and State Post Bureau.

– The new MOT is the principal organization overseeing development strategies,regulations, and standards for road, water, and air transportation, andcommunications.

• Relation with MOT (different from other internal department)– Belongs and reports to the Ministry of Transport (MOT or China transport)

directly– Legislation by way of Ministerial Order (Mandatory to Industry) and

administrative Directive (suggestive to Industry)– Working independently under the name as CMSA



Sea Territory: 3 Million SquareKilometers (EEZ)

Coast line:18 thousand Kilometers

Ports:totally 1400 and more, in which, 130 and more are dedicated for international serviceAround 300,000 ships sail, operate or berth in the coastal areas of P.R.C each day.


Maritime Safety Management

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1. Ship Survey

For international trading ships, statutory survey has been delegated in full to China Classification Society (CCS)Access to the data base to monitor the ships’ survey records and detailsPre‐departure inspection


• China MSA has 350 dedicated PSCOs to carry out ship safety inspectionsthroughout the 14 regional MSAs in China.

• Ships flying Chinese flag, either engaged in international voyages or indomestic voyages, have been exposed to periodical inspection, typicallyevery 6 month.

• In 2015, 55 ports were authorized to carry out PSC inspection on 9925foreign ships, out of which 443 ships were detained with a detention rateof 5.45% .

2. Ship inspections


PSC Inspections in China



Detention rate of Chinese flagged shipsAverage detention rate of Tokyo MOUDetention rate of China PSC

• China MSA is responsible for the implementation of STCW Convention inChina.

• There are 94 maritime institutions and maritime universities, as recognizedtraining organizations, providing courses regarding to deck officers andengineer’s competencies for the merchant marine and other maritimerelated programmes, such as naval architecture.

• Examination (including oral and operational examinations) for Certificatesof Competency are monitored and assessed by China MSA and regionalMSAs.

3. Seafarers Management


• There are 94 seafarer education and training organizations in China,including 12 maritime universities, 16 maritime colleges, 25 secondary‐levelvocational maritime schools, and 41 maritime training centers.

• In 2015, there is an annual enrollment of about 15,000 students atmaritime universities and institutions, and the total number of seafarersholding certificates of competency for ocean‐going ships has reached310,348, including 131,366 senior officers.

• Those RTOs possess 37 training vessels for onboard training and sea‐going practices.

3. Seafarers Management


4. VTS/Aids to Navigation

• China MSA is responsible for marine safety and information service, operation andmanagement of VTS, developing and implementing traffic separation scheme,receiving and processing maritime distress alerts and enforcement activities. Theseservices are provided through 17 coastal radio stations and 28 VTS centers.

• China MSA is responsible for Aids to Navigation including maintenance of 14,000lighthouses & buoys within the territorial waters and issuance of NavigationalWarnings.

• 458 AIS base stations and the signal of AIS has almost covered all the coastal areaand inner‐ land channels.

• DBD system adopted by IMO and provide services to commercial ships .


5. Search and Rescue

• The search and rescue region of China is a part of global SAR plan of IMO ‐ SAR area 7. State inter‐ministerial joint committee on maritime SAR was established in the year 2005,consist of 14 members.

• The China MSA is supervising RCC activities via networking system which has been established in MRCC in Beijing. China MSA has established a maritime distress call number 12395 for emergency communication.


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