China Maritime Safety Administration

The Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China (CMSA; ) is a government agency which administers all matters related to maritime and shipping safety, including the supervision of maritime traffic safety and security, prevention of pollution from ships, inspection of ships and offshore facilities, navigational safety measures (including Search and Rescue, Aids to Navigation and the

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), administrative management of port operations, and law enforcement on matters of maritime safety law. It was also responsible for marine accident investigation. It is headquartered in Dongcheng District,

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. In October 1998, it was formed by the merger of the China Ship Inspection Bureau and the China Port Supervision Bureau into a comprehensive agency of maritime affairs, subordinate to the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China. The China MSA was the only maritime administrative agency that was not merged into the new

China Coast Guard China Coast Guard (CCG; ) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the People's Armed Police of China. It is currently the world's largest coast guard. Function The CCG is known to perform mostly ...

^{/sup> in June 2013. The CMSA retains its safety and control ("traffic police") remit, while the new CCG concentrates all other law enforcement and policing duties.

Administrative Structure

The agency is organized into the following structure:

* Major Functions
* Safety Management of Shipping Company
* Survey of Ships
* Flag State Control
* Port State Control
* Prevention of Pollution from Ships
* Safe Carriage of Dangerous Goods
* Training, Examination and Certification of Seafarers
* Seafarers' Passports
* Aids to Navigation
* Hydrographic Survey
* Marine Traffic Control
* China Ship Reporting System (CHISREP)
* Navigational Warnings and Notices
* Vessel Traffic Service
* Maritime Search and Rescue
* Marine Accident Investigation
* Education and Training
* International Cooperation
* Law enforcement

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Operational organization

The MSA operates primarily along the PRC coastline and Yangtze River, Pearl River and Heilongjiang Rivers. The MSA maintains 20 Regional MSAs, one per coastal province, under which 97 local branches have been established.

Regional MSAs

*Changjiang

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MSA
*Fujian

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MSA
*Guangdong

Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...
MSA
*Guangxi

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MSA
*Hainan

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MSA
*Hebei

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MSA
*Heilongjiang

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MSA
*Jiangsu

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MSA
*Liaoning

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MSA
*Shandong

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MSA
*Shanghai

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MSA
*Shenzhen

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MSA
*Tianjin

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MSA
*Zhejiang

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MSA

Strength

The MSA's 25,000 officials, other working staff, operate a patrol force of 1,300 vessels and watercraft of various types. These include 207 patrol vessels of 20 meters and greater length, 2 are 100 meters and above, 2 are 60 meters and above, 18 are 40 meters and above, 59 are 30 meters and above and 126 are 20 meters and above.

Fleet

* Haixun 01 Patrol Ship
* Haixun 03 Patrol Ship
* Haixun 06 Patrol Ship
* Haixun 09 Patrol Ship
* Haixun 31 Patrol Ship
* Haixun 21 Patrol Ship
* Haijing 31025 Patrol ship
* RHIB
* Harbin Z-9 helicopter - contracted out to CITIC Offshore Helicopter

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CITIC Offshore Helicopter operates its businesse ...

* Eurocopter EC 135

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* Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation CA109

See also

*China Coast Guard

China Coast Guard (CCG; ) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the People's Armed Police of China. It is currently the world's largest coast guard.
Function

The CCG is known to perform mostly ...

* China Marine Surveillance
*International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea

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*International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGs) are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and set out, among other things, the "rules of the road" or navigation rules to be followed by ships an ...

References

External links

China Maritime Safety Administration official website

China Maritime Safety Administration official website

Aid to navigation

China Hydrography

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Maritime Safety Administration

The Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China (CMSA; ) is a government agency which administers all matters related to maritime and shipping safety, including the supervision of maritime traffic safety and security, prevent ...

Maritime Safety Administration

The Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China (CMSA; ) is a government agency which administers all matters related to maritime and shipping safety, including the supervision of maritime traffic safety and security, prevent ...

1998 establishments in China
Maritime safety organizations
Dongcheng District, Beijing
Government agencies established in 1998
Organizations based in Beijing
Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China
1949 establishments in China
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