China Maritime Safety Administration

China Maritime Safety Administration
China Maritime Safety Administration
中国海事局
Zhōng​guó ​hǎi​shì ​jú​
Agency overview
Formed 1949
Jurisdiction  People's Republic of China
Headquarters Beijing
Minister responsible Li Jiaxiang, Vice Minister of Transport
Parent agency Ministry of Transport
Website
www.msa.gov.cn (Chinese)

The China Maritime Safety Administration (CMSA; Chinese: 中国海事局; pinyin: Zhōng​guó ​hǎi​shì ​jú​) 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 GMDSS), administrative management of port operations, and law enforcement on matters of maritime safety law. 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. While the MSA has an extensive fleet of patrol boats, and carries out duties that in most Western countries fall into the purview of the Coast Guard, it must not be confused with the China Coast Guard, which is a different agency under the authority of the Ministry of Public Security

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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

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.


MSA vessel on Huangpu at the Bund in Shanghai

Regional MSAs

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

An MSA cutter on the Grand Canal of China off Yangzhou

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