Maritime Safety Administration
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The China Maritime Safety Administration (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 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
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
China Coast Guard
The China Coast Guard serves as a coordinating body for maritime search and rescue in the territorial waters of the People's Republic of China...
, which is a different agency under the authority of the Ministry of Public Security
Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China
The Ministry of Public Security , is the principal police and security authority of the mainland of the People's Republic of China and the government agency that exercises oversight over and is ultimately responsible for day-to-day law enforcement...
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.Regional MSAs
- ChangjiangChangjiangChangjiang may refer to:*Changjiang River, or Yangtze River, in China*Changjiang Li Autonomous County, in Hainan, China*Changjiang District, in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China*Changjiang Scholars Program, higher education development program in China...
MSA - FujianFujian' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
MSA - GuangdongGuangdongGuangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
MSA - GuangxiGuangxiGuangxi, formerly romanized Kwangsi, is a province of southern China along its border with Vietnam. In 1958, it became the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, a region with special privileges created specifically for the Zhuang people.Guangxi's location, in...
MSA - HainanHainanHainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...
MSA - HebeiHebei' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...
MSA - HeilongjiangHeilongjiangFor the river known in Mandarin as Heilong Jiang, see Amur River' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. "Heilongjiang" literally means Black Dragon River, which is the Chinese name for the Amur. The one-character abbreviation is 黑...
MSA - JiangsuJiangsu' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...
MSA - LiaoningLiaoning' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...
MSA - ShandongShandong' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
MSA - ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
MSA - ShenzhenShenzhenShenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones...
MSA - TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
MSA - ZhejiangZhejiangZhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
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 31 Patrol Ship
- Haixun 21 Patrol Ship
- Haijing 31025
- RHIB
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See also
- China Coast GuardChina Coast GuardThe China Coast Guard serves as a coordinating body for maritime search and rescue in the territorial waters of the People's Republic of China...
- International Convention for the Safety of Life at SeaInternational Convention for the Safety of Life at SeaThe International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea is an international maritime safety treaty. The SOLAS Convention in its successive forms is generally regarded as the most important of all international treaties concerning the safety of merchant ships.- History :The first version of the...
- International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at SeaInternational Regulations for Preventing Collisions at SeaThe International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 are published by the International Maritime Organization , and set out, inter alia, the "rules of the road" or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other vessels at sea in order to prevent collisions between two or more...