ChinaMSAMajorFunctions文献.doc

China MSA Major Functions Along the coastline and Yangtze River, Pearl River and Heilongjiang River, CHINA MSA has established 20 Regional MSAs under which 97 local branches have been established. CHINA MSA boasts of a working team consisted of 25,000 officials, other working staff, and a patrol force of 1,300 vessels and crafts of various types. Major Functions: 1. Draft and implement guidance, policies, regulations and technological codes and standards in national water safety supervision, marine pollution prevention, facilities check, navigational aids, and other relevant fields of transportation; 2. Comprehensively supervise water safety and prevent marine pollution. Inspect the ships safety conditions and safety management system of water transport enterprises; investigate and handle water traffic accidents, marine pollution from vessels and water transport violation cases; implement the safety management in respective transport industries; 3. Responsible for the administration of ship and off-shore facilities check, as well as of ships navigability and technologies; supervise the statutory survey and certification for ships and off-shore facilities; check the qualifications of ship survey organizations and marine surveyors, approve and supervise the resident representative offices of foreign ship survey organizations within the territory of China; in charge of Chinese flag ships registration, certification, survey and certificate endorsement; control foreign flag ships entry and exit in Chinese ports and waters; conduct safety supervision over ships carrying dangerous goods and other goods; 4. Administer seafarers and pilots training, examination and certification. Check and supervise the qualification and quality system of training institutions for seafarers and pilots; responsible for the management of seafarers documents; 5. Administer the navigational order and environment; classify the waters into prohibited areas, channels, traffic control areas, an