China announces reporting requirements for vessels entering the territorial sea of the People's Republic of China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vessels of foreign nationality entering the territorial sea of China shall report to the China Maritime Administration from on September 1st, 2021.

 

 From September 01st, 2021 and according to the Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (P.R.China), vessels of foreign nationality entering the territorial sea of the P.R.China shall report to the maritime administrations of the P. R.China. The reporting requirements apply to the following vessels of foreign nationality entering the territorial sea of the P.R.China: 

1. Submersibles; 

2. Nuclear vessels;

 3. Ships carrying radioactive materials; 

4. Ships carrying bulk oil, chemicals, liquefied gas and other toxic and harmful substances; and 

Updated Contact points for SOPEP record 31.07.2021

, MSC-MEPC.6/Circ.19
Annex, page 1

ANNEX
LIST OF NATIONAL OPERATIONAL CONTACT POINTS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECEIPT, TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING OF
URGENT REPORTS ON INCIDENTS INVOLVING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES
INCLUDING OIL FROM SHIPS TO COASTAL STATES
1 The following information is provided to enable compliance with regulation 37
of MARPOL Annex I which, inter alia, requires that the Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency
Plan (SOPEP) shall contain a list of authorities or persons to be contacted in the event of a
pollution incident involving such substances. Requirements for oil pollution emergency plans
and relevant oil pollution reporting procedures are contained in articles 3 and 4 of