People's Republic of China shipping and the relevant activities of marine pollution prevention and control of environmental management

    (November 16, 2010 Ministry of transport [2010] the 7th release come into force February 1, 2011) Chapter I General provisions

    Activities related to job first in order to control the ship and its pollution of the marine environment, in accordance with the People's Republic of China Law of marine environmental protection and the People's Republic of China regulations on controlling marine environment pollution from ships and the People's Republic of China concluded or acceded to international treaties, these provisions are formulated.

    The second ship and its related operating activities People's Republic of China sea areas under the jurisdiction the present provisions shall apply.

    Related activities in these rules refers to vessels loading and unloading, transferring, clearing tank, tank cleaning, oil supply, building, fishing, dismantling, packing of dangerous goods, filling tank, pollution response and other underwater ship construction work and other activities.

    Article the Transportation Department responsible for shipping and related activities nationwide prevention and control of pollution of the marine environment.

    National maritime safety authority is responsible for the supervision and management of the ship and its work related to operating activities of prevention and control of pollution of the marine environment.

    Maritime administrative agency according to the rights and responsibilities at all levels, specifically responsible for the supervision and management of the area the ship and its work related to operating activities of prevention and control of pollution of the marine environment.

    Chapter II general provisions

    The structure, of the fourth vessel equipment, the equipment shall comply with the relevant national control of marine environment pollution from ships for inspection of the specification as well as the People's Republic of China concluded or acceded to an international treaty requirements and corresponding qualification certificates, in accordance with State regulations.

    Article fifth ship shall be in accordance with the laws and administrative regulations, and the Transportation Department, as well as People's Republic of China concluded or acceded to international treaties require, to obtain and carry on board control marine pollution of the marine environment certificate, instrument.

    The maritime administrative agency shall be announced to the public the first paragraph of this article certificate, list of instruments, and timely updates.

    Article sixth vessels holding control of vessel pollution of the marine environment of certificates, instruments issued by a national maritime administrations or their recognised; foreign vessels held control of vessel pollution of the marine environment of certificates, documents should be in line with People's Republic of China concluded or acceded to an international treaty requirements.

    Article seventh combating marine pollution of the marine environment of the crew shall have the appropriate expertise and skills, and in accordance with the relevant laws, administrative regulations, rules of participation in the training and examinations, and holds a valid certificate of competency or training certificates.

    Units should organize the units engaged in activities related to job operating personnel skills, use of equipment, operating procedures, safety and emergency response training to ensure that personnel have the relevant professional knowledge and skills of safety and pollution prevention.

    Article eighth harbours and docks, loading and unloading stations and units engaged in ship repair work shall, in accordance with the relevant standard, the pollution monitoring facilities and pollutants to a reception facility.

    Ports, terminals, Terminal and ship building, fishing, related activities such as dismantling other units shall, in accordance with the relevant standard, the pollution prevention equipment and devices.

    Nineth ships engaged in the following activities shall be in accordance with the People's Republic of China regulations on the conditions for maritime administrative licensing requirements, obtain a licence to the maritime administrative agency, and to comply with the relevant procedures, the implementation of safety and pollution prevention measures:

    (A) in coastal port outboard copy paper, paint job, or use incinerators;

    (B) in the waters of the port area cleaning, clearing tanks, gas and ballast water;

    (C) washing stained deck of contaminants, toxic and harmful substances;

    (D) the dismantling of ships on the water, fishing, building and other water, underwater ship construction.

    Article tenth maritime administrative agency in the legal approval of more than 30,000 DWT tanker cargo clearing, more than 10,000 tons of bulk liquid dangerous goods barge salvage, dismantling of oil tankers, etc when there exists a big risk of pollution activities, may require the applicant to undergo operation plan feasibility study.

    11th no units and individuals to find the ship and the activity has caused, or is likely to cause pollution of the marine environment shall immediately report to the maritime administrative agency.

    Chapter III emissions of pollutants from ships and receiving

    12th People's Republic of China governing marine navigation, berthing, operational discharge of garbage from ships, sewage, oily, noxious substances effluent, emissions and other pollutants and ballast water shall comply with laws, administrative regulations and the relevant standards as well as the People's Republic of China concluded or acceded to the provisions of international treaties.

    13th ship to delineate marine nature reserves, marine protected areas, coastal scenic area, important fishing areas and those in need of special protection waters the discharge of pollutants.

    Established by law in need of special protection provided for in the first paragraph of this article of the sea, should be set at the appropriate regional support for pollutants from ship reception facilities and emergency equipment.

    14th ship should be not in conformity with article 12th emission requirements and prohibit by law the emissions of pollutants into the sea, into the corresponding capacity of port reception facilities or entrusted with a corresponding capacity of pollutants from ships received the takeover.

    Ships commissioned by the receiving unit for pollutants from ship reception of pollutants, its ship operator shall, before the job clearly specifies the principal pollutants from ships to receive units.

    15th receiving units for pollutants from ship to ship waste, oil residue, oily water and noxious substances received jobs, should have its operational risk prevention and decontamination capabilities, and with the approval of the maritime administrative agency. 16th pollutants from ship reception unit shall implement safety and pollution prevention management system.

    Pollutant receiving operations, shall comply with the relevant national standards, procedures, and effective pollution prevention measures taken to prevent spills of pollutants. 17th ship pollutants pollutants should be receiving the takeover operation is finished, the ship pollutants to receive documents issued by, fill in the type and quantity of pollutants received and signed by the master.

    Receiving documents for pollutants from ship unit name should be indicated on the job, job both in name, start and end time of the job, location, as well as the type and quantity of pollutants and so on.

    Ships should carry the corresponding record book and receiving documents for pollutants from ship to the maritime administrative agency for receiving proof for pollutants from ship, and save the ship pollutants receive proof in the appropriate logbook.

    18th International ships leaving domestic ports before the ship pollutants should be cleaned and processed export Bank upon receiving of pollutants to the maritime administrative agency to produce a valid proof. Article 19th pollutants job is involved, specifications in the corresponding record book should be filled in truthfully and record reflect during the ship's operation in the amount of pollution, disposal and destination.

    In accordance with the laws and administrative regulations, the Transport Department, as well as People's Republic of China concluded or acceded to international treaties require, does not require record book, the situation should be in operation on that day's log or in the engine log book facts.

    Ships should be done using the garbage record book for ships on the ship for 2 years after use of oily water, sewage containing toxic substances record book on the ship retained for 3 years.

    20th pollutants from ships receiving unit receiving pollutants should be referred to qualified processing units for processing of pollutants set by the State, and pollutants from ship receiving and handling of the maritime administrative agency for record. 21st reception for dealing with toxic and harmful substances or other dangerous components of pollutants from ships shall comply with the relevant national hazardous waste management regulations.

    Ship-generated pollutants from affected areas shall be subject to relevant quarantine departments for quarantine treatment before they can receive and process.

    22nd ship shall be equipped with a covered, impermeable, non-spill garbage storage containers, or to refuse bags.

    Ships should be separate collection and storage of waste, waste containing poisonous or harmful substances or other dangerous substances should be kept separate.

    Ships containing toxic or harmful substance or any other dangerous substances waste going into port reception facilities or authorize the receiving unit receiving ship pollutants, such rubbish to each other should contain name of the substance, the nature and quantity, and so on.

    23rd ship should be in accordance with relevant regulations of the State and People's Republic of China concluded or acceded to international treaties require, set up fitting in with the production of sewage treatment device or storage container.

    The fourth chapter of vessels carrying dangerous goods and related jobs

    Dangerous goods referred to in article 24th of this provision refers to directly or indirectly entering the water, damage water quality and environmental quality, resulting in a loss of resources, harm to human health the harmful effects of those goods.

    National maritime administrative agency shall be announced to the public of the dangerous goods list, and update as needed.

    25th carriage of dangerous goods by vessels entering and leaving the port, carrier or agent should be in and out of Hong Kong before 24-hour (of the voyage is less than 24 hours, leaving the previous port) to the maritime administrative agency for shipping worthy declaration procedures; the owner or agent shall be in advance of the ship's fitness declared goods declaration formalities to the maritime administrative agency.

    Goods declaration of fitness report and ships by the maritime administrative agency for examination and approval, ships in and out of ports, transit travel or for loading and unloading operations.

    Article 26th delivered for carriage of dangerous goods characteristics, packaging and the goods for risk prevention and contingency measures should comply with the relevant national standards, regulations and People's Republic of China concluded or acceded to an international treaty requirements need to be approved by the relevant authorities of the State before they can carry, you also need to obtain approval from the relevant authorities.
Vessel fitness in accordance with the conditions of the People's Republic of China regulations for maritime administrative licensing conditions on vessels carrying dangerous cargo worthy condition.

    27th the owner or his agent the goods declaration formalities, to the maritime administrative agency shall submit the following documents:

    (A) the goods declaration, including the owner or agent of the relevant and basic information such as name, type, characteristics of the goods;

    (B) by an agent the goods declaration formalities, must provide proof of valid authorization issued by the owner of the goods;

    (C) the dangerous goods safety data sheet, safety precautions, preventive and emergency measures and other related materials;

    (D) the need to be approved by the relevant authorities of the State before the carriage of dangerous goods, should be in possession of a valid document of approval;

    (E) the transport of the following dangerous goods delivered shall also submit the following documents:

    1. the carriage of packaged dangerous goods, packaging, intermediate bulk containers should be provided the qualification certificate or qualification certificate for pressure vessels;

    2. the use of portable tanks carrying dangerous goods shall provide qualification certificate for tanks;

    3. carriage of radioactive contamination dangerous goods shall submit the certificate of radiation dose;

    4. Add goods to restrain or stabilizing agents, should be submitted to suppress or stabilizing agents name, quantity, temperature, and over should be taken the validity period the validity period of the measures;

    5. the carrying limit of dangerous goods shall submit the limited evidence of dangerous goods;

    6. carriage of unknown dangerous goods, shall be submitted in accordance with article 31st of the pollution hazard assessment report.

    28th the carrier or the agent handling the ship worthy declarations, to the maritime administrative agency shall submit the following documents:

    (A) for ships carrying dangerous goods declaration form, including goods that the carrier or his agent about the situation and names, types, attributes, and other basic information;

    (B) the approval of the maritime administrative agency goods and fitness certificate;

    (C) by ship agent worthy declarations, should provide valid proof of authorization issued by the carrier;

    (D) oil pollution prevention certificate, ship fitness certificates, ship certificate of insurance or other financial guarantee for civil liability for oil pollution damage;

    (E) vessels carrying dangerous goods accident happened in transit, shipping dangerous goods declaration should also be in the case of brief description of accident causes and control measures that have been taken and the current status of the situation and sent a detailed report upon arrival;

    (Vi) set out the actual loading of the list, manifest or stowage plan;

    (G) loading and unloading operations to be carried out of the ports, docks, loading and unloading station. Ships, line and scheduled cargo ships can handle not more than one month ship worthy declarations on a regular basis.

    For the ship's regular fitness report procedures, except as provided in the first paragraph of this article shall be submitted materials, should also be submitted to prove that fixed the ship fixed for transport of dangerous goods in fixed route related material.

    29th the maritime administrative agency receives goods declaration, ship worthy after the Declaration, should be according to the conditions laid down in article 26th in within 24 hours to approve or disapprove the decision; go through the ship's regular fitness report, shall, within the 7th decision to approve or disapprove.

    30th the owner or agent shall deliver the ship carrying dangerous goods, should take effective measures to control pollution, ensuring goods packaging and labelling specifications, proportions, color, durability, comply with the relevant national requirements of safety and prevention of pollution, and truthfully indicate the goods in the transport document the technical name, number, type, nature, prevention and emergency measures, and so on.

    31st the owner or agent of unknown delivery of vessels carrying dangerous goods should be assessed by the national maritime safety authority identified dangerous assessment bodies, clear nature of pollution of the goods and the shipping specification, and the maritime safety authority confirmed on the delivery of the ship.

    National maritime administrative agency shall, in accordance with the following criteria and publishing the assessment provided for in article list of agencies:

    (A) have a fixed office space and equipped with the necessary facilities, equipment such as detection, identification;

    (B) have the dangerous goods adapted to assess the technical capacity of professionals;

    (C) meets the requirements of dangerous goods assessment management system. 32nd once empty containers and transport components of the carriage of dangerous goods, should be thoroughly cleaned and elimination of hazards, made by a State after a cleaning certificate issued by a qualified testing agency, shall be delivered in accordance with the General cargo shipping.

    Without a thorough cleaning and elimination of hazards before, should be in accordance with the requirements of the original cargo loaded for transport.

    33rd maritime authority considered shipping the goods should be delivered in accordance with the dangerous goods declared and undeclared or declared content are not realistic, and approved by the head of the maritime administrative agency, can take out of the box identification. When implementing inspection out of the box, the maritime administrative agency, the owner or his agent shall be present and responsible for moving goods, opening and packing of the goods. The maritime administrative agency deems it necessary, you can track the line open for inspection, re-inspection or extracted samples.

    Relevant units and individuals shall meet.

    Article 34th ships do not meet the requirements of the dangerous goods contained, may not carry dangerous goods, dock, loading and unloading stations not to carry out loading and unloading operations.

    Ship is found and its associated activities are likely to cause pollution of the marine environment, Terminal, Terminal, ship shall immediately take appropriate emergency measures, and to report to the maritime administrative agency. 35th engaged in loading and unloading docks, loading and unloading of dangerous goods, shall conform to the safe handling and disposal of pollutant-related standards, and safety to the maritime administrative agency handling and pollutant processing capacity of relevant material.

    The maritime administrative agency shall have a corresponding safe handling and pollutant processing capacity of the docks, loading and unloading stations to the public.

    Vessels carrying dangerous goods should be published by the maritime administrative agency with the appropriate security handling and pollutant processing capacity of the docks, loading and unloading station for loading and unloading operations.

    36th article ship for bulk liquid pollution harm goods had connection job of, should meet national sea traffic security and control ship marine pollution environment of management provides and technology specification, select slow, and shelter, and depth, and end of quality, conditions better of waters, away from population intensive district, and ship navigation intensive district, and channel, and important of civilian target or facilities, and military waters, developed security and control pollution of measures and emergency plans and guarantee effective implementation.

    37th article of bulk liquid dangerous goods transfer operations of the ship, the carrier, the owner or his agent to the maritime administrative agency shall submit the following application materials:

    (A) ships operating in applications, including job ship information, contacts, contacts, job, job location, connection type and number of basic information;

    (B) the ship's operational programmes, monitoring and pollution prevention measures to be taken;

    (C) for ships operating in emergency;

    (D) navigation safety of ships operating in the waters and pollution risk analysis report;

    (E) pollution cleanup job with qualified pollution cleanup job agreement signed.

    Of fuel for the job by barge, the first paragraph of this article shall be submitted (a), (b), (c) and (e) provision of material. The maritime administrative agency shall, from the date of acceptance of the application made under conditions laid down in article 36th in the 2nd approval or disapproval of the decision.

    2nd can't make a decision, approved by the head of the maritime administration, extension of the 5th.

    Article 38th units engaged in ship fuel for the job should be to the maritime administrative agency for record, and submit the following registration materials:

    (A) business license;

    (B) safety and pollution prevention systems files, emergency, emergency equipment and material inventories, oil hoses pressure test certificates and workers to attend the training;

    (C) fuel for the job through the ship, ship certificate shall be presented, shipboard oil pollution emergency plan, operating ships oil pollution liability insurance certificate as well as seafarers ' certificates;

    (D) fuel quality commitment; units engaged in product affected by work should be submitted simultaneously to the law to allow the oil products wholesale or retail management certificate.

    39th to ship fuel for the job, and working parties shall meet the safety and pollution prevention requirements for operation of management measures, and shall comply with the following requirements:

    (A) before the work, shall:

    1. check the piping, valves, well prepared, good plug scuppers, close the related sea valves;

    2. check the equipment for oil jobs, keep them in good condition;

    3. the area where spills may occur, setting oil containers;

    4. for oil mainly agreed by the parties to contact signals, both should be enforced.

    (B) operations, there must be enough staff on duty, officers on duty to stay in line, strict enforcement of rules, master schedule, preventing oil, oil spills;

    (C) to stop the job must be effective in close the valve;

    (D) receive solution when the oil hoses must advance hose closed with a blind, or take other effective measures to prevent hose oil back into the sea.

    The maritime administrative agency shall supervise and inspect the ship fuel for the job, and found not to meet the safety and pollution prevention requirements, should be stopped. 40th ship fuel supply unit shall fill in fuel for the document, for documents and provide fuel to ships and fuel samples. Fuel for the documents should include the ship name, IMO ship identification number or international number, time, location, fuel supplier names, addresses, and contact information, and fuel type, quantity, density and sulphur content.
Ships and fuel supply units fuel supply documents should be kept for 3 years, and that fuel samples properly stored for 1 year.

    Fuel supply unit shall ensure that the quality meets the standard requirements for fuel, and the fuel for qualification testing unit testing of fuel sent to the national provisions.

    Fuel quality testing report should be retained in the job on the ship for future reference.

    41st ship in 300 tons of oil or specific gravity is less than 1 or more does not dissolve, slightly soluble in water of noxious liquid substances in bulk loading and unloading, and transfer operations, laying booms. Laying booms programme maritime administrative agency shall, before the job report for the record.

    Be limited by natural conditions or for other reasons, not for laying booms and other pollution prevention alternatives can be used, but should be taken alternative measures and grounds in front of the job's maritime administration.

    42nd article carrying dangerous cargo ships entering and leaving the port and across the bridge, traffic control, traffic-intensive area and navigational conditions of restricted areas, or transporting highly toxic, explosive, radioactive cargo ships entering and leaving the port, maritime administrative agency shall comply with the special provisions, and to take the necessary guarantees of safety and prevention of pollution. Article 43rd ships carrying cargoes such as diffuse toxic or noxious gases or dust, airtight or other protective measures should be taken.

    Requirements of dangerous goods there was closed, measures should be taken in the transport and process recycling toxic gas.

    Fifth chapter the dismantling of ships, salvage, repair and other underwater ship construction operation

    Article 44th of ship dismantling on the building, water, maritime administrative agency shall determine and publish the site.

    Prohibits washed beaches of ship dismantling.

    Article 45th for the dismantling of ships, salvage, building and construction work of other surface and underwater vessels, shall comply with the relevant procedures, and to take the necessary safety and pollution prevention measures.

    46th in ship dismantling ships tank repair operations, operations on board a vessel shall be effective disposal of residues and wastes, fuel tanks, oil barge in the cargo tanks, tank cleaning, clearing, logging and explosive work, and pollutants from ships in accordance with the provisions made to receive certificate and a valid measurement certificate.

    Marine fuel tanks, cargo tanks the oil barge delivery is needed in storage, it shall refer the pollutants from ship to receive units or their ships fuel under the law for job qualification units of storage, and 37th of the rules approved by the maritime administrative agency.

    47th in the dock for ship repair jobs, repair shipyards should dock within the pollutants cleaned, after making sure that does not cause pollution, can sink a floating dock or open the door to dock.

    48th ship dismantling, and salvage, building or other surface and underwater ship construction after the end of the job, shall promptly be decontaminated and jobs generated in the process of clearance and disposal of pollutants in a joint report to the maritime administrative agency, maritime safety authority, as the case may be for on-site verification.

    The sixth chapter legal liability

    49th maritime administration ship is found, the relevant operating units of a violation of this provision, shall be ordered to make corrections; refuses, the maritime administrative agency may order cessation of operations, the force unmount, prohibition of vessels entering and leaving the port and berthing, transit stay or ordered to suspend, change, departure, drove to the designated location.

    50th article violates these provisions, the structure of the ship does not comply with the relevant national control of marine environment pollution from ships for inspection of the specification or requirements of the relevant international treaties, by the maritime administrative agency fines of between 100,000 yuan and 300,000 yuan.

    51st in violation of this provision, ships, ports, terminals and loading and unloading stations not equipped with pollution prevention facilities, equipment, tools, any of the following circumstances, be warned by the maritime administrative agency, or a fine of less than 20,000 yuan and 100,000 Yuan:

    (A) are equipped with pollution prevention facilities, equipment, equipment amount needed to meet the legal and administrative regulations, regulations, standards and international treaty concluded or acceded to demands;

    (B) equipped with pollution prevention facilities, equipment, equipment technical performance does not meet the legal and administrative rules, regulations, standards and international treaty concluded or acceded to demands.

    52nd in violation of this provision, a ship without a certificate, the control of vessel pollution of the marine environment instruments, be warned by the maritime administrative agency, or a fine of up to 20,000 yuan.

    53rd in violation of this provision, ship emissions the provisions prohibiting the emission of pollutants into the sea, by the maritime administrative agency at less than 30,000 yuan and 200,000 yuan in fines.

    54th in violation of these provisions, discharge or disposal of pollutants, any of the following circumstances, the Maritime Administration Department fines of less than 20,000 yuan and 100,000 Yuan:

    (A) more than the standard discharge pollutants into the sea;

    (B) is not in accordance with the provisions in the pollutant discharge or disposal of records retained on board ships;

    (C) marine pollution disposal records and the amount of pollutants produced during the ship's operation does not meet the.

    55th in violation of this provision, receiving unit without the approval of the maritime administrative agency for pollutants from ship, carrying out garbage from ships, oil residue, oily water and sewage reception of noxious substances, by the maritime administrative agency of between 50,000 yuan and 10,000 yuan fine cause pollution of the marine environment, between 250,000 and 50,000 yuan fine.

    56th article violates these provisions, shipping and receiving unit receives treatment for pollutants from ship pollutants, there are the following (a), be warned by the maritime administrative agency, or a fine of up to 20,000 yuan; the following subsection (b), (c), by the maritime administration to a fine of up to 20,000 Yuan:

    (A) the ship has not been faithfully record the disposal of pollutants;

    (B) the ship is not in accordance with the provisions of pollutants receive proof;

    (C) is not in accordance with the provisions of the takeover for pollutants from ship ship pollutants receives and processes the maritime administrative agency for record.

    57th article violation this provides, without maritime management institutions approved, ship carrying pollution harm goods access port, and transit stay, and for handling of, by maritime management institutions on its carrier, and goods all or agent at 10,000 yuan above 50,000 yuan following of fine; without maritime management institutions approved, ship for bulk liquid pollution harm goods had connection job of, by maritime management institutions on ship at 10,000 yuan above 50,000 yuan following of fine.

    58th article violates this provision following paragraph (a), be warned by the maritime administrative agency, or a fine of less than 20,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan; the following subsection (b), (c), (d), by the Maritime Administration Department fines of less than 20,000 yuan and 100,000 Yuan:

    (A) for ships carrying dangerous goods do not have suitable transport conditions;

    (B) vessels carrying dangerous goods do not meet fitness requirements of dangerous goods;

    (C) vessels carrying dangerous goods do not have the appropriate security handling and pollutant processing capacity of the docks, loading and unloading station for loading and unloading operations;

    (D) the owner or agent in accordance with the provisions of the dangerous assessment of unknown dangerous goods.

    59th in violation of this provision, any of the following circumstances, by the maritime administrative agency fined not more than 2000 Yuan and 10,000 Yuan:

    (A) proof of the ship does not comply with the requirements to keep pollutants receive;

    (B) the ship fuel for the unit do not fill fuel for documents;

    (C) the ship fuel for the units is not in accordance with the provisions to ships providing fuel for the documents and samples of the fuel;

    (D) ships and ship fuel for the unit failing to save fuel for the documents and samples of the fuel.

    60th in violation of this provision, water on dismantling of ships, old ships refit, salvage and other underwater ship construction operation, causing marine pollution damage to the environment, be warned by the maritime administrative agency, or a fine of less than 50,000 yuan and 200,000 yuan.

    The seventh chapter by-laws

    61st military ships and the Transport Department Hong Kong fishing vessel outside the waters under the jurisdiction the prevention of pollution of the marine environment, these rules do not apply. 62nd article of the regulations come into force on February 1, 2011.