Advanced Search

Vessel Inspection Regulations

Original Language Title: 船舶检验管理规定

Subscribe to a Global-Regulation Premium Membership Today!

Key Benefits:

Subscribe Now for only USD$40 per month.
  Chapter I General provisions article to strengthen the management of ship inspection, ship inspection services, guarantee the quality of vessel inspection, according to the People's Republic of China maritime traffic safety law of the People's Republic of China inland river transportation security regulations of the People's Republic of China ships and offshore installations Ordinance, and we concluded or acceded to the relevant international conventions, these provisions are formulated.

Second ship inspection activities and engaged in inspection activities of Agency and applicable to the provisions on the administration of personnel.

Ship inspection in these rules refers to the ship, water facilities, marine products and inspection of shipping cargo containers.

Military ships, sports boats, fishing vessels, as well as testing of oil and gas production facilities, these rules do not apply.

Article III competent national inspection of the Ministry of transport management.

Bureau of the Ministry of transport and maritime exercise unified supervision and management is responsible for ship inspection.

Maritime Administration at all levels in accordance with their respective functions and powers, carry out inspection supervision.

 Chapter two inspection agencies and personnel the fourth vessel inspection body means the ship inspection bodies, including the Ministry of transport and the provincial, autonomous region, municipality sets ship inspection authority (hereinafter referred to as the domestic ship inspection bodies) and the foreign vessel inspection organizations in People's Republic of China ship companies established in the territory (hereinafter referred to as foreign ship company). The Ministry of transport and the provincial, autonomous region and municipalities in accordance with approved domestic vessel inspection agency or a foreign ship companies, should be in accordance with the People's Republic of China regulations for maritime administrative licensing conditions require the approval of survey conditions make the decision whether to approve.

Approval, there should also be a clear domestic vessel inspection agencies and foreign ship inspection scope of business of the company.

Ministry of transport and Maritime Council shall publicize the ship inspection and testing bodies business. Fifth article domestic ship test institutions according to a,, and b, and c, and d four class engaged in ship statutory test: (a) a, class ship test institutions, can engaged in including international sailing ship, and domestic sailing ship, and water Shang facilities, and shipping goods container and related ship with products of statutory test; (ii) b class ship test institutions, can engaged in domestic sailing ship of statutory test and related ship with products of statutory test; (three) c class ship test institutions, can engaged in river ship of statutory test; (four) d class ship test institutions,

Can engage in small inland ship captain and closed waters not more than 30 m, engine power does not exceed 50-kilowatt of the cargo ship captain and not more than 30 m, engine power does not exceed 50-kilowatt passenger ships of the statutory test. Sixth article foreign inspection ship company of business range including: (a) according to ship flag country Government authorized, on hanging the country flag and the intends hanging the country flag of ship, and sea facilities implementation statutory test and into level test; (ii) on this paragraph subsection (a) items provides of ship, and sea facilities by using of about important equipment, and parts and material, ship with products implementation test; (three) on foreign enterprise by has of shipping goods container implementation test; (four) by traffic Transport Department Maritime Council recognized,

Progressive liberalization in the context of the free trade zone registered international cruise ships of Chinese nationality Classification Surveys.

Article seventh ship inspection bodies shall conduct inspection within the approved scope of business activities.

Eighth ship inspection bodies should report to the Ministry of transport Maritime Bureau annual ship inspection work, including quality system operation, inspection, inspection personnel changes, and so on.

Nineth ship inspectors should have the appropriate knowledge and skills to meet national requirements concerning ship inspection personnel qualification.

  Department of transportation Marine Board is responsible for the Organization for the harmonization of inspection personnel examinations, and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State inspection of personnel qualifications.

          Tenth domestic ships inspection bodies shall ship inspectors pre-job training and occasional sustained knowledge renewal training.

Chapter III legal test 11th statutory test refers to the flag State administration or its accredited inspection bodies in accordance with the laws, administrative rules, regulations, and statutory inspection specifications, ship, water facilities, marine products and shipping cargo containers for mandatory testing of the safety and technical conditions.

Statutory surveys including construction inspection, periodic inspection and initial inspection, staging, testing, inspection, airworthiness inspection of towing.

12th article in People's Republic of China registration or intends in People's Republic of China registration of ship, and water Shang facilities of all or business people, has following case one of of, should to domestic ship test institutions application built test: (a) built ship, and water Shang facilities of; (ii) change ship main scale, and ship type, and points class level, and hosted capacity, and passengers live premises, and main advance system, and effect ship stability sex, involved ship main performance and the security of major alterations, or involved water Shang facilities security major alterations of.

Ship, water facility construction or major alteration, shall apply to the construction or renovation of ship inspection inspection.

13th trading vessels, water facility owner or operator shall apply to the domestic vessel inspection for ship inspection certificate issued periodic inspection.

Periodic inspection may appoint operating domestic vessel inspection agencies.

14th article in the nationality ship, and water Shang facilities of all or business people, has following case one of of, should to domestic ship test institutions application initial test: (a) outside nationality ship, and water Shang facilities to in the nationality ship, and water Shang facilities; (ii) sports boats, and fisheries ship to this provides applies of ship; (three) operating ship test certificate failure time over a a for card test cycle of; (four) old operating transport ship test certificate failure time over a a special regularly test cycle of.

The preceding paragraph (c), (d) one of the circumstances listed, the new test cycle in accordance with the original certificate of inspection period.

15th article in the nationality ship, and water Shang facilities of all or business people, has following case one of of, should to domestic ship test institutions application temporary test: (a) for occurred accident, effect ship airworthiness performance; (ii) change certificate by qualified of airlines district or uses; (three) ship test institutions issued of certificate failure time not over a a for card cycle; (four) involved ship security of repair or modified, but major alterations except; (five) change ship test institutions; (six) change ship name, and flag Hong Kong;

(VII) there are significant security flaws affect the navigation, and environmental security, entrust the examination of a maritime administrative agency.

For the preceding paragraph (c) of the circumstances listed in, ships, water application inspection, internal failure of ship inspection bodies are required to test all of the tests should be carried out during the period, test cycles in accordance with the original certificate of inspection period. People's Republic of China governing vessels of foreign nationality in the waters, paragraph (a), (VII) one of the circumstances listed, shall apply to the issuing the inspection certificate for inspection of the temporary test.

Vessels of foreign nationality certificate authority is not in the People's Republic of China territory survey company, shall be filed with the Ministry of transport and maritime authorities for inspection of the body is to seek testing.

16th People's Republic of China within the waters of mobile platform, floating dock, water facilities and other large ships to tow sailing, shall, upon application, before towing test.

Article 17th before trial, the owner or operator shall apply to the domestic vessel inspection airworthiness inspection, and inspection certificate for trial.

Domestic vessel inspection bodies in front of the airworthiness certificate issued, shall, in accordance with technical requirements related to inspection, and confirm the trial voyage status is consistent with the implementation of ship drawings review of ship inspection, building inspection agency approved stowage and the stability of the State.

18th in the People's Republic of China waters engaged in drilling, development operations of foreign drilling ship, owners or operators of mobile platforms, shall be filed with the Ministry of transport and maritime safety administration mandated vessel inspection bodies apply the following test: (a) the pre-job inspection, (ii) during regular inspections.

19th vessels, water facilities on the water used by traffic safety and the prevention of pollution of the waters of important equipment, parts and materials for marine products should be tested.

Inspection should be carried out by the marine product range announced by the Ministry of transport and Maritime Council.

20th ship inspection bodies shall comply with technical requirements for statutory survey of marine products, included in the statutory inspection of marine products factory authorized, type approval and product testing.

21st shipping container manufacturer or owner or operator shall apply to the inspection of the following tests: (a) shipping container manufacturing, application for factory authorized, design type approval and manufacturing inspection, (ii) use of shipments of goods in containers, testing applicants, with periodic inspection or inspection institutions to conduct technical audits of continuous examination programme for examination.

22nd domestic vessel inspection bodies shall ship products and shipping cargo containers factory-approved, type approval or design type approval and single product test results of national ship inspection database entry and release.

The 23rd Chinese domestic vessels and floating facilities, marine products and shipping cargo containers after they have been tested in conformity with the relevant technical requirements of the legal test, domestic vessel inspection bodies should use the national survey of ships official certification systems issue the corresponding certificate or technical documents.

Chinese international ships after they have been tested in conformity with the relevant technical requirements of the legal test, China ship survey institutions recognized by the marine authorities of the Ministry of transport should be used for statutory survey of certification systems issue the corresponding certificate or technical documents, and supervision and management by the maritime administrative agency.

Statutory certificate and domestic ships inspection report formats and record centrally developed and published by the Bureau of the Ministry of transport and maritime.

The 24th ship inspection bodies shall establish and assure the certification of quality control procedure and management systems.

25th domestic vessel inspection bodies according to the ship's statutory survey specifications, ships equivalent to the statutory inspection requirements implemented, water facilities, exemptions, should reach the marine international conventions or ship's statutory survey specification requires the same level of efficacy and safety, and reports to the Ministry of transport Maritime Bureau, except as otherwise provided in technical code for ship's statutory survey.

Fourth class survey chapter 26th class survey refers to ships, owners and managers of water facilities on voluntary, according to the proposed classification of technical specification for class survey ship inspection bodies, the inspection for vessels, marine facilities, and classification of vessel inspection authority classification identifies.

27th article, except as provided in this sixth article paragraph (d) of cases, international ships to join Chinese nationality classification societies, shall apply to the CCS Classification Surveys.

28th article following China nationality domestic sailing ship joined class of, should to China class social application into level test: (a) in sea sailing of passengers fixed 100 people above of passenger; (ii) load volume 1000 tons above of tanker; (three) roll shipment, and liquefied petroleum gas body carriers and bulk chemicals carriers; (four) ship all or business people application into level of other ship.

29th vessel and water facilities on the class survey compliance with inspection requirements and the technical specification related to the statutory inspection certificate, vessel inspection agencies may issue a classification certificate or technical documents.

Article 30th vessels, water facilities, business class survey ship inspection bodies shall be class survey technical specifications and formats of certificates reported to the Ministry of transport Maritime Bureau records.

Fifth chapter technical specifications article 31st statutory inspection of ships for ship's statutory survey specifications include ships, water facilities, marine products involving shipping, shipping cargo container security and protection of the water environment detection system, security standards, test procedures, and so on.

The 32nd ship's statutory survey specifications, developed by the Bureau of the Ministry of transport and maritime organizations, approved by the Ministry of transport announced the execution.

Limited to province, and autonomous regions, and municipalities within sailing of following ship of statutory test technology specification, can by province, and autonomous regions, and municipalities traffic transport competent sector developed, and reported traffic Transport Department Maritime Council record; province, and autonomous regions, and municipalities traffic transport competent sector not developed of, reference traffic Transport Department Maritime Council developed of small ship statutory test technology rules test sent card: (a) Captain 15 meters and the following of River Ferry; (ii) Captain 20 meters following of general cargo; (three) 12 people and the following of passenger ship.

33rd article has following case one of of, ship statutory test technology specification of developed institutions should organization carried out ship statutory test technology specification Hou assessment: (a) implementation full 5 years of; (ii) upper method or related international has major modified or adjustment of; (three) water Shang traffic security management environment occurred major changes, effect ship statutory test technology specification suitable sex of; (four) other should for Hou assessment of case.

Sixth chapter management article 34th inspection bodies to carry out inspection activities shall abide by the People's Republic of China laws, rules and regulations and the provisions of relevant international conventions.

Ship inspection bodies should be carried out strictly in accordance with the inspection scope inspection, shall not refuse to meet the statutory test is admissible applications.

Ship inspection personnel shall be strictly in accordance with the relevant laws and regulatory requirements and test specifications to carry out inspection work, strict observance of professional ethics and practice discipline.

35th article has following case one of of, ship test institutions shall not test: (a) ship and water Shang facilities of design, and built and built units not established quality since check system; (ii) according to national about provides should scrap of ship, and water Shang facilities; (three) not provides real technology information; (four) not according to provides made added capacity approval of built ship; (five) failed to for ship test personnel provides security guarantees.

36th ship inspection bodies shall ship, water facility construction or major renovation of pre-construction, inspection of operating conditions, after passing the examination, testing can be done.

37th People's Republic of China registered or proposed in the People's Republic of China registered ships, water facilities without granting a maritime administrative agency the ship identification number, ship inspection bodies shall not issue statutory certificates.

38th the owner or operator of the ship and water facilities, and manufacturers of products and shipping cargo container ships, ships and water facilities are designed, constructed and built units shall comply with the requirements to submit inspection-related information.

39th in the scrapped vessels, water facilities, the owner or operator shall report domestic vessel inspection agencies, domestic ships Inspection Agency inspection certificate shall be revoked.

Nationality of ships, water changes in the 40th ship inspection bodies, new acceptance inspection of the institution at the time of issuing the inspection certificate shall recover archived the original certificate of inspection.

According to provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of the Department of transport for statutory survey of technical specification and inspection of ships, ship inspection bodies changed into other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the inspection of the body, new acceptance of ship inspection bodies in accordance with the Ministry of transport Maritime Bureau or the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of the Department of transport official test specification, repeat the test.

The 41st over vessels of foreign nationality, and such facilities as there were significant flaws had been forced to cancel the classification society, new establishment of foreign ship companies should verify that the defect was corrected, admissible test.

42nd under any of the following circumstances, ship inspection bodies should stop testing or revoke the relevant certificate: (a) the illegal construction, illegal alterations, (ii) providing false supporting documents; (c) does not pass the test.

The preceding paragraph (a), shall be reported to the Ministry of transport Maritime Bureau.

Altered inspection certificates or cheat to obtain certificate of ship inspection certificate of inspection bodies have not yet withdrawn, the maritime administrative agency shall instruct the ship inspection inspection certificate for revocation.

Article 43rd ship inspection bodies shall establish marine products quality supervision mechanism for statutory survey found that statutory marine products exist quality problems, revocation of certificate of inspection or prohibit the shipment.

44th ship inspection bodies shall provide service and repair, and test services for safety and quality, technical conditions of control and supervision.

45th ship inspection bodies shall establish a records management system, keep information on the test file.

Nationality of ships, water changes in vessel inspection agencies, original ship inspection bodies shall contain drawings of all the technical file to change the ship inspection bodies.

46th Ministry of transport Maritime Bureau shall organize the ship inspection agency inspection capability and conditions to verify quality examination organization examination oversight of the ship.

47th maritime administrative agency found involved in ship inspection quality problems or 15th, paragraph (a), (VII) one of the circumstances listed, should be informed of the relevant ship inspection bodies.

Major quality issues relating to ship inspection, shall be reported to the Ministry of transport Maritime Bureau of investigations.

Ship survey institutions should verify the quality problems analysis and reform, and will inform the rectification of the maritime administrative agency. 48th ship inspection bodies shall cooperate with the maritime administration vessel inspection quality supervision and investigation.

The maritime administration ship inspection authority oversight and investigations disagrees with the conduct, you can report to the Bureau of the Ministry of transport and maritime.

Section 49th test unit or person objects to the conclusion holds, can file an application for re-inspection higher ship inspection authority, agency retest applications received shall, within 7 working days to reply whether to retest. Re-inspection still has objections, may appeal to the Ministry of transport Maritime Bureau reinspection technical expert group organized by the Bureau of the Ministry of transport and maritime inspection, appraisal and final conclusions.

Ministry of transport and Maritime Council shall receive a re-inspection within 15 working days from the date of the application whether to retest again replies. Seventh chapter legal responsibility 50th article violation this provides 16th article, mobile platform, and floating dock, and large ship, and water Shang facilities towing sailing, without ship test institutions for drag airlines test, by maritime management institutions ordered its stop drag airlines, and on ship, and facilities all or business people sentenced 2000 Yuan above 20,000 yuan following fine, on Captain sentenced 1000 Yuan above 10,000 yuan following fine, and detained crew suitable any certificate 6-12 months,

Water facilities chief fined 1000 Yuan and 10,000 yuan fine.

51st in violation of the provisions of article 17th, trials without a trial survey of ships and holds a trial certificate, the maritime administrative agency shall order to stop the trial, and the ship owners or operators fined 2000 Yuan and 20,000 yuan fine, below 1000 Yuan and 10,000 yuan for trial the captain fined and detained seafarers ' certificates to 6-12 months.

52nd in violation of the provisions of article 18th, People's Republic of China engaged in drilling and development operations in coastal waters of foreign drilling ship, mobile platform owner or operator is not required to apply for jobs before checking or jobs during the inspection, the maritime administrative agency shall order it to stop operating, and a fine of 5000 Yuan and 30,000 yuan fines.

53rd violation the rules of the 39th, scrap the owner or operator of the ship is not reported to the ship inspection bodies, by the maritime administrative agency for all of its people or operator fined 5000 Yuan and 30,000 yuan fine.

54th article violation People's Republic of China Sea traffic security method fourth article of provides, ship, and water Shang facilities and ship Shang, and facilities Shang about sailing security, and control pollution, important equipment no corresponding of effective of test certificate of, in accordance with People's Republic of China Sea traffic security method 44th article of provides, maritime management institutions should on ship, and water Shang facilities all or business people sentenced 2000 Yuan above 30,000 yuan following of fine.

Violation People's Republic of China river traffic security management Ordinance sixth article subsection (a) items, and seventh article subsection (a) items of provides, ship, and water Shang facilities not holds qualified of test certificate unauthorized sailing or job of, in accordance with People's Republic of China river traffic security management Ordinance 64th article of provides, ordered stop sailing or job; refused to stop sailing or job of, temporarily buckle ship, and floating facilities; plot serious of, be confiscated.

This article first paragraph, and second paragraph by said no corresponding of effective of test certificate and the not holds qualified of test certificate, including following case: (a) no made corresponding of test certificate; (ii) holds of test certificate belongs to forged, and variable made, and transfer, and sale or loan of; (three) holds of test certificate failure; (four) test certificate damaged, and lost but not according to provides replacement. 55th article ship test institutions has following case one of of, by issued of corresponding test certificate invalid, by traffic Transport Department Maritime Council give warning, ordered deadline rectification, rectification during shall not carried out related test business, and to social announcement: (a) beyond recognized of business range carried out test business; (ii) violation provides carried out test; (three) using not meet provides of ship test personnel independent engaged in test activities; (four) violation test procedures accepted test; (five) ship, and

Water Shang facilities of built or major alterations starts Qian, not on starts conditions for check or in check not qualified of situation Xia carried out test; (six) on not according to provides made added capacity approval of built ship carried out test; (seven) not on to its provides service of maintenance detection institutions of security quality, and technology conditions for effective tube control; (eight) in by provides made ship recognition, Qian, issued statutory test certificate; (nine) appeared major test quality problem.

56th article ship test institutions has following case one of of, traffic Transport Department Maritime Council ordered corrected, and give warning: (a) domestic ship test institutions not on test personnel for training; (ii) foreign inspection ship company not foreign nationality test personnel according to Convention requirements for training; (three) not by provides to traffic Transport Department Maritime Council report about matters; (four) not established archives management system.

57th article ship test personnel has following case one of of, in accordance with People's Republic of China ship and sea facilities test Ordinance 28th article of provides, maritime management institutions Visual plot give warning, and revoked its test qualification: (a) not for test and issued related test certificate; (ii) beyond by holding certificate range carried out test business; (three) not according to statutory test technology specification implementation test; (four) not by provides of test program and project for test;

(E) ship inspection certificate issued by, or inspection reports with ships, water does not match the actual situation (vi) significant responsibility for the inspection of quality issues and (VII) not to cooperate with an investigation or providing false testimony during the investigation process. Eighth chapter supplementary articles article 58th of the provisions been in force since May 1, 2016.