No.1248
2023 年 11 月 24 日

外航組合員各位
中国－特別追跡対象船舶に関する管理規定の公布について中国海事局は、このほど「特別追跡対象船舶の管理規定」を公布しました。本規定は、2023 年 12 月 1日から施行され、これをもって 2013 年公布の旧規定は廃止されます。本規定は、中国海域を航行、停泊あるいは操業する中国内航船および外航船に適用され、軍艦、漁船およびスポーツ用の船舶には適用されません。
特別追跡の対象となる船舶は、以下のとおりです。
（1）船舶安全検査（海外のポートステートコントロール検査を含む）において、連続 12 か月間に 2 回拘留された中国籍の船舶。連続 12 か月間にポートステートコントロール検査において 2 回拘留された外国籍の船舶。
（2）不適切な人員の配置、AIS の悪質な停止、意図的かつ違法な汚染物質の排出、過積載、河川航行に従事する船舶による海上の航行などといった違法行為によって、中国海事局から連続 12 か月間に 2 回行政処分を受けた船舶。
（3）海事行政違反発生の後、対応を拒否または逃れた船舶。
（4）船舶検査機関による検査および承認なしに、船舶証明書の偽造、改ざん、譲渡、売買、貸与した船
舶、または大規模な改造を行った船舶。
（5）比較的大規模以上の水上交通事故を起こし、同等以上の責任を負う船舶。
（6）船会社が特別追跡によって管理する船舶。
（7）“Provisions on the Administration of Maritime Law Enforcement Assistance inInvestigation”に基づいて特別な追跡対象となる船舶。
（8）中国海事局が指定する追跡対象船舶
旧規定の主な改訂は、中国海事局による拘留に限らず、ポートステートコントロールによる検査に 2 回以上拘留された船舶も対象となること、上記（2）および（7）が追加となったこと、外国船舶を本対象のリストから除外できる期限が「リストアップされた日から 3 か月」となることです。国際条約および現地規則を遵守し、入港前の自己検査や準備を万全にして備えてください。
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添付資料：Huatai Circular No. PNI(2023)10

https://www.piclub.or.jp

PNI [2023] 10
17 November 2023

Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic ofChina Issued “the Provisions on the Supervision andAdministration of Vessels under Special Follow-up”

The Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China has recently
formulated and issued " the Provisions on the Supervision and Administration ofVessels under Special Follow-up" (hereinafter referred to as the “ Provisions"). The
Provisions shall come into force on December 1, 2023 and " the Provisions on theSupervision and Administration of Vessels under Special Follow-up" issued in 2013
shall be repealed simultaneously .

The management approach to under special follow-up vessels adopted by theMaritime Safety Administration is to some extent similar to the "Blacklist" management
mechanism established by the PSC MOUs in evaluating the performance of the Flag
States. We hereby issue this Circular to introduce the main contents of the Provisions
and provide suggestions for the reference of the Club and their Members.

Applicable Vessels
The Provisions shall be applicable to Chinese vessels and foreign vessels navigating,berthing or operating in the waters under the jurisdiction of the People’s Republic ofChina. The Provisions shall not be applicable to military vessels, fishery vessels, andsports vessels.

Vessels being Listed as under Special Follow-up Vessels
The following vessels shall be listed as under special follow-up vessels:(1) Chinese vessels that have been detained twice in the vessel safety inspections(including the oversea Port State Control inspections) in a consecutive 12-month
period. Foreign vessels that have been detained twice in the Port State Control
inspections in a consecutive 12-month period.

(2) Vessels that have been imposed twice administrative penalties by the Maritime
Safety Administration in a consecutive 12-month period due to their serious illegal
acts such as inadequate manning, malicious shutdown of the AIS, willful and illegal
discharge of pollutants, overload, inland river vessels engaging in sea transportation,etc.

(3) Vessels that refuse to accept or escape from handling after the occurrence ofmaritime administrative violations.

(4) Vessels that have forged, altered, transferred, traded, or leased vessel certificatesor carry out major conversion of vessels without inspection and authorization of thevessel inspection organizations.

(5) Vessels that have caused relatively large or higher level water traffic accidents andbear equal or higher level responsibilities.

(6) Vessels that managed by shipping companies under special follow-up.

(7) Vessels that shall listed under special follow-up pursuant to the “Provisions on theAdministration of Maritime Law Enforcement Assistance in Investigation”.

(8) Vessels that require special follow-up as designated by the Maritime Safety
Administration of the People's Republic of China.

Supervision and Administration of Vessels under Special
Follow-up

The inspection conducted by the Maritime Safety Administration on vessels underspecial follow-up shall not be affected by such factors as sailing schedule, cargoloading and unloading and where conditions permit, such inspection shall beconducted at each port and shall be more detailed in nature.

Removing from the List of Vessels under Special Follow-up

As for a Chinese vessel listed under special follow-up, the shipping company may,after three months from the date of listing, file an application for removing the vessel
from the list of vessels under special follow-up with the prefectural-level Maritime
Safety Administration at the place where the vessel's port of registry is located, andsubmit the shipping company's report on corrections along with relevant evidentiarymaterials. Where the Maritime Safety Administration believed upon inspection andassessment that the technical safety condition of the vessel is qualified, special
follow-up may be removed thereafter.

Where a foreign vessel under special follow-up has zero deficiency in the Port State
Control inspection conducted by the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's
Republic of China after three months from the date of listing, the Maritime Safety
Administration of the inspection port shall file an application for removing the vessel
from the list of vessels

under special follow-up along with other relevant materials to

its provincial Maritime Safety Administration, the vessel shall be removed from the list
upon approval.
During the period when the vessel is listed under special follow-up, for eachrecurrence of the abovementioned situations that shall be listed as vessels under
special follow-up, the time of her application for removing from the list shall beextended by 3 months counting from the previous date of permitted application forremoving from the list.

Huatai Comments

In addition to optimizing the structure of the previous version of the Provisions, therevision of the specific content mainly reflects the following three aspects:
First, the scope of detention of foreign vessels twice in the Port State Control
inspection in a consecutive 12-month period has been revised , not only limited to thedetention by the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China, butalso included detention in any Port State Control inspections.

Second, under Article 4 of the Provisions, the scope of situations in which vessels
being listed as under special follow-up vessels has been adjusted, Paragraph (2) and(7) are newly incorporated into the Provisions. In accordance with Paragraph (2),vessels that have been imposed administrative penalties by Maritime Safety
Administration twice within twelve months due to serious illegal acts shall also belisted as under special follow-up vessels. The aforesaid serious illegal acts include theviolation of relevant international conventions or local rules, as well as the malicious
acts of the vessel, etc. In addition, in accordance with Paragraph (7), vessels thatshall be listed as under special follow-up vessels according to the ”Provisions on theAdministration of Maritime Law Enforcement Assistance in Investigation” will also belisted as under special follow-up vessels.
Third, the Provisions added that the time limit for removing of foreign vessels from thelist of vessels under special follow-ups must be "three months after the date of listing".

Our Suggestions

We suggest vessels to strictly comply with applicable international conventions andlocal regulations. Before entering the port, under the guidance of her managementcompany, the vessel shall conduct comprehensive self-examination on the following
aspects including but not limited to vessel certificates, vessel structure, fire fighting
and life saving equipment, pollution prevention equipment and operation records,
emergency equipment, emergency drills, crew member’s working environment,catering and accommodation facilities etc.， and make full preparations for Port State
Control inspection, avoid being detained in Port State Control inspection and being
listed as under special follow-up vessel by the Maritime Safety Administration of thePeople's Republic of China.
Should you have any inquiries, please feel free to contact Huatai Beijing(pni.bj@huatai-serv.com) or our local branch offices.

Best regards,

CUI Jiyu
Head of Marine Team