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Regional Cooperation on Ferry Safety Updates from China Maritime Safety Administration Bangk ok, 17 th Mar ch 2020

I. Ferry Operation & Ferry Safety China Maritime Safety Administration 2

I. Ferry Operation & Ferry Safety • Reliable • Efficient VS • Affordable • Affordable • Efficient • Reliable • 93% casualties resulted by domestic ferry incidents • Some about 1000 lives lost per year due to domestic ferry incidents Source: WFSA China Maritime Safety Administration 3

I. Ferry Operation & Ferry Safety • Cause of Ferry incidents • Human error (75%) • Adverse weather (53%) • Overcrowded (29%) • Navigational errors (22%) • Fire (11%) Source: WFSA China Maritime Safety Administration 4

I. Ferry Operation & Ferry Safety • Is the following CAUSE only? • Human error (75%) • Adverse weather (53%) • Overcrowded (29%) • Navigational errors (22%) • Fire (11%) Source: WFSA China Maritime Safety Administration 5

II. Domestic Ferry Safety Practice and Experience in China • Bohai Bay: 40 million pax • Liaoning: 10 million pax • Shandong: 30 million pax • Zhejiang: 60 million pax • Zhujiangkou: 18 million pax • Qiongzhou strait: 12 million pax 6

II. Domestic Ferry Safety Practice and Experience in China • Problems related Ropax and Fast Ferry in 1990s • High market demand and fierce competition • Many ferry shipping companies (mainly SSC) • Unsatisfied ship condition • Incompetent crew • 20 Ropax incidents happened (4 with causalities) during 1989-2005 China Maritime Safety Administration 7

II. Domestic Ferry Safety Practice and Experience in China A serial ferry operation and safety related measures adopted, based on • Lessons Learn • IMO relevant instruments • Other countries’ practice and experience China Maritime Safety Administration 8

II. Domestic Ferry Safety Practice and Experience in China • Establish NSM for ferry company • Integrated Flag state implementation mechanism • Ship survey supervision & national ship surveyor exam • Domestic TSS for ferry • Safety supervision and management of RoPax • Improve the SAR capacity • Old ferry mandatory discarding regulation China Maritime Safety Administration 9

III. Propose for future works • Ferry Operation is important • Ferry Safety is complicated • Not only the technical factors related ferry itself • But also the broader, systemic causes located in management • The value of Regional cooperation China Maritime Safety Administration 10

III. Propose for future works • Capacity building program on implementing and enforcement • ITCP projects – Seminars and Workshops • Experience and best practice sharing • Asia-Pacific voice in international maritime platform, like IMO and UN ESCAP 。 China Maritime Safety Administration 11

III. Propose for future works • Guidance on the incorporation of Model Regulations on Domestic Ferry Safety in domestic law • Key principles ： • Non-mandatory principle • Principle of flexibility • Principle of practicality China Maritime Safety Administration 12

IV. Reviews on the regional cooperative activities 1 st ARF Workshop on Ferry Safety • • held in 12-13 th , Dec 2017 in Guangzhou • Guangzhou Statement China Maritime Safety Administration 13

IV. Reviews on the regional cooperative activities 2 nd ARF Workshop on Ferry Safety • • held in 26-28 th , Nov 2018 in Guangzhou China Maritime Safety Administration 14

IV. Reviews on the regional cooperative activities 3 rd ARF Workshop on Ferry Safety • • held in 12-14 th , Nov 2019 in Guangzhou • 102 participants from Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam were represented • Suggestion on establish the Asia-Pacific Expert Group on Ferry Safety China Maritime Safety Administration 15

IV. Reviews on the regional cooperative activities China Maritime Safety Administration 16

IV.Exchange of Practice during the IMO MSC 100 17

IV. Reviews on the regional cooperative activities • Lancang-Mekong River Regional training for inland river safety management and SAR • Held in July , 2018 in Guangzhou • 40 maritime officers from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam China Maritime Safety Administration 18

IV. Reviews on the regional cooperative activities • Regional training program on non-convention vessel management • Held in 14 to 23 November, 2018 in Guangzhou • 29 maritime officers and shipping company staffs from Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam China Maritime Safety Administration 19

IV. Reviews on the regional cooperative activities Held between 18 th to 30 th Aug, • 2019 in Shanghai • 36 officers and surveyors from Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand participate in the workshop 20

IV. Reviews on the regional cooperative activities • The challenges identified during the workshops and trainings during these years as follows: • -lack of domestic legislation experience; • -lack of experts in both legislative and maritime fields; • -low-priority on ferry safety due to insufficient government attention; • -poor safety awareness among the crew; and • limited investments. China Maritime Safety Administration 21

IV. Reviews on the regional cooperative activities • Possible measures to tackle the challenges: • all countries work together to address the challenges to improve domestic ferry safety. • organize the experts to develop guidance on the incorporation of Model Regulations on Domestic Ferry Safety in domestic law. • help raise awareness in member States • approaches to help mitigate the shortage of investments. China Maritime Safety Administration 22

IV. Reviews on the regional cooperative activities • Consideration on online training course structure • the existing IMO provisions relevant to domestic ferry safety • the good practices in education and training on domestic ferry safety, national and regional • safety of ferries, crew, cargoes and passengers on board • case studies on ferry accidents as the supplement. • a non-exhaustive outline for online training course China Maritime Safety Administration 23

Thank you! XIN Jian (Mr.) Liaison Officer Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration Phone number: +86 20 89098703 Fax number: +86 20 89098701 Email: gdpsc@139.com, xjian@gd.msa.gov.cn China Maritime Safety Administration 24