The Maritime and Port Bureau established the Vessel Management Division to be in charge of planning, execution, and supervision of maritime shipping regulations, policies, monitoring, inspection, registration, and navigation safety. Additionally, the division is tasked with the collection, translation, and implementation of international treaties, conventions, agreements, standards, and norms related to ships.
The Vessel Management Division is staffed with one director, one deputy director, and two senior technical specialists. It is organized into three sections, each with distinct duties, including proposing, revising, and supervising the formulation, amendment, and repeal of regulations for ship management and safety management (NSM); overseeing inspections and measurements of ships and small ships; providing training for technical personnel in the maritime sector; reviewing and implementing international maritime conventions; supervising port state control operations; drafting and executing measures related to maritime mobilization preparedness; overseeing ship, small ship, and yacht registration; examining ship procurement, mortgage, sale, and dismantling; and approval of non-flagged vessels entering non-international commercial ports.
The names and responsibilities of each section within the Vessel Management Division are as follows:
Technical Section
● Proposing the drafting, amendment, and repeal of ship management regulations
● Reviewing and approving ship construction, modification, and repair projects
● Supervising the inspection, measurement, and load line surveys of ships
● Overseeing the inspection, measurement, and draft mark surveying of small vessels
● Developing and reviewing technical specifications and inspection standards for ships
● Developing navigation safety measures and supervising random inspections for ships
● Organizing and overseeing training programs for ship technical personnel
Planning Section
● Reviewing of the adoption and implementation of international maritime conventions
● Developing and supervising ship safety management and inspection activities
● Overseeing port state control and flag state control operations
● Handling the issuance, renewal, replacement, annulment (or cancellation), and deregistration of marine surveyor certificate
● Developing and supervising the management of high-speed vessels
● Planning and executing preparatory measures for maritime mobilization
Registry Section
● Proposing the drafting, amendment, and repeal of ship registration regulations
● Supervising ship registration affairs, including the preservation, establishment, transfer, modification, restriction, disposal, or termination of ownership, mortgage rights, and lease rights
● Overseeing the registration of small ships
● Supervising yacht registration and related matters
● Monitoring the procurement and construction of ships
● Supervising matters related to the mortgage, sale, and dismantling of ships
●Developing procedures for approval of non-flagged vessels entering non-international commercial ports
● Collecting and processing ship-related data and statistical information