Hong Kong Regulations

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL REGULATIONS - REGULATION 8J

Special reports

(1) Where an oral report is not made to the Director in respect of any
occurrence under section 67(1) of the Ordinance, the master of the vessel
shall report that occurrence to the vessel traffic centre on the VHF channel
appropriate to the VHF sector in which the vessel is presently located in the
waters of Hong Kong.

(2) When a vessel which is underway within the waters of Hong Kong becomes a
vessel not under command within the meaning of Rule 3(f) of Part A of the
Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Signals of Distress 
and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations ( Cap. 369 sub. leg.), the master of
that vessel shall report that condition to the vessel traffic centre on the
VHF channel appropriate to the VHF sector in which the vessel is presently
located in those waters.

(3) When a vessel the subject of a report under paragraph (2) ceases to be a
vessel not under command, the master of that vessel shall report that
condition to the vessel traffic centre on the VHF channel appropriate to the
VHF sector in which the vessel is presently located in the waters of Hong
Kong.

(4) When a vessel which is underway in the waters of Hong Kong encounters any
incident involving dangerous goods, the master of that vessel shall report the
incident to the vessel traffic centre on the VHF  channel appropriate to the
VHF sector in which the vessel is presently located in those waters. (L.N. 408
of 1994)