Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CERTIFICATION OF OFFICERS) - SECT 13

Manning of ships

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

Amendments retroactively made - see 23 of 1998 s. 2 PART VII

MANNING OF SHIPS BY OFFICERS

(1) Subject to section 14, a ship of the description specified in column 1 of
the following tables shall be manned, when it proceeds to sea, by not less
than the number of qualified deck officers of the classes specified opposite
thereto in column 2 of the respective tables and not less than the number of
qualified marine engineer officers of the classes specified opposite thereto
in column 3 of the respective tables and shall not leave the waters of Hong
Kong unless it is so manned.

TABLE A

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Deck Officer Marine Engineer Officer

Sea-going ships Class
1 Class
2 Class
3 Class
1 Class
2 Class
3 1. Any passenger ships 1 1 2 2. Ships, other than passenger ships, of 1600
GRT or more 1 1 2 3. Ships, other than passenger ships, of under 1600 GRT 1 1
1 4. Any ships of 3000 kilowatts registered power or more 1 1 2 5. Any ships
of 350 kilowatts or more but under 3000 kilowatts registered  power 1* 3

* A service endorsement is required.

(23 of 1998 s. 2)

TABLE B

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Deck Officer Marine Engineer Officer

Coastal-going ships Class
1 Class
2 Class
3 Class
1 Class
2 Class
3 1. Any passenger ships 1 1 1 2. Any passenger ships-

   (a)  of 3000 kilowatts or more 1 1 2

   (b)  of under 3000 kilowatts registeredpower 1 1 1

(2) Deck Officers manning a high-speed craft which is a passenger craft, or a
cargo craft of 500 GRT or more, shall, in addition to holding the appropriate
certificates of competency, satisfy such conditions as to training or
otherwise as the Authority specifies.

(3) A high-speed craft which is a passenger craft, or a cargo craft of 500 GRT
or more, shall, when operating between sunset and sunrise, be manned by such
additional deck officers as the Authority specifies.

(4) Engineer officers manning a high-speed craft which is a passenger  craft,
or a cargo craft of 500 GRT or more, shall, in addition to holding the
appropriate certificates of competency, satisfy such conditions as to training
or otherwise as the Authority specifies.

(5) Where a ship carries a cargo which the Authority has determined to be a
dangerous cargo for the purposes of this subsection, the officers manning the
stations of Master, Chief Mate, Chief Engineer and Second Engineer in that
ship, and any other officer having primary responsibility for such cargo,
shall in addition to holding the appropriate certificates of competency, have
endorsements on those certificates to the effect that the Authority is
satisfied that their training and service is such as to render them competent
in respect of such cargo. (Enacted 1995)