This year the Maritime Safety Administration of China (MSA China), selected the city of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, considering the volume of new constructions and the development of large number of services to the maritime industry for MSA Annual Meeting of Foreign Classification Societies. Meeting was conducted on 20th December 2024.
Mr. Miroslav Randić, PhD, head of Dubai office presented the CRS in the MSA Annual Meeting. Mrs. Jenny Xi administration manager of CRS office in Shanghai was accompanied.
The MSA China is interested in the improvement of the maritime activities and the control of the fleet attended by the different classification societies and RO´s, requesting special attention in the following aspects:
• Improvement of the RO performance
• Control and supervision of the inspections/audits
• Improvement in the compliance of the RO Quality Management System
• Increase the training for the surveyors, at least, 19 hours of training per year.
• PIC responsibilities as regulated
• Review and implementation of proper corrective actions
• Improvement of the communication with the MSA China
• The 3 important pillars for MSA are Security, Services and Innovation