China－Notice of China MSA on the Special Action to Prevent Mechanical and Electrical Equipment Failures on Ships 17 April 2024 No.1268 Tweet Download PDF (524KB) On 3 April 2024, China MSA issued a notice on the special action to prevent mechanical and electrical equipment failures on ships. We have obtained information by Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service Ltd. For details, please find attached their circular.   The period, targets and inspection approaches of the special action are as follows.   Period The special action will start from 7 April 2024 and end on 31 October 2024.   Targets The targets are the ships entering the Chinese ports (including seaports and river ports).   Inspection Approaches The MSA at all levels shall conduct detailed inspections on ship's mechanical and electrical equipment in combination with their routine safety inspections.   If it is discovered through various channels that a ship has experienced mechanical and electrical equipment failures, in principle, a special inspection shall be followed.   For ships that experienced two or more mechanical and electrical equipment failures in the past 12 months, the MSA will invite their shipping companies and ship inspection institutions to jointly carry out inspections, and require ships to submit accident analysis reports and preventive measures for mechanical and electrical equipment failures.   Additionally, ships experienced mechanical and electrical equipment failure should proactively report to the local MSA and accept special safety inspections as required. For ships that fail to proactively report mechanical and electrical equipment failures, once discovered by the MSA, more stringent and severe penalties will be imposed in accordance with the law.   Referring to the attached “Special Inspection Guidelines for Preventing Ship Mechanical and Electrical Equipment Failures”, in combination with the ship’s “Pre-departure inspection che