China - Clearance
ARRIVAL FORMALITIES
Advance Notification:
Intended ports must be notified one week in advance of ETA and again 24 hours before ETA.
General Process:
On arrival and departure at every port, Customs and Immigration must be visited and the landing card for the next port presented.
After having berthed in the place assigned by the Port Authority, the captain must present the ship’s papers and crew’s passports and also prepare full documentation. See the Documents section below.
In the recent past, some yachts which have visited China have not been obliged to engage the services of a pilot, although the regulations stipulate that this is compulsory. The same applies to the services of an agent (see recommended agents under clearance for each port). The official organisation allowed to act as agents on behalf of foreign vessels is the China Ocean Shipping Agency (Penavico). This is a state-owned company under the Ministry of Communications and has offices located in many coastal cities.
Yachts other than Hong Kong and Macau registered ones are not allowed into China for repairs.
Domestic Cruising:
Foreign vessels may not enter or leave ports, or shift berths within a port, without permission from the Port Authority and, possibly, without a pilot being sent on board.
CLEARING OUT
Domestic Clearance:
Vessels entering or leaving any port may be submitted to a quarantine examination and an inspection by the Port Authorities and other relevant organisations.
Yachts intending to visit Shanghai must take on board a pilot at the sea buoy. It has been reported that the pilot fee is extremely high, but the payment cannot be avoided as pilotage on the river is compulsory.
International Clearance:
Before departure, the captain must submit a foreign vessel departure report, an export manifest and a list of crew replacements, if any have occurred.
Last updated: March 2019
China Ocean Shipping Agency (Penavico)
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