Is it troublesome for the ship to dock in a foreign country? What departments do you usually need to go through?

As ocean-going crew, our ship runs on ocean-going uncertain routes, similar to our taxis on land. There is no fixed route, so wherever guests are. There are also ocean-going routes, similar to buses on land, with fixed routes. As crew members of the ocean liner, we go to many countries. I have to work for about ten months every time I get on the boat. I can go to dozens of different countries, enjoy the customs of different countries, and be inspected by their departments. The procedures for our personal travel abroad are already very complicated. It is conceivable how much trouble a ship with hundreds of thousands of tons will have when docked in other countries.

Ships are different from our big trucks on land, which are supervised by traffic police and transportation management. However, one of our big cargo ships, although often sailing in the depths of the ocean, is desolate and unrestrained. As soon as we arrived at the port, all kinds of inspections came. In fact, ships are also afraid of inspection, and they are even more afraid of violating regulations. No matter which department is on board for inspection, it must fully cooperate. Once the inspection fails, any department has the right to punish our ship. It is not acceptable to impose a fine of several hundred dollars on a ship, with a minimum of100000. Our captain often says, "Crew members are like sandwich biscuits. Sailing is under the control of the shipowner, and berthing is under the control of various departments of the port state. In addition, there is the supervision of the owner. If the relationship between either party is not well coordinated, problems will arise. "

First of all: when we travel abroad, we must go through the inspection of the customs department. In fact, so are our ships. If you want to stop in other countries, the first step is to go through the customs. Otherwise, there is no way for the ship to dock normally, and in serious cases, it is illegal entry. Under normal circumstances, when our ship arrives near a certain country, it will stop anchor first and apply to the customs department for berthing within 24 hours. At this time, the relevant customs staff will come to our ship by boat for on-site law enforcement. Strictly speaking, our ship is not inspected at the customs, but serves our ship and carries out inspection by the way. Their main task is to give our ship a pass to enter and leave the port. With this certificate, our ship can dock in this country normally. In addition, the customs will also ask us about the information of the ship, generally what cargo we are carrying, how big the ship is, what nationality the shipowner is, and the information of the shipowner. After receiving the information provided by us, they will search on the computer and find that our ship information exists and belongs to normal operation, so they will ask us for the information that needs to be loaded and unloaded. We just need to report it truthfully. For example, we have to load 200,000 tons of coal here, and we need to explain where it will be shipped. After all these materials were successfully filed, the customs inspection was over. If we have any information errors, we may face the punishment of persuasion and fine.

Secondly, just because the customs has given us an entry and exit certificate does not mean that we can stop in Hong Kong immediately. Another particularly important inspection is border inspection. Our ship also needs to apply to the border defense department, and they will come to our ship for inspection. Border inspection is very strict. The object of his inspection is not the ship, but our crew. Generally, there are more than 20 crew members on board, so they need to gather in the master's room with their passports and certificates, and then the border guards will check each of our crew members one by one to see if their passports have expired or forged documents. This kind of inspection is mainly to prevent someone from entering the country illegally posing as a crew member. Besides checking our crew, we also need to check the luggage and articles carried in each crew room. If our ship calls in some developed countries, this kind of inspection is also very strict. They will check every room one by one, especially contraband. I am afraid that some crew members with ulterior motives will borrow the boat to do illegal things. The ship's border inspection, once found problems, can directly take people away! If everything goes well and nothing unusual is found, we will sign the certificate of our crew and give us an entry permit notice! This means that there is no problem with the crew and articles of our whole ship and we can enter the country.

Finally, after customs and frontier inspection, our ship can basically dock in Hong Kong, but it needs inspection by another department, especially the quarantine bureau, which has been very strict in the past two years. The inspection of our ship by the quarantine bureau is still going on at the anchorage. If this department fails to pass the inspection, our ship will not be able to dock. Many people may think, isn't the quarantine bureau just checking the epidemic prevention and control work? In fact, this understanding is very wrong. The important work of the quarantine bureau is mainly the plague on our ship, because the country where the ship goes is very chaotic. For a ship, there are probably rats on board, so the first thing the quarantine bureau does when boarding the ship is to check whether there are rats on board. Once there is a mouse, it will be suspected of plague, and our ship will not be able to dock. In addition to the plague, they will also use professional instruments to check whether there are other infectious diseases on our ship. In addition, for the quarantine bureau, it will also check the situation of biological invasion. A few days ago, a yellow flower in our country was very popular on the Internet. This plant is a biological invasion. It has no natural enemies in China and breeds rapidly. If it is not eliminated, it will affect our grain output. Moreover, the quarantine bureau will also check whether there are small animals and plants and other biological invasion on our ship. If there is no problem, we can issue an inspection notice. After this step, our ship can dock to load and unload goods normally!

First: when the ship comes ashore, many crew members will choose to go down and relax. But no one is allowed to leave the port without the inspection of this department. This department is the Immigration Bureau. The direction of entry-exit inspection is very clear, that is, whether every crew member on the ship has violated the law, because our crew card is universal. After entering the number, we will clearly see whether every crew member has violated the law and made trouble in other countries since he started this industry. If the inspection shows that there is no problem, the crew can be allowed to rest in this port. In addition, the current immigration bureau also has a very important task, which is the inspection of epidemic prevention and control. Check whether the epidemic prevention and control work of our crew members is in place, whether each crew member's physical condition is normal, which countries he has been to, and whether he has contacted people from high-risk countries. Once you find the symptoms of a cold, it is impossible for you to rest in the field. The ship will immediately order you to be isolated. Now because of the epidemic, the crew is actually very hard. No matter which country you go to, the Immigration Bureau basically doesn't allow the crew to go to other places, so even after stopping in Hong Kong, the crew still have to stay on board.

Second: the ship is a small mobile city, and the natural health problems must be put in place. When the ship stops at the port, the ship will also be inspected by the health inspection department. Of course, this kind of inspection is not carried out every time I come to Hong Kong, but a random behavior. The first thing the health inspection department did after boarding the ship was to randomly check the trash cans on our ship to see if there was any garbage on our ship. If there is no garbage, it means that our ship has thrown garbage into the sea and we will be punished. Even if there is garbage, it depends on whether we classify it. If there is no classification, we will be punished. In addition, we will go to our kitchens and restaurants to check whether our kitchens are clean and tidy and whether food safety is in place. Ask the chef a few questions occasionally, and the chef will definitely answer them in place. Finally, go to our cold storage to see if the rice we ate has expired, and there are bugs in it. See if our meat and vegetables are fresh. In particular, if the ingredients in our kitchen are out of date, or the rice we eat is moldy and insect-prone, then the punishment for us will be serious. Therefore, after berthing, the sanitary problems on our ship must be put in place.

Third: In fact, after arriving in Hong Kong, the inspections of various departments were particularly strict. For the captain, the most feared inspection may be the inspection of the maritime safety administration. Once the Maritime Safety Administration finds any problems, it is basically the captain's work fault, and the company will punish the captain. Under normal circumstances, after the relevant personnel of the Maritime Safety Administration board the ship, the first thing to do is to check our stairway. They can only board the ship through the gangway. They will observe whether our gangway is in place, whether the safety net is placed, whether the personnel on duty on the gangway are conscientious and whether the registration work is in line with the procedures. Besides, smoking is strictly prohibited on our ship. Many crew members on duty at the gangway like to smoke while on duty, and the Maritime Safety Administration will also observe whether there are cigarette butts at the gangway. Once we were in Australia, because we found a sailor smoking at the entrance of the ladder, the Maritime Safety Administration fined our ship100000. After all the inspections, the Maritime Safety Administration will come to the captain's room to check the work of some captains, and also go to our bridge to see if some equipment and registration are normal. The most important inspection is whether the lifeboats and fire fighting equipment on our ship are ready. Some MSA personnel will let our crew do fire drills at any time to see if our crew's operation is qualified soon. If one of the inspections fails, the captain will receive a rectification notice and the ship will be punished. If it is found that the lifeboat on board cannot be used, we will immediately arrest it and rectify it before releasing it. This kind of punishment is the most serious, because every day of delay is the cost of the owner.

First of all: after our ship stops at the port, it will be supervised by the port. Although the port has no law enforcement power, we have to accept the supervision of others when loading and unloading on other people's sites. When we dock to load and unload goods, there will be an instructor permanently on our ship, ostensibly to coordinate the workers to load and unload goods, but actually to supervise our ship. Mainly to supervise whether the security of our ship is in place and whether irrelevant personnel are allowed to board the ship. In addition, when the ship stops at the dock to load and unload goods, the personnel on duty should adjust the mooring line at any time, otherwise the ship will float out, which is also the supervision scope of the port instructor. In addition, the port will supervise us not to throw garbage into the sea, and order us to wash the cabin if it is not clean. Although the port has no right to punish us directly, we should be careful, because we can report our ship, which will be very troublesome then.

Secondly: our ship is the carrier, and we deliver the goods for the shipper! When our ship stops at the port and starts loading, the shipowner will fly to the port in advance to check whether his goods are qualified and sufficient. Supervise the work of our crew. Because our ship can carry hundreds of thousands of tons of goods at a time, the owner of these goods is the ship owner, who has the right to know the situation of his goods at any time. We want to know how much cargo can be loaded on board, which depends on the draft of the ship. These shippers don't understand, so shippers always ask how much cargo the ship has loaded and whether it is enough. Our crew should respond promptly and enthusiastically. Once we don't cooperate, the shipowner will call the shipowner immediately. After all, we sail for the shipowner. Once the shipowner blames us, we are in special trouble. Therefore, the shipper is also the supervisor of our ship after docking, and our crew must be responsible to the shipper.

Finally: all our crew members work for the shipowner. Every time we call in Hong Kong, the shipowner will basically come to his own ship to have a look, or send the shipowner's representative directly. After all, this is his boat. After the shipowner boarded the ship, although he was very polite to our crew, he still said "hard work". In fact, his real purpose is to come and supervise and inspect the situation of the ship and the working status of the crew. Especially for the work of the captain and the old rail, the shipowner will pay special attention. Because the owner can't always follow the ship, the captain and the old rail know the situation of the ship best. In addition, the refueling of our ship is paid by the owner. Although the oil consumption is reported to the shipowner every day, the captain and the old rail can actually make false accounts and sell the saved oil after docking at the port. The shipowner boarded the ship to monitor whether the captain had such a situation. After all, the owner's money is hard-won, and the captain and the old rail can't be cheated. When the shipowner gets on board, he will also ask other crew members to know the real situation of the ship, so every time he stops at the port, we are also very nervous when the shipowner gets on board.