en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, the group standard "Requirements for Maritime Emergency Search and Rescue Equipment in Inland Navigable Waters" (hereinafter referred to as the "Standard"), compiled by the Changjiang Maritime Safety Administration, was officially released, filling a gap in the standards for maritime emergency search and rescue equipment in China's inland navigable waters. It is reported that the Standard will be formally implemented on September 1, which is of great significance in leading and promoting the standardization and modernization of emergency search and rescue equipment for inland waterway shipping nationwide.

For a long time, there has been a lack of unified standards for the allocation of maritime emergency search and rescue equipment in inland navigable waters, with issues such as a wide variety of equipment types, unreasonable structures, and weak targeting becoming increasingly prominent, constraining the improvement of emergency search and rescue capabilities and the modernization of equipment. Focusing on addressing bottlenecks and pain points, the Changjiang Maritime Safety Administration, based on the main line of the Yangtze River and common inland emergency search and rescue scenarios, and relying on the "Inland Waterway Shipping Safety Control and Emergency Search and Rescue Construction" pilot project for building a strong transportation nation, organized the Transport Planning and Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport and the Jiangsu Maritime Safety Administration to carry out the development of the Standard.

This Standard applies to the allocation of maritime emergency search and rescue equipment in inland navigable waters, specifying the classification, allocation principles, quantities, performance requirements, and management requirements for such equipment. It establishes an equipment allocation system covering five major categories—personal protection, search and detection, emergency rescue, communication support, and emergency medical aid—comprising 34 types of emergency search and rescue equipment. It also proposes a three-tier differentiated allocation plan for patrol and rescue vessels, supervision and rescue stations, and supervision and rescue bases. The release and implementation of the Standard will effectively drive the transformation of equipment allocation from "experience-driven" to "standard-led," providing an important reference for the allocation of maritime emergency search and rescue equipment in inland navigable waters nationwide.

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