• Marine Traffic Control
• Search and Rescue
• Nautical Charts and Publications
• Traffic Separation Schemes/Principal Fairways
• Harbour Moorings
• Marine Refuse and Pollution
• Pilotage
• Aids to Navigation

• Public Cargo Working Areas
• Marine Ferry Terminals
• Pleasure Vessels
  • Guidelines For Boaters - The Dos & Don'ts
  • Survey requirements and list of Class IV vessels issued with Certificate of Inspection
• Local Vessel Safety and Survey
• Marine Industrial Safety
• Location Plan of Typhoon Shelters and Sheltered Anchorages (PDF)
• Typhoon Shelters
• Distribution of Private Mooring Areas (PDF)
• Crane Height/Boom Length Restrictions for Use of Waterways of the Height Restricted Area of Kap Shui Mun
• General Guide to Safety during Towing and Lightering Operations (PDF)

Port Operation Procedures

1. Procedure for a Vessel Entering Hong Kong Waters
2. Procedure for a Vessel Departing from Hong Kong
3. Pilotage
4. Harbour Mooring Buoy
5. Carriage of Dangerous Goods
6. Search and Rescue
7. Port Controls by Other Government Departments
8. Establishment of Ship's Agent
9. Special Operating Conditions
10. Minimum Safe Manning Level on Ships while in Waters of Hong Kong

• Pre-arrival Notification (PAN)-
  Information to be provided to the Director of Marine before the Entry of :
  • a Convention vessel
  • a Mainland or Macau non-convention vessel
• Tanker Arrival Notice (TAN)
• Dangerous Goods Manifest format (PDF)
• Information of other Government Departments
• Format of Seatrial Application (PDF)
• Format of Deadship Application (PDF)
• Entry & Clearance Procedures For Convention Vessels (PDF)
• Marine Department Shipping Report General Declaration (MO618) (DOC)