A Study of China’s Regulations and Standards Concerning Safety Risk Control of Dangerous Goods in Ports and Waterborne Transport

Abstract

To find out the weaknesses of China in safety risk control of dangerous goods in ports and waterborne transport and give some suggestions on improvement, this paper explored relevant Chinese regulations and standards and compared some of them with foreign ones. Building on this, it made a comprehensive analysis of the regulations and standards in four aspects – control over major hazard installations, risk management, potential hazard inspection and elimination, and emergency management. After analyzing the requirements and operability of the regulations, this paper pointed out the disconnections and loopholes in the existing regulations and standards; besides, it gave some suggestions on strengthening safety risk control of dangerous goods in ports and waterborne transport and formulating and revising the regulations and standards concerning the four aspects. All these will be significant for defining China’s risk control and improving its management in ports and waterborne transport.