Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre

Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre
香港海事救援協調中心
Co-ordinating body overview
Formed 1989
Jurisdiction Hong Kong Maritime Search and Rescue Region
Headquarters Marine Department, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong
Motto We are One in Promoting Excellence in Marine Services
Minister responsible
  • Maisie Cheng, Director of Marine
Parent department Hong Kong Marine Department
Website Official website
Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre
Traditional Chinese 香港海事救援協調中心

The Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (Chinese: 香港海事救援協調中心, HKMRCC) is responsible for coordinating air-sea rescue in Hong Kong and an extensive area of the South China Sea. Besides the territorial waters of Hong Kong, the area includes international waters lying to the north of latitude 10° north, to the west of longitude 120° east, and bounded by mainland China, Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan. The area covered is known as the Hong Kong Maritime Search and Rescue Region.[1]

The MRCC is a co-ordination centre and neither possesses nor has direct command over search and rescue (SAR) resources. Its role is to co-ordinate all available SAR resources to perform a maritime search and rescue mission. In doing this it may call on the resources of:[1][2]

For administrative purposes, the MRCC forms part of the Hong Kong Marine Department.

References

  1. 1 2 "Functions of the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre". The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  2. ↑ "On the high seas around Hong Kong". Jane's Law Enforcement. IHS (Global) Limited. 1998-12-02. Archived from the original on 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
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