Transaction department: Shanghai Port Administrative Bureau accepts the application and does examination and approval work.
Application formalities: materials needed in application:  
1. 3 written applications for port operation (to download the applications forms);
2. Composition of management and certificates on ownership or right of use of office accommodation;
3. Certificates of acceptance inspection on such fixed facilities as port, warehouse, storage tanks and facilities for sewage treatment, etc.(including minutes of acceptance inspection meeting and opinions on acceptance inspection from environmental protection, fire control and quality supervision departments) and relevant documents on approval of using harbor frontage;
4. Documents of port facilities in correspondence with business scope (including design notes in technical data of port facility completion), plan, layout plan, and recent survey drawing on water depth at dock apron), certificates on quality control of equipment and port machinery;
5. Ship's certificates of 使用港作船舶的，有港作船舶;
6. Major management staff in charge of safety in production have certificates from training program issued by administrative departments on safety in production of Shanghai;
7. Production operation rules, safety management system and emergency plans in correspondence with business scope of the port operation;
8. Post certificates of personnel for special work in correspondence with business scope of the port operation;
9. Management structural drawing of the port operation enterprise and contact methods for managerial staff;
10. According to different categories of application for port operation, relevant documents and materials as the following are also needed: 
(1) To apply to provide such facilities as dock, lighter anchorage and lifting camel for ships, applicants should provide plans for treating pollutants and wastes from ships and for corresponding pollution emergency treatment;
(2) To apply to provide profit-making business of waiting for ship or going on board or going ashore for passengers, applicants should provide plans on passenger emergency evacuation and emergency rescue;
(3) To apply to provide services of receiving waste and treating ballast water(including collecting residual oil and sewage), applicants should provide specification on treatment of waste and ballast water(including collection of residual oil and sewage);
(4) To apply to provide oil containment boom service, applicants should provide documents on oil containment boom amount and technical specifications;
(5) To apply to do business of port equipment and machinery lease, applicants should provide certificates on ownership or lease documents of corresponding equipments and machinery;
(6) To apply for operation of freight for foreign trade, applicants should provide certificate on opening to the outside world authorized by port administrative departments and "Appraisal Report on Safety Ensurance of Port Facilities" and "Plan of Safety Ensurance of Port Facilities" endorsed by the municipal port administrative department.
(7) If ports for military use are to provide services for port operation for non-military purposes, permit on paid service for external units issued by military administrative departments is to be produced.

Transaction procedures:
Charging standard and its basis:
Submit to:
Address: F1, No.13 Zhongshan Dongyi Road, Shanghai
Audituser:
The transaction is based on: I "Law on Port"
Article 22  To be engaged in port operation, applicants should file in a written application to port administrative departments, and go through procedures for industrial and commercial registration in accordance with the law.
Port operation includes operation on port and other port facilities, operation of port passenger transport, loading and unloading, barging and storing freight within port zone, and tugboat operation at ports, etc. 
II. "Regulations on Port Operation Management"
Article 7  To be engaged in port operation (excluding checking at ports), the following conditions should be met:
(I) Having fixed business ground;
(II) having port facilities and equipment in correspondence with business scope;
(III)   Having specialized technical personnel and managerial staff fit for business scope.  
Article 11  Applicants for port operation (excluding checking at ports) should file in a written application (sample to be attached) to port administrative departments and relevant documents and materials described in Item I from Article 10. Port administrative departments should make a decision on approving or not approving the application within 30 working days from the day when they accept the application. Those matching qualification conditions are to be issued a "Permit on Port Operation" by port administrative departments (sample to be attached) and publicized on Internet or newspapers; those not matching conditions are not to be given an administrative permission, and informed of the decision of not approved for administrative permission as well as its reasons. Categories of port operation should be clearly indicated on "Permit on Port Operation".
Tel.: 63290077*(Ext.) 2201, 2202, 2203

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Time for transaction:
Monday-Friday 9:00-17:00 (excluding legal holidays)
Time limit for transaction: 30 working days from the day when the application is accepted.
Applicant qualifications: I. Having fixed business ground;
II. Having port facilities fit for business scope, among which:
1. Such fixed facilities as port, passenger stations, warehouses, storage tanks and devices for sewage treatment should meet overall planning of port and specifications from laws, regulations and relevant technical standards;
2. Applicants for providing passengers with services of going on board or going ashore should have such facilities as waiting rooms and those for passenger going on board or going ashore equipped with wind, rain or snow shield;
3. Those providing services for ships of international sea voyage should have qualifications for opening to the outside world;
4. Those providing such facilities as dock, lighter anchorage and lifting camel for ships should be equipped with corresponding capacity for collecting pollutants and waste from ships as well as capability for pollution emergency treatment, including necessary equipment and devices.
III. Having professional personnel and managerial staff fit for business scope.