Chapter 7.9
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.205(81) - Adoption of Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code - (Adopted on 18 May 2006) - Annex - Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code (Resolution MSC.122(75)) - Part 7 - Chapter 7.9

Chapter 7.9

  7.9.3 Replace existing 7.9.3 with the following:

  "7.9.3 Contact information for the main designated national competent authorities

 Contact information for the main designated national competent authorities concerned is given in this paragraphfootnote. Corrections to these addresses should be sent to the Organizationfootnote.

List of Contact Information for the Main Designated National Competent Authority
Country Contact information for the main designated national competent authority
ALGERIA Ministère des Transports/Direction de la Marine Marchande
  119 Rue Didouche Mourad
  Alger
  ALGÉRIE
  Telephone: +213 26061 46
  Telex: 66063 DGAF DZ
     
AMERICAN Silila Patane
SAMOA Harbour Master
  Port Administration
  Pagopago
  American Samoa
  AMERICAN SAMOA 96799
     
ARGENTINA Prefectura Naval Argentina
  (Argentine Coast Guard)
  Dirección de protección ambiental
  Departamento de protección ambiental y mercancías peligrosas
  Division mercancías y residuos peligrosos
  Avda. Eduardo Madero 235
  4° piso, Oficina 4.36 y 4.37
  Buenos Aires (C1106ACC)
  REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA
  Telephone: +54 11 4318 7669
  Telefax: +54 11 4318 7474
  Email: dpma-mp@prefecturanaval.gov.ar
     
AUSTRALIA Manager, Ship Inspection
  Maritime Operations
  Australian Maritime Safety Authority
  GPO Box 2181
  Canberra ACT 2601
  AUSTRALIA
  Telephone: +61 2 6279 5048
  Telefax: +61 2 6279 5058
  Email: psc@amsa.gov.au
  Website: www.amsa.gov.au
     
BAHAMAS Bahamas Maritime Authority
  Second Floor
  Latham House
  16 Minories
  London, EC3N 1EH
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Telephone: +44 (0)20 7264 2550
  Telefax: +44 (0)20 7264 2579
  Email: tech@bahamasmaritime.com
     
BARBADOS Director of Maritime Affairs
  Ministry of Tourism and International Transport
  2nd Floor Carlisle House
  Hincks Street
  Bridgetown
  St. Michael  
  Barbados  
  Telephone: +1 246 426 2710/3342
  Telefax: +1 246 426 7882
  Email: ctech@sunbeach.net
     
BELGIUM Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport
  Directorate-general Maritime Transport
  Rue du Progrès 56
  1210 Brussels
  B-BELGIUM
  Telephone: +32 2 277 3500
  Telefax: +32 2 277 4051
  Email: dg.mar@mobilit.fgov.be
  Website: www.mobilit.fgov.be
     
BELIZE Ports Commissioner
  Belize Port Authority
  PO Box 633
  Belize City
  BELIZE C.A.
  Telephone: +501 227 2540/0981
  Telefax: +501 227 2500
     
BRAZIL Diretoria de Portos e Costas (DPC-20)
  Rua Teófilo Otoni No. 04
  Centro
  Rio de Janeiro
  CEP 20090-070
  BRAZIL
  Telephone: +55 21 2104 5203
  Telefax: +55 21 2104 5202
  Email: secom@dpc.mar.mil.br
     
BULGARIA Ministry of Transport
  Bulgarian Maritime Administration
  Directorate
  European Integration and International Affairs
  9 Diakon Ignatiy Str.
  Sofia 1000
  BULGARIA
  Telephone: +359 2 930 09 10 / 930 09 50
  Telefax: +359 2 930 09 20
  E-mail: ivalev@marad.bg
  Website: www.marad.bg
     
CANADA The Chairman
  Board of Steamship Inspection
  Transport Canada-Marine Safety
  Tower C, Place de Ville
  330 Sparks Street, 10th Floor
  Ottawa, Ontario
  K1A ON5
  CANADA
  Telephone: +1 613 991 3132
    +1 613 991 3143
    +1 613 991 3139/40
  Telefax: +1 613 993 8196
     
CHILE Dirección General del Territorio Marítimo y de Marina Mercante
  Dirección de Seguridad y Operaciones Marítimas
  Depto. Prevención de Riesgos
  Errázuriz 537
  Valparaiso
  CHILE
  Telephone: +56 32 208256
  Telefax: +56 32 208262
  Telex: 230602 DGTM CL
    330461 DGTM CK
     
CHINA Maritime Safety Administration
  People's Republic of China
  11 Jianguomen Nei Avenue
  Beijing 100736
  CHINA
  Telephone: +86 10 6529 2588
    +86 10 6529 2218
  Telefax: +86 10 6529 2245
  Telex: 222258 CMSAR CN
     
CROATIA Ministry of Maritime Affairs
  Transport and Communication
  Marine Safety Division
  Prisavlje 14
  1000 Zagreb
  REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
  Telephone: +385 1 611 5966
  Telefax: +385 1 611 5968
  Email: pomorski-promet@zg.tel.hr
     
CUBA Ministerio del Transporte
  Dirección de Seguridad e Inspección Marítima
  Boyeros y Tulipán Plaza
  Ciudad de la Habana
  CUBA
  Telephone: +53 7 881 6607
    +53 7 881 9498
  Telefax: +53 7 881 1514
  Email: dsim@mitrans.transnet.cu
     
CYPRUS Department of Merchant Shipping
  Ministry of Communications and Works
  Kylinis Street
  Mesa Geitonia
  CY-4007 Lemesos
  P.O. Box 56193
  CY-3305 Lemesos
  CYPRUS
  Telephone: +357 5 848 100
  Telefax: +357 5 848 200
  Telex: 2004 MERSHIP CY
  Email: dms@cytanet.com.cy
     
CZECH Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic
REPUBLIC Navigation and Waterways Division
  Nábr. L.. Svobody 12
  110 15 Praha 1
  CZECH REPUBLIC
  Telephone: +42 (0)2 230 312 25
  Telefax: +42 (0)2 248 105 96
  Telex: +42 (0)2 12 10 96 Domi C
     
DENMARK Danish Maritime Authority
  P.O. Box 2605
  Vermundsgade 38C
  2100 Copenhagen Ø
  DENMARK
  Telephone: +45 39 17 44 00
  Telefax: +45 39 17 44 01
  Email: SFS@dma.dk
     
ECUADOR Dirección General de la Marine Mercante y del Litoral
  P.O. Box 7412
  Guayaquil
  ECUADOR
  Telephone: +593 4 526 760
  Telefax: +593 4 324 246
  Telex: 04 3325 DIGMER ED
     
ESTONIA Estonian Maritime Administration
  Maritime Safety Division
  Valge 4
  EST-11413 Tallinn
  ESTONIA
  Telephone: +372 6205 700/715
  Telefax: +372 6205 706
  Email: mot@vta.ee
     
FINLAND Finnish Maritime Administration
  P.O. Box 171
  FI-00181 Helsinki
  FINLAND
  Telephone: +358 20 448 1
  Telefax: +358 20 448 4500
    +358 20 448 4336
  Email: keskushallinto@fma.fi
     
FINLAND Packaging and Certification Institute
(continued) Safety Technology Authority (TUKES)
  P.O Box 123
  FI-00181 Helsinki
  FINLAND
  Telephone: +358 961671
  Telefax: +358 96167466
  Email: kirjaamo@tukes.fi
     
FRANCE MTETM/DGMT/MMD
  Arche sud
  92055 La Défense cedex
  FRANCE
  Telephone: +33 (0)1 40 81 86 49
  Telefax: +33 (0)1 40 81 10 65
  Email: olga.lefevre@equipement.gouv.fr
     
GAMBIA The Managing Director
  Gambia Ports Authority
  Banjul
  THE GAMBIA
  Telephone: +220 27266
  Telefax: +220 27268
  Telex: 2235 GAMPORTS GV
     
GERMANY Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs
  Dangerous Goods Branch
  Robert-Schuman-Platz 1
  D-53175 Bonn
  GERMANY
  Telephone: +49 228 3000 or 300- extension
    +49 228 300 2643
  Telefax: +49 228 300 3428
  Email: Ref-A33@bmvbs.bund.de
     
GREECE Ministry of Mercantile Marine
  Safety of Navigation Division
  International Relations Department
  150 Gr. Lambraki Av.
  185 18 Piraeus
  GREECE  
  Telephone: +301 4191188
  Telefax: +301 4128150
  Telex: +212022, 212239 YEN GR
  Email: dan@yen.gr
     
GUYANA Guyana Maritime Authority/Administration
  Ministry of Public Works and Communications Building
  Top Floor  
  Fort street  
  Kingston  
  Georgetown  
  REPUBLIC OF GUYANA
  Telephone: +592 226 3356
    +592 225 7330
    +592 226 7842
  Telefax: +592 226 9581
  Email: MARAD@networksgy.com
     
ICELAND Iceland Maritime Administration
  Verturvör 2
  IS-202 Kópavogur
  ICELAND
  Telephone: +354 560 0000
  Telefax: +354 560 0060
  E-mail: skrifstofa@vh.is
     
INDIA The Directorate General of Shipping
  Jahz Bhawan
  Walchand Hirachand Marg
  Bombay 400 001
  INDIA
  Telephone: +91 22 263651
  Telex: +DEGESHIP 2813-BOMBAY
     
INDONESIA Director of Marine Safety
  Directorate-General Sea Communication
  (Department Perhubungan)
  JI. Merdeka Barat No.8
  Jakarta Pusat.
  INDONESIA
  Telephone: +62 381 3269
  Telefax: +62 384 0788
     
IRAN Ports and Shipping Organization
  751 Enghelab Avenue
  Tehran
  IRAN
  Telephone: +98 21 8809280 to 89
  Telefax: +98 21 8804100
  Telex: 212271 BNDR-IR
     
IRELAND The Chief Surveyor
  Marine Survey Office
  Department of Transport
  Leeson Lane
  Dublin 2
  IRELAND
  Telephone: +353 1 604 14 20
  Telefax: +353 1 604 14 08
  E-mail: mso@transport.ie
     
ISRAEL Shipping and Ports Inspectorate
  Itzhak Rabin Government
  Complex Building 2
  Pal-Yam 15a
  Haifa 31999
  ISRAEL
  Telephone: +972 4 8632080
  Telefax: +972 4 8632118
  Email: techni@mot.gov.il
     
ITALY Italian Coast Guard Headquarters
  Viale dell'Arte 16
  00144 Rome
  ITALY
  Telephone: +39 06 5908 4919
  Telefax: +39 06 5908 4918
  Email: uff1.rep6.cogecap@infrastrutturetrasporti.it
     
JAMAICA The Maritime Authority of Jamaica
  4th Floor, Dyoll Building
  40 Knutsford Boulevard
  Kingston 5
  JAMAICA, W.I.
  Telephone: +1 876 929 2201
    +1 876 754 7260/5
  Telex: +1 876 7256
  Email: maj@jamaicaships.com
  Website: www.jamaicaships.com
     
JAPAN Inspection and Measurement Division
  Maritime Bureau
  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
  2-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo
  JAPAN
  Telephone: +81 3 5253 8639
  Telefax: +81 3 5253 1644
  Email: MRB_KSK@mlit.go.jp
     
LATVIA Maritime Administration of Latvia
  5 Trijadibas iela
  L V-1 048 Riga
  Telephone: +371 70 62 171
    +371 70 62 120
    +371 70 62 117
  Telefax: +371 78 60 082
     
LIBERIA Office of the Commissioner of Maritime Affairs
  Bureau of Maritime Affairs, R.L.
  Tubman Boulevard
  P.O. Box 10-9042
  1000 Monrovia 10
  LIBERIA
  Telephone: +231 224 604 / 908
  Telefax: +231 226 069
     
  Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Maritime Affairs, R.L.
  Technical Division
  Marine Operations Department
  c/o Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry
  8619 Westwood Center Drive, Suite 300
  Vienna, Virginia, 22182
  U.S.A.
  Telephone: +1 703 790 3434
  Telefax: +1 703 790 5655
  Email: info@liscr.com
  Website: www.liscr.com
     
MALAYSIA Director
  Marine Department
  Peninsular Malaysia
  P.O. Box 12
  42007 Port Kelang
  Selangor
  MALAYSIA
  Telex: MA 39748
     
MARSHALL Office of the Maritime Administrator
ISLANDS Maritime Operations Department
  Republic of the Marshall Islands
  11495 Commerce Park Drive
  Reston, Virginia 20191-1507
  USA
  Telephone: +1 703 620 4880
  Telefax: +1 703 476 8522
  Telex: 248403 IRI UR
  Email: maritime@register-iri.com
     
MEXICO Coordinación General de Puertos y Marina Mercante
  Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes
  Nuevo León 210 Piso 3 Colonia Hipódromo
  Col. Santa Cruz Atoyac
  D.F.C.P. 06100
  MEXICO
  Telephone: +52 55 526 53220
  Fax: +52 55 557 43902
  Email: jtlozano@sct.gob.mx
     
MOROCCO Direction de la Marine Marchande et des Pêches Maritimes
  Boulevard EI Hansali
  Casablanca
  MOROCCO
  Telephone: +1 212 227 8092
    +1 212 222 1931
  Telex: 24613 MARIMAR M
    22824
     
NETHERLANDS Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
  Directorate-General for Civil Aviation and Freight Transport
  P.O. Box 20904
  2500 EX The Hague
  THE NETHERLANDS
  Telephone: +31 70 351 6171
  Telefax: +31 70 351 1479
     
  Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
  Transport Information Centre
  P.O. Box 90653
  2509 LR The Hague
  THE NETHERLANDS
  Telephone: +31 70 305 2444
  Telefax: +31 70 305 2424
  Email: vervoerinfo@ivw.nl
     
NEW ZEALAND Director of Maritime New Zealand
  Maritime New Zealand
  Level 8 Gen-i Tower
  109 Featherston Street
  P.O. Box 27006
  Wellington
  NEW ZEALAND
  Telephone: +64 4 473 0111
  Telefax: +64 4 494 1263
  E-Mail: dangerous.goods@maritimenz.govt.nz
  Website: www.maritimenz.govt.nz
     
NORWAY Norwegian Maritime Directorate
  Stensberggt. 27
  P.O. Box 8123 Dep.
  0032 Oslo
  NORWAY
  Telephone: +47 22 45 45 00
  Telefax: +47 22 56 87 80
  Email: postmottak@sjofartsdir.no
     
PAKISTAN Mercantile Marine Department
  70/4 Timber Hard
  N.M. Reclamation
  Keamari, Post Box No. 4534
  Karachi 75620
  PAKISTAN
  Telephone: +92 21 2851306
    +92 21 2851307
  Telefax: +92 21 4547472 (24 hours)
    +92 21 4547897
  Telex: 29822 DGPS PK (24 hours)
     
PANAMA Autoridad Marítima de Panamá
  Edificio 5534
  Diablo Heights
  PO Box 8062
  Panama 7
  REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
  Telephone: +507 232 5100/5295
  Telefax: +507 232 5527
  Email: ampadmon@amp.gob.pa
  Website: www.amp.gob.pa
     
PAPUA NEW First Assistant Secretary
GUINEA Department of Transport
  Division of Marine
  P.O. Box 457
  Konedobu
  PAPUA NEW GUINEA (PNG)
  Telephone: +675 211866
  Telex: 22203
     
PERU Dirección General de Capitanías y Guardacostas
  Marine de Guerra del Perú
  Constitución 150
  Callao
  PERU
  Telephone: +51-1-4200162
  Telefax: +51-1-4690505
  Telex: 26042 PE DICAPI
    26069 PE COSCTAL
     
PHILIPPINES Philippines Ports Authority
  Port of Manila
  Safety Staff
  P.O. Box 193
  Port Area
  Manila 2803
  PHILIPPINES
  Telephone: +63 2473441 to 49
     
POLAND Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy
  Department of Maritime and Inland Waters Administration
  ul. Chalubińskiego 4/6
  00-928 Warsaw
  POLAND
  Telephone: +48 22 6 211 448
  Telefax: +48 22 6 288 515
  Telex: 816651 PKL PL
     
PORTUGAL Direcçao-Geral de Navegaçao e dos Transportes Maritimos
  Praça Luis de Camoes, 22 -2°Dto
  1200 Lisboa
  PORTUGAL
  Telephone: +351 1 373821
  Telefax: +351 1 373826
  Telex: 16753 SEMM PO
     
REPUBLIC OF Maritime Safety Policy Division
KOREA Maritime Safety Bureau
  Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  140-2 Gye-Dong, Jongno-Gu, Seoul, 110-793
  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
  Telephone: +82 2 3674 6312
  Telefax: +82 2 3674 6317
     
RUSSIAN    
FEDERATION footnote Department of State Policy for Maritime and River Transport
  Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation
  Rozhdestvenka Street, 1, bldg. 1
  Moscow 109012
  RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  Telephone: +7 495 926 14 74
     
SAINT KITTS Department of Maritime Affairs
AND NEVIS Director of Maritime Affairs
  Ministry of Transport
  P.O. Box 186
  Needsmust
  ST. KITTS WI
  Tel: +869 466-7032/4846
  Fax: +869 465-0604/9475
  E-mail: Maritimeaffairs@yahoo.com
     
SAUDI ARABIA Port Authority Saudi Arabia
  Civil Defence
  Riyadh
  SAUDI ARABIA
  Telephone: +966 1 464 9477
     
SINGAPORE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
  Shipping Division
  21st Storey PSA Building
  460 Alexandra Road
  SINGAPORE 119963
  Telephone: +65 375 1931/6223/1600
  Telefax: +65 375 6231
  Email: shipping@mpa.gov.sg
     
SLOVENIA Uprava Republike Siovenije za pomorstvo
  Ukmarjev trg 2
  66 000 Koper
  SLOVENIA
  Telephone: +386 66 271 216
  Telefax: +386 66 271 447
  Telex: +34 235 UP POM SI
     
SOUTH AFRICA South African Maritime Safety Authority
  P.O. Box 13186
  Hatfield
  0028 Pretoria
  SOUTH AFRICA
  Telephone: +27 12 342 3049
  Telefax: +27 12 342 3160
     
  South African Maritime Safety Authority
  Hatfield Gardens, Block E (Ground Floor)
  Corner Arcadia and Grosvenor Street
  Hatfield
  0083 Pretoria
  SOUTH AFRICA
     
SPAIN Dirección General de la Marina Mercante
  Subdirección General de Trafico, Seguridad y Contaminación
  c/Ruiz de Alarcón, 1
  28014 Madrid
  SPAIN
  Telephone: +34 91 597 92 69/70
  Telefax: +34 91 597 92 87
  Email: mercancias.peligrosas@mfom.es
     
SWEDEN Swedish Maritime Administration
  Maritime Safety Inspectorate
  Ship Technical Division
  SE-601 78 Norrköping
  SWEDEN
  Telephone: +46 11 191000
  Telefax: +46 11 239934
  E-mail: inspektion@sjofartsverket.se
     
SWITZERLAND Office suisse de la navigation maritime
  Nauenstrasse 49
  P.O. Box
  CH-4002 Basel
  SWITZERLAND
  Telephone: +41 61 27091 20
  Telefax: +41 61 270 91 29
  Email: dv-ssa@eda.admin.ch
     
THAILAND Ministry of Transport and Communicatio
  Ratchadamnoen-Nok Avenue
  Bangkok 10100
  THAILAND
  Telephone: +66 2 2813422
  Telefax: +66 2 2801714
  Telex: 70000 MINOCOM TH
     
TUNISIA Ministère du Transport
  Direction Générale de la Marine Marchande
  Avenue 7 novembre (près l'aéroport)
  2035 Tunis
  B.P. 179 Tunis cedex
  TUNISIA
  Telephone: +216 71 806 362
  Telefax: +216 71 806 413
     
UNITED Maritime and Coastguard Agency
KINGDOM Bay 2/21
  Spring Place
  105 Commercial Road
  Southampton, SO15 1EG
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Telephone: +44 23 8032 9182 / 100
  Telefax: +44 23 8032 9204
  Email: dangerous.goods@mcga.gov.uk
     
UNITED STATES US Department of Transportation
  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
  Office of International Standards
  400 Seventh Street SW
  Washington, D.C. 20590-0001
  U.S.A.
  Telephone: +1 202 366 0656
  Telefax: +1 202 366 5713
  Email: infocntr@dot.gov
  Website: hazmat.dot.gov
     
  United States Coast Guard
  Hazardous Materials Standards Division (G-PSO-3)
  2100 Second Street SW
  Washington, D.C. 20593-0001
  U.S.A.
  Telephone: +1 202 267 1577
    +1 202 267 1217
  Telefax: +1 202 267 4570
     
URUGUAY Prefectura del Puerto de Montevideo
  Rambla 25 de Agosto de 1825 S/N
  Montevideo
  URUGUAY
  Telephone: +598 2 960123
    +598 2 960022
  Telex: 23929 COMAPRE-UY
     
VANUATU Commissioner of Maritime Affairs
  Vanuatu Maritime Authority
  P.O Box 320
  Port Vila
  VANUATU
  Telephone: +678 23128
  Telefax: +678 22949
  Email: vma@vanuatu.com.vu
     
YEMEN Executive Chairman
  Maritime Affairs Authority
  P.O. Box 19395
  Sanaa
  REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
  Tel: +967 1 414 412 / 419 914/ 423 005
  Fax: +967 1 414 645
  E-mail: MAA-HeadOffice@y.net.ye
  Website: www.MAA.gov.ye
     
Associate Member The Director of Marine
HONG KONG, Marine Department
CHINA GPO Box 4155
  HONG KONG, CHINA
  Telephone: +852 2852 3085
  Telefax: +852 2815 8596
  Telex: 64553 MARHQ HX

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