The Administrative Regulations on the Ship Radio Station Article 19

For the establishment and operation of ship radio station, the applicant applying for the establishment permit shall file an application to the NCC. Those ship radio stations, established in the foreign country and inspected by the institutes commissioned or approved by the NCC ,or only the inspected DSB radiotelephones, installed on ship, may be waived the establishment permit and directly apply for the license of ship radio station.The permit is valid for six months. If the applicant fails to complete establishment prior to the expiration date of establishment, the applicant shall state the reasons by document and apply to the NCC for extending the establishment period for another six months. Such application shall be made one month prior to the expiration date of establishment period and limit to once.The application as mentioned in paragraph 1 shall specify and submit the following:1. The name, address and telephone numbers of the applicant; and registered name, number（or small ships ID No.）, gross tonnage, length, category, navigation area and registered port of the ship; type of the radio station, the related information of the radio equipment.2. In addition to the aforementioned information, the fishing vessels shall specify the unified number of fishing vessel, the area of fishing operation, and fishery association the fishing vessel belongs to.The owner of the ship may submit the specification of the radio equipment to apply for the establishment permit of additional radio equipment within the valid period of the ship radio station license.