The Law No. 48/2014/QH13 Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Inland Waterway Navigation was passed on June 17, 2014, by the XIIIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 7th session.
This Law does not allow handling over vessels to persons who fail to meet the conditions for operating vessels participating in inland waterway navigation. Vessel crewmembers or operators working on board such vessels and having an alcoholic content in blood higher than 50 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood or 0.25 milligrams per 1 liter of breathed air or using other stimulants banned from use by law from January 01, 2015.
Other important contents are on conditions for sitting examinations to acquire shipmaster’s or chief engineer’s certificate of competency of higher class. A person sitting an examination to acquire shipmaster’s or chief engineer’s certificate of competency of higher class must meet the conditions such as having sufficient working period under his/her title stated in his/her certificate of competency or working period under his/her trained title or sitting examinations to acquire certificates of higher class. Within that, shipmaster’s and chief engineer’s certificates of competency are valid for 5 years and categorized as four classes for shipmaster’s certificates and three classes for chief engineer.
Also from January 01, 2015, when operating in inland waterways, non-motorized vessels with a gross tonnage of between 1 ton and under 15 tons or a seating capacity of between 5 and 12 passengers, motorized vessels with total main engine capacity of under 5 horse powers or a seating capacity of under 5 passengers must have inland waterway vessel registration certificates and meet the conditions as their hulls must be steady and have no water leaking; they must have a white-light lamp in a conspicuous position when operating at night; vessels used for the carriage of passengers must have enough seats in a balancing manner and sufficient life-jackets and life-saving devices suitable to the number of passengers on board; machines installed on board must be firm, safe and easy to boot and operate stably; or they are painted or stuck with number plates or painted with the permitted number of passengers; they are painted with safety waterlines and not submerged more deeply than their safety waterlines when carrying passengers or cargoes…
This Law takes effect on January 01, 2015.
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