On December 29, 2016, the Ministry of Transport issued Circular 46/2016/TT-BGTVT stipulating technical standards for inland waterways.
The determination of technical levels and the exploitation of inland waterway transportation is regulated by Circular 46/2016/TT-BGTVT as follows:
- The technical level of inland waterways is determined based on:- The national standard TCVN 5664:2009 on Technical Classification of Inland Waterways;- The inland waterway infrastructure development plan approved by the competent authority;- The current state of inland waterways.- The dimensions of inland waterways corresponding to each technical level of inland waterways are stipulated in Appendix 1 of Circular 46/2016/TT-BGTVT.- The technical levels of national inland waterway routes stipulated in Appendix 2 of Circular 46/2016/TT-BGTVT are implemented according to Appendix 2 of Circular 15/2016/TT-BGTVT.- Organizations and individuals exploiting inland waterway transportation shall base their decisions to deploy vehicles on inland waterways on the technical levels and inland waterway flow notifications.
More details can be found in Circular 46/2016/TT-BGTVT which takes effect from February 1, 2017.
- Thanh Lam -
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