Circular 39: 03 groups of inland waterway vessels in Vietnam

According to Article 17 of the Circular No. 39/2019/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, inland waterway vessels are divided into 03 groups, specifically as follows:

1. Group I

- Passenger carrying vessels, overnight tourist vessels, floating restaurants, floating hotels, hydrofoil vessels or high-speed vessels having the loading capacity of greater than 100 (one hundred) passengers.

- Ferries carrying more than 100 (one hundred) of passengers and more than 350 tons of freight.

- Cargo vessels of up to 1,000GT.

- Towing fleet of up to 1,500GT.

- Vessels that are not covered by regulations laid down in point a, b, c and d of this clause and are fitted with inboard main engines of greater than 1,000HP or outboard main engines of greater than 3,000HP.

2. Group II

- Passenger carrying vessels, overnight tourist vessels, floating restaurants, floating hotels, hydrofoil vessels or high-speed vessels carrying between more than 50 (fifty) passengers and 100 (one hundred) passengers.

- Ferries carrying between more than 50 (fifty) passengers and 100 (one hundred) passengers, and carrying between more than 250 and 350 tons of freight.

- Cargo vessels of between more than 500 GT to 1,000GT.

- Towing fleet of between more than 800GT and 1,500GT.

- Vessels that are not covered by regulations laid down in point a, b, c and d of this clause and are fitted with inboard main engines of between greater than 250HP and 1,000HP, or outboard main engines of between greater than 1,000HP and 3,000HP.

3. Group III

- Passenger carrying vessels, overnight tourist vessels, floating restaurants, floating hotels, hydrofoil vessels or high-speed vessels carrying between more than 12 (twelve) passengers and 50 (fifty) passengers.

- Ferries having up to 50 (fifty) of passengers and 250 tons of freight.

- Cargo vessels of between more than 15 GT and 500GT.

- Towing fleet of up to 800GT.

- Vessels that are not covered by regulations laid down in point a, b, c and d of this clause and are fitted with inboard main engines of between greater than 100HP and 250HP, or outboard main engines of up to 1,000HP.

View details at Circular No. 39/2019/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

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