Floating restaurants in Vietnam must comply with QCVN 17:2011/BGTVT

According to Article 14 of the Circular No. 43/2012/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, the ships supplying services of tourist accommodation and staying overnight, the floating restaurants and hotels during operation on the inland waterway must comply with regulations on discharging waste and water mixed with oil as prescribed in National Technical Regulation on norm to prevent pollution caused by means of inland waterway QCVN 17:2011/BGTVT and other regulations on environmental protection on inland waterway.

Moreover, equipping of devices preventing pollution on the ships supplying services of tourist accommodation and staying overnight, the floating restaurants and hotels must comply with the following requirements:

- Equipping to prevent pollution by oil: The ships supplying services of tourist accommodation and staying overnight, that being assembled with diesel engines, not distinguish main or auxiliary one, if having capacity more than 220 kW, they must be equipped devices for oil and water separation of 15 part per million and dirty-oil tank. The devices for oil and water separation of 15 part per million must ensure that any mixture of oil and water after passing the filter system, will have the oil content not more than 15 part per million. The devices for oil and water separation of 15 parts per million must have approved design, be tested during manufacture, assembly and use.

- Equipping to prevent pollution by sewage: The ships supplying services of tourist accommodation and staying overnight, the floating restaurants and hotels must be equipped with a device to treat sewage or sewage tanks for forwarding to receipt place for processing. The equipment for sewage treatment must satisfy National technical regulation on living sewage and have approved design, be tested during manufacture, assembly and use.

- Equipping to prevent pollution by garbage: The ships supplying services of tourist accommodation and staying overnight, the floating restaurants and hotels must be equipped with devices containing garbage in order to forward to the receipt place.

View more details at the Circular No. 43/2012/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from May 01, 2013.

Le Vy

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