Vietnam: Abolish the condition on university degree for pilot service providers

Specifically, a maritime pilotage service provider must meet the following personnel and infrastructure conditions:

1. The person in charge of provision of maritime pilotage service must be an expert pilot.

2. It must have a sufficient number of pilots who must have operational area certificates granted in conformity with the assigned ship navigation route. The minimum number of pilots and means for taking and returning pilots shall be determined as follows:

- The minimum number of pilots of various classes shall be determined according to the ship navigation route, number of ships and deadweight tonnage of the ship operation on the route in the previous 03 years. The maximum number of days that employees work shall comply with regulations of law. The minimum number of pilots on each route must ensure the demand for pilotage service is fully satisfied and standby pilots account for at least 10% of total pilots.

- The minimum number of means for taking and returning pilots shall be determined according to the number of ships annually piloted by the pilotage service provider and maritime conditions that exist at the ship piloting zone.

- The Vietnam Maritime Administration shall publish the minimum number of pilots of various classes and means for taking and returning pilots on ship navigation routes; assign compulsory pilotage areas and ship navigation routes to pilotage service providers according to the principle: Each provider shall only provide maritime pilotage service on one ship navigation route.

View more at Decree No. 147/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government effective from October 24, 2018, which provides amendments and supplements to Decree No. 70/2016/NĐ-CP.

- Thanh Lam -

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