Vietnam: Application for appraisal of design documents for building of a ship from January 01, 2016

Application for appraisal of design documents for building, modification, repair or documentation of a ship is specified in Clause 1 Article 8 of Circular No. 48/2015/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, including:

- 01 original of the application form for appraisal of design documents made according to form in Appendix II enclosed herewith;

- 03 originals of design documents, including spreadsheet, drawings, notes and technical documents (if any) as prescribed in technical regulations and standards for the ship. If design documents are prepared by a foreign design unit or the ship owner is a foreigner or the ship is built in Vietnam for export, notes and spreadsheet must be prepared in Vietnamese, or in English and accompanied with their Vietnamese translations, but drawings may be prepared in either Vietnamese or English;

- With regard to design documents for documentation of a ship built abroad without the supervision of the registration agency, in addition to the documents specified above, the following document is required: The shipbuilding contract or other documents proving the lawful ownership of the shipowner who shall take legal responsibility for the legality of his ship.

Besides, Circular No. 48/2015/TT-BGTVT stipulates that an application for appraisal of representative sample design documents includes:

- 01 original of the application form for appraisal of representative sample design documents for an inland waterway ship made according to form in Appendix III enclosed herewith;

- 03 originals of design documents, including spreadsheet, drawings, and notes as prescribed in technical regulations and standards for the ship.

View full text at Circular No. 48/2015/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2016.

Thu Ba

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