Vietnam: Failing to arrange life-saving equipment in compliance with regulations shall be fined up to VND 15 million

According to Decree No. 162/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, a fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 15,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following violations:

- Use of life-saving appliances which fail to comply with applicable regulations on quality or are not ready for immediate use;

- Life-saving arrangements fail to comply with applicable regulations;

- Use of expired life-saving appliances.

Besides, Decree No. 162/2013/NĐ-CP also specifies penalties for the following administrative violations:

1. A fine ranging from VND 1,000,000 to VND 5,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following violations:

- Failure to prepare the muster list which must show duties to be carried out by key persons of the ship in an emergency, or preparation of a muster list not suitable for the ship’s crew, or use of a damaged muster list;

- The crew members’ failure to be familiar with survival and life-saving appliances.

2. The following fines shall be imposed for the ship whose life-saving appliances are under or over manned as regulated in the minimum safe manning document; or failure to equip or insufficient provision of survival and life-saving appliances as regulated:

- A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 shall be imposed on a ship whose gross tonnage is smaller than 500 GT;

- A fine ranging from VND 20,000,000 to VND 30,000,000 shall be imposed on a ship whose gross tonnage is from 500 GT to less than 3,000 GT;

- A fine ranging from VND 30,000,000 to VND 40,000,000 shall be imposed on a ship whose gross tonnage is 3,000 GT or above.

View more details at Decree No. 162/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from January 01, 2014.

Ty Na

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