Vietnam’s new regulations on unscheduled maintenance dredging of inland waterway channels

According to Circular No. 33/2019/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, the handover of the cleared project site, organizing dredging, inspection and surveillance activities is one of the 07 steps of the procedures for unscheduled maintenance dredging of inland waterway channels.

Specifically, the handover of the cleared project site, organizing dredging, inspection and surveillance activities is guided in Article 14 of Circular No. 33/2019/TT-BGTVT as follows:

First: Carrying out the handover of cleared project site

The inland waterway management authority shall undertake and cooperate with supervising and design consultants to organize the survey and handover of cleared project site (including dredging site and dump site) for contractors to implement the project, and cooperate with relevant agencies, local authorities to inspect and confirm the current status of related works and the shoreline of dredged areas.

Second: Organizing dredging

- The contractors shall receive the cleared project site and organize the dredging in accordance with approved design and dredging method;

- The inland waterway management authority shall be responsible for the management, supervision of the implementation of the contractors and the supervising consultant to ensure the quality and progress of the project and notification of the status of the inland waterway channel in accordance with regulations after the project is completed;

- The inland waterway management authority may conduct unscheduled inspection (if necessary) during the construction of the project or when having suspicion of quality and construction quantity of contractors.

Third: The inspection, supervision and acceptance test shall be conducted in accordance with regulations prescribed in Article 8 of Circular No. 33/2019/TT-BGTVT.

Other provisions can be found in Circular No. 33/2019/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, which takes effect from November 01, 2019.

Thu Ba

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