Vietnam: Ships supplying services of tourism accommodation must equip rescue buoys, life-jackets being sufficient for 200% of number of persons on ships

According to Article 13 of the Circular No. 43/2012/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, quantity and arrangement of salvage equipment of the ships supplying services of tourism accommodation and staying overnight, the floating restaurants and hotels must satisfy requirements under provisions below:

- The ships supplying services of tourism accommodation and staying overnight must equip rescue buoys, life-jackets being sufficient for 200% of number of persons on ships, in which 100% buoys being arranged in bedrooms and 100% of remaining buoys arranged in dining room, bar-rooms, working place for suitability. In addition, it must equip a quantity of buoys for children equal to 10% of customer quantity, quantity of round buoys not less than 8, in which it must have 4 buoys with heaving line; each ship side has 4 buoys, in which it must have 2 buoys with heaving line. Floating tools must have enough for 100% of the number of persons on board.

- Floating restaurants, floating hotels must equip rescue buoys, life-jackets being sufficient for 100% of the number of persons on board and they must be arranged in bedrooms, dining rooms, bar-rooms in suitable way. Quantity of buoys for children is 30% of the number of customers, the quantity of round buoys not less than 8, in which it must have 4 buoys with heaving line; each ship side has 4 buoys, in which it must have 2 buoys with heaving line.

- Apart from above requirements, equipping rescue for the ships supplying services of tourist accommodation and staying overnight, the floating restaurants and hotels still must satisfy requirements stated in chapter 1 part 10 – safety equipping of the regulation on decentralization and building means of inland waterway TCVN 5801:2005. If characteristics in arrangement of ships cause difficulties in access with buoys for rescue, the quantity of rescue buoys must be increased compared to above provision.

Besides, traffic signs of the ships supplying services of tourist accommodation and staying overnight, the floating restaurants and hotels must be suitable with provisions of Law on traffic by inland waterway and requirements stated in the part of safety equipping of the regulation of decentralization and building means of inland waterway TCVN 5801:2005. Technical requirements of equipping signs must satisfy requirements stated in regulation of technical standard of signs on means of inland waterway promulgated together with the Decision No. 30/2004/QD-BGTVT, of December 14, 2004 of the Ministry of Transport.

Moreover, equipping devices for traveling on river of the ships supplying services of tourist accommodation and staying overnight, the floating restaurants and hotels must satisfy requirements stated in part of safety equipping of Regulation on decentralization and building means of inland waterway TCVN 5801:2005. Equipping for rescue from shipwreck of the ships supplying services of tourist accommodation and staying overnight, the floating restaurants and hotels must satisfy requirements stated in part of safety equipping of Regulation on decentralization and building means of inland waterway TCVN 5801:2005. Holds must have automatic devices to warn level of water at bilge. Devices to warn level of water at bilge must create warning by sound and light at cabin when level of water at bilge reaches 300 mm in any circumstance.

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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