Regulations on approval for ship manuals and assessment of ship designs in Vietnam

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Regulations on approval for ship manuals and assessment of ship designs in Vietnam

Currently, the approval of ship guide documents and ship design appraisal are regulated in Circular 40/2016/TT-BGTVT (amended in Circular 16/2022/TT-BGTVT).

Approval for ship manuals in Vietnam

- The ship manual must comply with relevant national technical regulations on classification and construction of ships, ship safety equipment, and ship pollution prevention systems.

With regard to ships operating in international routes, their ship manuals must also comply with international treaties applicable to ships in terms of maritime safety, security, labor and prevention of environment pollution to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.

- An application for approval for ship manual includes:

+ 01 (one) application form using form No. 01 of Appendix issued with Circular 40/2016/TT-BGTVT;

+ 03 (three) ship manuals.

- The applicant shall submit 01 complete application to Vietnam Register directly, by post or by any appropriate mean.

- Vietnam Register shall receive and verify the application. In case of an insufficient application, the applicant shall be instructed to complete it within the working day (directly submitted application), or the applicant shall be instructed to complete within 02 working days from the date on which the application is received via the postal system or the appropriate mean.

In case of a sufficient application, Vietnam Register shall make an appointment to give processing results.

- Within 03 (three) working days, from the date on which the sufficient application is received, Vietnam Register shall carry out the verification of the ship manual. In case of unsatisfaction, it shall provide the applicant with a notification; in case of satisfaction, it shall bear the certification seal on the ship manual.

- The applicant for approval for ship manual shall receive processing results at the premises of Vietnam Register or via the postal system or other appropriate mean.

Assessment of ship designs in Vietnam

- The ship design must comply with relevant national technical regulations on classification and construction of ships, tonnage measurement, ship safety equipment, lifting gear used on board, and ship pollution prevention systems.

With regard to ships operating in international routes, their ship manuals must also comply with international treaties applicable to ships in terms of maritime safety, security, labor and prevention of environment pollution to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.

- An application for appraisal of ship design includes:

+ An application form using form No. 02 of Appendix issued with Circular 40/2016/TT-BGTVT (original copy or electronic form);

+ Design document (3 original copies if submitted in person, by post or other manners or 01 electronic file if submitted via online public service system);

- The applicant shall submit 01 complete application as prescribed Clause 2 of Article 9 of Circular 40/2016/TT-BGTVT to the Vietnam Register in person, by post, online public service system or other manners;

- Vietnam Register shall receive and verify the application.

In case of an insufficient application, the applicant shall be instructed to complete it within the working day (directly submitted application), or the applicant shall be instructed to complete within 02 working days from the date on which the application is received via the postal system or the appropriate mean. In case of a sufficient application, Vietnam Register shall make an appointment to give processing results.

- Within 20 (twenty) days from the date on which the sufficient application is received or within an agreed period with respect to new or complicated ship design provided not exceeding 60 (sixty) days, Vietnam Register shall assess the ship design.

If case of unsatisfaction, it shall provide the applicant with a notification, in case of satisfaction; it shall issue a ship design appraisal certificate and bear an appraisal seal in the ship design.

- The applicant for appraisal of ship design shall receive processing results at the premises of Vietnam Register or via the postal system or other appropriate mean.

Duong Chau Thanh

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