What are addtional regulations on the detailed naming and specific types of services at seaports subject to price declaration in Vietnam?

What are addtional regulations on the detailed naming and specific types of services at seaports subject to price declaration in Vietnam?

Circular 31/2024/TT-BGTVT has supplemented Article 11a following Article 11 of Circular 12/2024/TT-BGTVT on the specific names and types of services at seaports subject to price declaration as follows:

- Maritime pilotage.

- Use of docks, wharves, mooring buoys.

- Container handling and loading.

- Tugging of seagoing vessels.

- Loading and unloading of other goods, including dry, bulk, and liquid goods.

- Securing and untying seagoing vessels.

- Storage of goods in port warehouses, including container storage, dry goods, bulk goods, and liquid goods.

- Checking, loading, and unloading goods at seaports.

- Preparation and issuance of transportation documents for containers transported through the seaport.

- Sealing and unsealing containers transported through the seaport.

- Container cleaning, applicable in cases where goods contaminate the container, necessitating container cleaning services.

- Environmental sanitation, including the collection, sorting, and treatment of waste from ship activities at the port.

Additionally, Circular 31/2024/TT-BGTVT has amended and supplemented Clause 1, Article 13 of Circular 12/2024/TT-BGTVT regarding the responsibilities of the Vietnam Maritime Administration as follows:

- Responsible for organizing and implementing Circular 12/2024/TT-BGTVT. In cases where price-forming factors change, potentially resulting in service prices at seaports being lower than the minimum price or higher than the maximum price as decided by the Minister of Transport, the Vietnam Maritime Administration shall organize the appraisal of price plans and report to the Ministry of Transport for consideration of price adjustment as stipulated;

- Organize the receipt of price declaration documents as regulated by Circular 12/2024/TT-BGTVT and other related legal documents;

- Periodically review the comprehensive List of enterprises declaring prices, reporting to the Ministry of Transport before December 5 annually;

- Organize inspections of compliance with legal provisions on service prices at seaports.

More details can be found in Circular 31/2024/TT-BGTVT, effective from January 15, 2025.

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