Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING

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Vietnam National Transport Strategy Study (VITRANSS)
Technical Report No. 8
Shipping and Ports
licenses for sea vessels to come in/out of ports,
(6) Dealing with infrastructure construction for the sector,
(7) Dealing with administrative procedures, records at VINAMARINE and its
organs.
Under the above-mentioned new directive and notification, a more effective and
enhanced administration of the maritime subsector is expected in the near future.
Other Related Organizations
There are two organizations on maritime safety and ship registration under the
MOT – the Vietnam Maritime Safety Agency (VMSA) and Vietnam Maritime
Register (VMR).
The VMSA was created on 1 January 1995 with the primary responsibility of
providing conventional ATN services, while the VMR started as a section in 1964.
It was then named Vietnam Register of Ships and upgraded to bureau level on
19 July 1979.
In 1990, VMR started the technical supervision and classification of offshore
installations. On 16 December 1998, Notice No. 1959/CHHVN-TTATHH was
issued informing everyone concerned that the Vietnamese government and MOT
has signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on PSC in the Asia-Pacific
region in Tokyo on 1 December 1998. This MOU took effect on 1 January 1999.
Vietnam’s adoption of Resolution A.787 (19) of the International Maritime
Organization (IMO) on PSC procedures intensifies the roles and functions of the
VMSA and VMR.
In aiming for “safe ships and clean seas” and the elimination of substandard
ships, both organizations are required to improve procedures on ship inspection,
issuance of certificate and marine safety enforcement.