Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING
Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING
Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING
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I-3-11<br />
Vietnam National Transport Strategy Study (VITRANSS)<br />
<strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>No</strong>. 8<br />
Shipping and Ports<br />
products. The freight tariff is usually not fixed but negotiated subject to cargo<br />
volume, season and regularity.<br />
Almost all of its barges are old (average is 10 to 15 years) and have low<br />
productivity due to high operating cost and low space utilization. These vessels<br />
usually do not meet their monthly target of 10,000-15,000 tons, managing to use<br />
only 30% of its available space. Their barges sometimes transport foreign cargo<br />
directly from ocean-going ships.<br />
There are also some independent private operators using their own vessels in<br />
foreign and domestic transportation. One of these is the Mekong Shipping<br />
Company which has two cargo vessels (1,232 DWT and 22,140 DWT) that serve<br />
foreign and domestic demand.<br />
Fleet<br />
There were a total of 772 registered vessels in the Vietnam registry as of end of<br />
September 1999. Table 3.2.2 indicates the number of vessels by type and<br />
weight.<br />
Type<br />
General Cargo Boat<br />
(incl. Reefer)<br />
Table 3.2.2<br />
Registered Vessel by Type and Weight<br />
< 200<br />
DWT<br />
200-<br />
499<br />
Number of Ships by Weight<br />
500-<br />
999<br />
1,000-<br />
1,999<br />
2,000-<br />
4,999<br />
5,000-<br />
9,999<br />
>10,000<br />
DWT<br />
Total<br />
117 205 45 46 26 15 8 462<br />
Container (incl. roro) 2 2<br />
Oil Tanker 19 2 7 11 7 2 48<br />
Passenger & Cargo 42 2 51<br />
Barge 1 24 5 16 1 2 49<br />
Tug & Supply<br />
Boat<br />
65 6 7 7 85<br />
Dredging Boat 1 7 2 1 1 12<br />
Others 1/ 30 15 10 3 3 2 63<br />
TOTAL 282 261 74 85 38 20 12 772<br />
Source: Register of Ships; Vietnam Register of Shipping as of September 1998.<br />
1/ Others include fishing boat, pilot boat, floating crane, patrol boat, pontoon, floating dock and<br />
research boat, etc.<br />
State-owned Shipping Fleet<br />
Almost all big cargo vessels and tankers belong to state shipping companies and