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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

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