Vietnam: What are the contents of monitoring the maintenance dredging constructions of public navigation channels?

The contents of controlling and monitoring the maintenance dredging constructions of public navigation channels financed by state budget shall comply with Articles 5 and 20 of Decree No. 159/2018/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government on management of dredging port waters and inland waterway and the following provisions specified in Circular No. 35/2019/TT-BGTVT:

- Operation diaries must use the form under Annex I attached to this Circular. Supervision consultants shall examine and encourage construction contractors to keep operation diaries using form under Annex I attached to this Circular.

- On a weekly basis, the supervision consultants shall submit reports by post or in person to Vietnam Maritime Administration using forms under Annex II attached to this Circular together with photos of the operation diaries (of the reporting week).

In particular, data examination and storage of dredging monitoring systems installed on construction machinery and dredged materials transports are prescribed in Circular No. 35/2019/TT-BGTVT as follows:

- Before starting the constructions, developers (or investors with respect to project on promoting private sector involvement in dredging) shall take charge with AIS information management and operation service providers, units consulting and supervising construction contractors examine operation of monitor systems installed on construction machinery, dredged materials transports and disposal vehicles. Examination results shall be kept record using form under Annex III attached to this Circular;

- The construction contractors shall fully provide data collected from video recording devices installed on dredged material transports and disposal vehicles for the enterprises providing public services;

- Bodies providing supervision consulting services shall fully comply and consolidate photos taken from dredged material transports and disposal vehicles (compartments storing dredged materials) as per the law together with weekly reports on supervision and consulting under Annex II attached to this Circular and submit to Vietnam Maritime Administration and the enterprises providing public services;

- Bodies providing AIS information management and utilization services supervising dredging vehicles shall store field data on number of vehicles, position, speed and halt locations produced by AIS devices installed on vehicles participating in constructing, transporting and disposing dredged materials;

- The enterprises providing public services shall store data from video recording devices installed on construction machinery provided by the construction contractors and photos from the dredged material transport and disposal vehicles (compartments storing dredged materials) at specific times prescribed by the supervision consultants;

- Data retrieved from the dredging monitoring systems installed on construction vehicles, dredged material transports and disposal vehicles shall be archived for 3 years.

Other provisions can be found in Circular No. 35/2019/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, which takes effect from November 01, 2019.

Thu Ba

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