Some matters to improve the capacity of seafarers
- Country : Vietnam
- Subject : Transport
Keywords : seafarers, capacity, maritime industry
Abstract
The form of container shipping by sea has been developing in Vietnam since the 1990s. The Vietnamese container fleet is generally very small in terms of tonnage, high age and slow speed compared to the container lines of foreign firms. Vietnam has only two shipping lines ranked among the top 100 container shipping lines in the world, namely East Sea and Vinalines, but also in relatively low rankings. Most of Vietnam’s container ships only run on domestic routes such as Hai Phong – Da Nang – Ho Chi Minh City under the protection of the Government. Only very few firms have vessels running to transshipment ports of Singapore and Hong Kong but the frequency is also very limited. Meanwhile, the pressure of competition on international routes for Vietnamese shipping lines is increasing. These shipping lines operate mainly under three forms: Vietnamese companies acting as agents, joint-venture companies or companies with 100% foreign capital. From the above analysis, the Vietnamese shipping fleet still has many limitations in terms of transport volume, fleet structure and ownership structure as well as transport routes. In order to develop the type of goods transport by sea commensurate with the potential and advantages, besides the solutions for planning the seaport system, investing in port infrastructure, reforming administrative procedures in ports, the Government and Vietnamese shipping enterprises need to consider the development of the fleet as one of the important and urgent solutions.
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