Hai Phong

HAI PHONG: 20_ 52' N 106_ 41' E

OVERVIEW: The port has modern facilities and equipment and sufficient

infrastructure to meet all international modes of transport and trade.

LOCATION: 100 km. east of Hanoi on the Cua Cam River, one of the

main channels of the Red River Estuary.

CHARTS: BA Charts No. 1965 and 3875.

DOCUMENTS:

Arrival Procedure:

a) Arrival documents to be filled in or signed:

5 Cargo Manifests

5 Cargo Plans

Crew Effects Declaration (individual declaration)

8 Crew Lists

5 Dangerous Cargo Declarations

2 Declarations of Arrival

8 Lists of Articles Forbidden to be Used in Port

2 Maritime Declarations of Health

8 Passenger Lists

Passengers Personal Effects (individual declaration)

Phyto Quarantine Certificate

Phyto Sanitary and Fumigation Certificates

Ship’s Stores Manifest

Veterinary Certificate

Zoological Quarantine Declaration

Application for crew members and passengers shore passes (to be returned

before ship’s departure).

b) Arrival documents to be submitted to Port Authority:

Certificates of Competency of Officers and Engineers (for all officers on

board)

Certificates of Proficiency in Survival Craft

Foreign Currency Declaration and Invoices

International Certificate of Vaccination for Passengers and Crew

International Load Line Certificate

International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate

International Tonnage Certificate

Last Port Clearance

P&I Insurance Policy (all tankers)

Safety Equipment Certificate

Safety Radio Certificate

Seaman’s Passports or Seaman’s Books of Crew and Passports of

Passengers

Ship’s Derat (or Exemption) Certificate

Ship Nationality Certificate

Ship Safety Construction Certificate

Transit Cargo Manifest

Zoological and Botanical Transit Cargo Manifest

Departure Procedure:

6 Crew Lists and Passenger Lists (if changes)

2 Declaration of Departure

3 Maritime Declarations of Health

6 Outward Cargo Manifests

6 Personal Effects Declarations

ISPS COMPLIANCE: Port is compliant.

PFSO: No. 8A Tran Phu, Ngo Quyen District, Hai Phong City, Vietnam.

Tel: +84 (31) 385 9914. Fax: +84 (31) 551337.

MAX. SIZE: 50,000 d.w.t., LOA 200 m., beam 30.0 m., draft 7.5 m.

Tankers: Draft 14.0 m.

Also see ‘‘Agent’s Report’’ dated August 2003.

DENSITY: Low tide less sand, 1000, at berths.

PILOTAGE: Compulsory for all foreign vessels and Vietnamese vessels

over 2,000 g.t. Pilot boats are painted buff with a red stripe and a yellow star.

Contact pilot station on VHF Channels 9 and 16.

Pilot Station: Southward semi-circle having radius of 1 n.m. centred on

position Lat. 20_ 40.0' N, Long. 106_ 51.0' E.

PRATIQUE: See ‘‘General –Pratique’’ before first Vietnam port.

VHF: Port Authority on Channel 16, working Channels 6 and 10.

BULK FACILITIES: Hoang Dieu Terminal: Berths No. 6, 7,

9 and 10 have moveable bagging machines. Berths No. 6 – 11 can also

handle bulk cargo, (except coal), with manual bagging machine. Web: www.jardine-shipping.com

STEVEDORES: Ordered through Agent.

Stevedores work throughout 24 hours in four shifts, 0000 – 0600,

0600 – 1200, 1200 – 1800, 1800 – 2400 hrs.

Loading or discharging rates are those stipulated by charter party or by

agreement between cargo owners and the stevedoring companies.

Hatches: Opened/closed by ship’s crew, or by stevedores if requested.

Cargo Gear: Cargo handled by ship’s cranes or by shore cranes. Use of

shore cranes must be requested in advance.

AUTHORITY: Head Office: Haiphong Port Holding Ltd Liability Co, 8A

Tran Phu Street, Hai Phong City, Ngo Quyen District, Vietnam.

Tel: +84 (31) 385 9456, 355 2049. Fax: +84 (31) 383 6943, 385 9973.

Email: haiphongport@hn.vnn.vn Web: www.haiphongport.com.vn

Contact: Port Director.

Port Office: Maritime Administration of Hai Phong, No. 01A Minh Khai,

Hong Bang Street, Hai Phong City, Vietnam. Tel: +84 (31) 384 2682.

Fax: +84 (31) 384 2634. Email: cangvu.hpg@vinamarine.gov.vn

Web: www.cangvuhaiphong.com.vn Contact: Vu Hong Quang, Harbour

Master. Email: brightvu2009@gmail.com

AGENT: Vosco Agency & Logistics (VOSAL), 215 Lach Tray Street, Hai

Phong City, Vietnam. Tel: +84 (31) 373 1441, 373 1979. Fax: +84 (31)

382 9086. Telex: 311251, 311215 VOSCO VT. Email: vosal@vosco.vn

Web: www.vosco.vn