BASIC DATA ON MARITIME TRANSPORT OF VIETNAM
1. Role of Maritime Transport
1.1 Volume of Freight Traffic by Transport Sectors and Marine Transport* in Vietnam
Year |
Million Tons |
Total |
Domestic |
Overseas |
Others |
Marine |
Others |
Marine |
Others |
Marine |
1996 |
100.1 |
7.511 |
94 |
2.065 |
6.1 |
5.446 |
1997 |
112.3 |
11.440 |
100 |
2.292 |
12.3 |
9.148 |
1998 |
118.9 |
12.866 |
113 |
3.412 |
5.9 |
9.453 |
1999 |
126.4 |
15.085 |
119.6 |
4.587 |
6.8 |
10.497 |
2000 |
135.4 |
18.775 |
128.2 |
5.665 |
7.2 |
13.110 |
Year |
Million Tons.Km |
Total |
Domestic |
Ovearseas |
Others |
Marine |
Others |
Marine |
Others |
Marine |
1996 |
29,100 |
20,462 |
9,900 |
1,807 |
19,200 |
18,397 |
1997 |
34,400 |
25,682 |
10,300 |
1,690 |
24,100 |
35,570 |
1998 |
32,700 |
27,825 |
13,100 |
4,093 |
19,600 |
23,688 |
1999 |
35,500 |
30,961 |
16,400 |
4,185 |
19,100 |
26,775 |
2000 |
38,500 |
29,710 |
17,900 |
3,996 |
20,600 |
25,713 |
Note: *: Volume of cargoes transpoted by Vietnamese merchant fleet only
1.2 Volume of Passenger by Type of Transport
Year |
Total
(thousand per.) |
Maritime Transport
(thosand per.) |
Inland waterway
(thousand per.) |
Railway
(thousand per.) |
Roadway
(thousand per.) |
1996 |
635,855.981 |
55.981 |
117,900 |
8,500 |
509,400 |
1997 |
682,064.296 |
64.296 |
124,700 |
9,300 |
548,000 |
1998 |
722,347.683 |
47.683 |
127,800 |
9,700 |
584,800 |
1999 |
760,419.875 |
119.875 |
126,300 |
9,300 |
624,700 |
2000 |
795,799.786 |
199.786 |
130,200 |
9,700 |
655,700 |
2. Vietnamese Merchant Fleets
2.1 Vietnamese Merchant Fleet in Type of Gross Tonage
  |
Under 100GT |
100 - 500GT |
500 -
under 1000GT |
1000GT and Above |
Total |
Number of Vessel |
65 |
369 |
171 |
145 |
750 |
Total of GT |
3,909 |
101,852 |
57,327 |
799,812 |
962,900 |
2.2 Vietnamese Merchant Fleet in Types of Vessel
No. |
Type of Vessel |
Number of
Vessel |
% |
Total of GT
(GT) |
% |
Total of DWT
(DWT) |
% |
1 |
Container |
10 |
1 |
88,349 |
8 |
101,639 |
7 |
2 |
General Cargo |
457 |
67 |
605,007 |
55 |
929,648 |
61 |
3 |
Tanker |
46 |
7 |
172,663 |
17 |
215,155 |
14 |
4 |
Other |
167 |
25 |
222,277 |
20 |
269,212 |
18 |
5 |
Total |
680 |
100 |
1,088,296 |
100 |
1,515,654 |
100 |
2.3 Vietnamese Merchant Fleet in Type of Shipowners
NO. |
Shipowner Group |
Number of
Shipowners |
% |
Number of Vessel |
Total of GT
(GT) |
Total of DWT
(OWT) |
1 |
StateOwners |
71 |
45 |
362 |
775,112 |
1,090,871 |
2 |
Provincial Owners |
41 |
26 |
107 |
185,789 |
249,001 |
3 |
Private Owners |
46 |
29 |
211 |
127,297 |
175,782 |
4 |
Total |
158 |
100 |
680 |
1,088,296 |
1,515,654 |
2.4 Volume of Cargoes Transported by Vietnamese Merchant Fleet
  |
  |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Total Volume Cargoes |
T
TEU
1000TKm |
7,511,759
20,462,009 |
11,440,576
25,682,446 |
12,866,309
454,964
27,825,005 |
15,085,197
415,478
30,961,832 |
18,775,778
557,979
29,710,593 |
Volume of International
Transport Cargoes |
T
TEU
1000TKm |
5,446,681
18,397,021 |
9,148,000
303,250
35,570,750 |
9,453,535
438,964
23,688,454 |
10,497,284
371,096
26,775,455 |
13,110,155
425,690
25,713,920 |
Volume of Domestic
Transport Cargoes |
T
TEU
1000TKm |
2,065,078
1,807,219 |
2,292,576
1,690,226 |
3,412,774
16,000
4,093,103 |
4,587,913
44,382
4,185,927 |
5,665,623
132,289
3,996,673 |
3. Vietnamese Seafarers
3.1 Number of Vietnamese Seafarers up to December 1998
Number of Captain
(GT) |
Number of Engineering Officers
(KW) |
> 3,000 |
500 -
3000 |
100 -
500 |
< 100 |
> 3,000 |
750 -
3,000 |
150 -
750 |
< 150 |
138 |
80 |
111 |
84 |
170 |
50 |
63 |
52 |
Deck
Officer |
Eng.
Officer |
Electri
cal
Officer |
Radio
Officer |
Sallers |
Total |
  |
778 |
711 |
195 |
188 |
4147 |
6767 |
3.2 Number of Certificate Issued from 1990 to 2000
(a) Desk Officers
Year |
>3,000 GT |
500-3,000 GT |
100 - < 500GT |
<100 GT |
Total |
Capt. |
C/O |
2/O |
3/O |
Capt. |
C/O |
2/O |
3/O |
Capt. |
C/O |
2/O |
3/O |
Capt. |
C/O |
(Per.) |
1990 |
25 |
17 |
23 |
55 |
302 |
23 |
60 |
119 |
203 |
1 |
3 |
  |
59 |
  |
890 |
1991 |
19 |
56 |
63 |
117 |
132 |
107 |
147 |
295 |
311 |
2 |
5 |
  |
348 |
3 |
1,605 |
1992 |
9 |
16 |
29 |
42 |
97 |
42 |
82 |
209 |
178 |
10 |
5 |
  |
130 |
11 |
860 |
1993 |
0 |
20 |
27 |
47 |
0 |
22 |
66 |
145 |
52 |
6 |
2 |
  |
53 |
9 |
449 |
1994 |
12 |
36 |
51 |
76 |
6 |
14 |
41 |
44 |
50 |
4 |
8 |
  |
30 |
3 |
375 |
1995 |
30 |
38 |
52 |
42 |
12 |
20 |
30 |
31 |
33 |
10 |
10 |
17 |
202 |
31 |
558 |
1996 |
29 |
50 |
62 |
51 |
13 |
24 |
43 |
32 |
43 |
3 |
20 |
3 |
172 |
17 |
562 |
1997 |
22 |
62 |
56 |
50 |
6 |
11 |
14 |
16 |
24 |
16 |
15 |
1 |
126 |
25 |
444 |
1998 |
35 |
32 |
35 |
43 |
16 |
12 |
14 |
10 |
54 |
4 |
10 |
5 |
112 |
101 |
483 |
Total |
181 |
327 |
398 |
523 |
584 |
275 |
497 |
901 |
948 |
56 |
78 |
26 |
1,232 |
200 |
6,226 |
  |
508 |
921 |
589 |
1,398 |
1,004 |
104 |
1,432 |
  |
1999 |
33 |
19 |
30 |
4 |
5 |
  |
  |
40 |
  |
  |
22 |
153 |
2000 |
99 |
134 |
  |
  |
58 |
  |
  |
52 |
343 |
Total |
659 |
1,085 |
868 |
1,398 |
1102 |
104 |
1,506 |
6,722 |
(b) Engineering Officers
Year |
> 3,000 KW |
750 - 3,000 KW |
150 - < 750 KW |
<150 KW |
Total(Per.) |
C/E |
1/E |
2/E |
3/E |
C/E |
1/E |
2/E |
3/E |
C/E |
1/E |
2/E |
3/E |
C/E |
1/E |
1990 |
24 |
22 |
33 |
42 |
134 |
23 |
41 |
91 |
245 |
12 |
30 |
4 |
40 |
1 |
742 |
1991 |
42 |
44 |
33 |
75 |
44 |
32 |
49 |
77 |
365 |
14 |
72 |
  |
223 |
7 |
1,077 |
1992 |
8 |
15 |
30 |
35 |
26 |
24 |
33 |
85 |
135 |
24 |
65 |
  |
78 |
13 |
571 |
1993 |
1 |
11 |
19 |
46 |
11 |
15 |
21 |
42 |
65 |
17 |
56 |
2 |
47 |
16 |
369 |
1994 |
5 |
9 |
31 |
51 |
15 |
11 |
19 |
30 |
25 |
12 |
24 |
  |
21 |
4 |
257 |
1995 |
18 |
26 |
38 |
49 |
11 |
9 |
21 |
23 |
19 |
6 |
23 |
  |
108 |
20 |
371 |
1996 |
  |
44 |
70 |
30 |
1 |
15 |
20 |
19 |
14 |
5 |
20 |
  |
91 |
10 |
339 |
1997 |
48 |
38 |
26 |
28 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
15 |
4 |
11 |
  |
121 |
10 |
327 |
1998 |
15 |
39 |
61 |
40 |
0 |
3 |
12 |
9 |
11 |
9 |
10 |
  |
72 |
17 |
298 |
Total |
161 |
248 |
341 |
396 |
247 |
138 |
223 |
386 |
896 |
103 |
311 |
6 |
807 |
98 |
  |
435 |
737 |
385 |
609 |
999 |
317 |
905 |
4,387 |
1999 |
20 |
19 |
22 |
4 |
4 |
  |
  |
22 |
6 |
  |
8 |
60 |
165 |
2000 |
41 |
  |
91 |
  |
11 |
25 |
14 |
182 |
Total |
515 |
759 |
484 |
609 |
1,038 |
342 |
987 |
4,734 |
4 Ports
4.1 Volume of Cargoes Handled at Vietnamese Port
contents |
unit |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Volume of Cagoes |
Ton |
36,656,377 |
45,760,326 |
56,899,006 |
72,782,392 |
83,043,013 |
1.Container : |
TEU |
464,849 |
760,610 |
799,665 |
950,138 |
1,147,572 |
-Export |
T |
  |
6,673,656 |
7,880,497 |
11,471,297 |
11,685,010 |
TEU |
225,527 |
381,399 |
375,674 |
440,293 |
497,332 |
-Import |
T |
  |
3,222,062 |
3,079,023 |
5,100,200 |
3,858,980 |
TEU |
239,322 |
372,313 |
381,817 |
448,896 |
512,958 |
-Domestic |
T |
  |
3,417,957 |
4,332,855 |
5,802,185 |
5,791,324 |
TEU |
  |
6,898 |
42,174 |
60,949 |
137,282 |
T |
  |
33,637 |
468,619 |
568,912 |
2,034,706 |
2. Liquid Cargo : |
Ton |
15,510,642 |
18,126,710 |
21,889,442 |
26,813,396 |
28,640,459 |
-Export |
  |
9,778,933 |
11,785,583 |
15,434,869 |
14,944,909 |
-Import |
  |
6,329,780 |
7,925,973 |
7,949,591 |
7,999,199 |
-Domestic |
  |
2,017,988 |
2,177,886 |
3,428,909 |
5,696,431 |
3.General Cargo : |
  |
17,522,766 |
20,927,308 |
23,123,193 |
28,024,658 |
32,994,325 |
-Export |
  |
8,180,911 |
7,925,222 |
9,080,873 |
10,206,620 |
-Import |
  |
7,537,763 |
7,748,009 |
8,595,538 |
9,327,455 |
-Domestic |
  |
5,208,634 |
7,449,926 |
10,348,247 |
13,460,250 |
4.Transists Cargo |
Ton |
2,085,160 |
3,150,506 |
4,038,619 |
6,473,041 |
9,091,585 |
5.Foreign Passengers |
Per |
55,981 |
64,296 |
47,683 |
119,875 |
199,786 |
4.2 Volume of Cargoes Handled at Five Vietnamese bigest Ports in year 2000
No. |
Name of Port |
Total (Ton) |
Type of Cargoes |
Export |
Import |
Domestic |
Container (TEU) |
1 |
Hai Phong |
7,646,643 |
1,233,892 |
3,586,396 |
2,825,355 |
218,886 |
2 |
Sai Gon |
9,700,968 |
3,087,993 |
4,527,410 |
2,085,565 |
237,335 |
3 |
Quang Ninh |
1,533,130 |
287,511 |
436,238 |
809,381 |
13,155 |
4 |
Da Nang |
1,410,607 |
421,617 |
333,516 |
655,474 |
22,955 |
5 |
Can Tho |
363,951 |
226,842 |
99,338 |
37,771 |
4,384 |
  |
Total |
20,655,299 |
5,257,855 |
8,982,898 |
6,413,546 |
496,715 |
(b) Number of Foreign and National flag Vessels Entering Vietnamese Ports
Year |
Total Number of vessel |
GT |
DWT |
1999 |
30,543 |
121,993,902 |
176,282,314 |
2000 |
38,830 |
152,060,758 |
212,681,433 |
Year |
National Flag Vessel |
Number of Vessel |
GT |
DWT |
1999 |
12,843 |
19,928,287 |
29,797,264 |
2000 |
16,851 |
37,259,522 |
53,738,620 |
Year |
Foreign Flag Vessel |
Number of Vessel |
GT |
DWT |
1999 |
17,657 |
102,048,110 |
150,975,532 |
2000 |
21,892 |
114,830,561 |
521,486,350 |
5 Occurrence of Marine Disasters and Marine Pollutions
(1) Recent Maritime Disasters Occurred in Vietnamese Territoral Water or Involving Vietnamese Flag Vessels
Year |
Number of Disasters |
Number of Dead |
Number of
Injured |
Serious |
Heavy |
Light |
Total |
1996 |
30 |
41 |
44 |
115 |
21 |
11 |
1997 |
16 |
36 |
35 |
87 |
26 |
11 |
1998 |
20 |
17 |
31 |
68 |
18 |
14 |
1999 |
22 |
37 |
58 |
117 |
11 |
8 |
2000 |
23 |
36 |
61 |
120 |
12 |
13 |
(2) Recent Marine Pollutions Occurred in Vietnamese Territorial Waters or Involving Vietnamese Flag Vessels
Date |
Location |
Spilled Oil |
Amount of Oil (Tom) |
10 Aug. 1989 |
Qui Nhon |
FO |
200 |
26 Nov. 1992 |
Bach Ho |
Crude oil |
700 |
20 Sep. 1993 |
Vung Tau |
Fuel & Diesel oil |
200 |
8 May 1994 |
Sai Gon |
Fuel oil |
130 |
3 Oct. 1994 |
Cat lai |
Diesel oil |
1,850 |
27 Jan. 1996 |
Cat Lai |
Diesel oil |
72 |
16 Aug. 1998 |
Nha Be |
Diesel oil |
180 |
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