The vessels crossing rivers are inspected
There are quite a few ferries transporting
passengers between Vinh Cuu district and Binh Duong province with a large,
stable, and regular number of passengers. Ba Mieu ferry port as well as other 8
ferry terminals across the Dong Nai river in Vinh Cuu district bringing a large
number of workers to and from industrial zones in Dong Nai and Binh Duong
provinces. To ensure the absolute safety for passengers, Vinh Cuu’s traffic
inspection forces regularly disseminate propaganda information to vessel owners
to remind passengers of being serious enough to wear jackets and hold floating
tools as they board ferries, and so on. The inspection indicated that some
people have still underestimated the wearing of life jackets, and that vessel
owners do not usually remind their passengers of complying with safety measures,
which has been reminded of by functional forces and pledge to say no to later
violations.
Particularly in Bien Hoa city, waterway traffic
police forces and Dong Nai’s Public Security also conduct regular patrol and
control to observe the provisions of the Law on Inland Waterway Traffic of the
owners of vessels transporting passengers across rivers, technical safety of
vessels, registration and calibration of vessels and certificates related to
vessel drivers, safety equipment, and disseminated propaganda information to
remind and ask people to wear life jackets and use floating tools to ensure
their safety when crossing the river. Also, it is essential to strictly handle
violations to ensure the safety of water traffic during the rainy and flood
season.
Long Thanh district with the existing system of
road, waterways and railways and airways, is home to many arterial traffic hubs
of the country and of the southern key economic region. This is an advantage for
the district to continue to invest in local traffic, and create momentum for its
economic acceleration. Also, Long Thanh district has actively implemented
propaganda measures to ensure traffic safety during the rainy season;
communicate with and remind people of wearing life jackets on ferries and boats
and when using waterways.
The temporary ferry terminals are inspected
The report of the provincial Traffic Safety
Committee said, in the first 6 months of 2020 there have been 2 accidents on the
route, which killed one victim, up by 1 case over the same period in 2019.
Particularly, functional forces have issued nearly 1,300 decisions to deal with
administrative violations related to waterway traffic safety, and paid over
VND1.3 billion VND to the state treasury. To ensure the safety of waterway
traffic in the last months of the year, in addition to the efforts of functional
agencies in disseminating propaganda activities, conducting patrol and handling
violations, the awareness of vessel owners need to be improved and people’s
active cooperation is essentially needed.
Duy Minh (Dieu Linh)