Opening the peak period of water safety inspection

The delegation checked the life-saving equipment on the An Binh ferry.

Implementing the plan to ensure traffic safety and order in inland waterways, on August 4, an inter-sectoral inspection team including Traffic Inspectors, Traffic Police, Registry and Vinh Long Inland Waterway Police conducted an inspection to ensure safety. traffic safety order at passenger terminals, passenger vehicles across the river and a number of cargo waterways in Vinh Long city.

At the passenger wharf across the An Binh river - Vinh Long city, the interdisciplinary inspection team inspected the passenger wharf, vehicles, life-saving tools and conditions of vehicles, drivers and traffic safety assurance for passengers. when getting on and off the vehicle as well as in the process of crossing the river.

After the inspection, the delegation reminded vehicle owners to strictly comply with regulations on traffic safety inland waterways; the captain, crew and staff of the passenger terminal should be responsible for guiding passengers to get on and off the vehicle in an orderly and safe manner and reminding passengers to wear life jackets and buoyancy devices during the river crossing; need to change the life jackets, life jackets, buoyancy tools, fire extinguishers... which have expired; especially do not carry cars because the passenger terminal is not eligible to get on and off cars; reduce the load, reduce the number of passengers crossing the river from 20% in the rainy and stormy season, compared to the regulations in the business license.

At inland waterways, cargo terminals, the delegation inspected business licenses, business conditions, wharfs, cargo cranes, buoys, inland waterway signs, etc., and conditions to ensure Waterway traffic safety.

The inspection aimed to coordinate forces, synchronize appropriate solutions and measures to effectively implement the work of ensuring traffic safety and order. From now until the end of the year, the inter-sectoral task force will, in turn, inspect all river-crossing passenger terminals and cargo ports throughout the province.

News, photos: HUNG HAU