Vietnam introduces tough weight rules for containers on roads and ports

May.23--THE Vietnamese government has implemented a law that dictates the total weight for TEUs and FEUs cannot exceed 20 tons including the weight of the container.

This law is applicable on road transport movements to and from a port in Vietnam, reports the British International Freight Association (BIFA) newsletter.

Advice being received is that enforcement will be rigorous. Mobile weighbridges have been deployed on highways across Vietnam and to date 800 trucks have been fined for being overweight.

Local truckers are now informing their customers of this new legislation, due to strict enforcement by the Vietnamese local authorities, which has led to successful prosecutions of drivers in breach of the law.

This has caused congestion around ports as overweight containers are being re-stuffed. The party stuffing the container is responsible to ensure the weight complies with the legislation,N said the BIFA newsletter.