Nam Can Port (VNNCN)

The port is currently closed for commercial operations. Information for the port is retained should the port reopen.

Tropical.

Nam Can is situated in the most southerly part of Vietnam between the Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea.

LOA 65m, draught 7.0m, 5,000DWT.

Depth in the channel is approx 2.0m CD.

BA 3986.

Pilotage is compulsory. Pilot boards in position 08°42.1'N 105°17.1'E. The distance from pilot boarding area to the port is 21.7nm.

Max height 4.0m, min 3.2m.

None available although pilot boat (180hp) may be used. If required tugs can be hired from Vung Tau.

The dry season runs from Nov-Apr and the rainy season from May-Oct. The average temperature is approx 27°C with air humidity between 75-78%.

Radio:Communication is possible via Inmarsat. Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) coast radio station can be used for long range communication. VHF: Port: Ch 16 and 02.

Customs: Officers and crew have to declare their personal effects to Customs as required. This includes foreign exchange, accompanied baggage and goods. The Customs allowance for officers and crew are a max of 1.5 litres of alcohol, a max of 400 cigarettes, 50-100 cigars, a max of 100gm of tobacco. Penalties for non compliance are based upon individual circumstances. The bonded store will be sealed while a vessel stays in the port. A release of bonded goods may be permitted at any time subject to Customs approval and presence onboard. Crew/passenger are not allowed to sell or change their personal effects, which are already declared to customs, with local people. It is strictly prohibited to supply any bonded goods to shore personnel. The following are prohibited from import/export: Weapons, explosives, drugs, antiques, documents relating to national security, cultural articles which may cause harm to Vietnam morality.

The following documents are required on arrival by Customs, Immigration, Health, Harbour Master: ..... Copies For 1. 1 Harbour Master 2. 4 All parties 3. 7 All parties 4. 7 All parties 5. 2 Customs 6. 2 Customs 7. 3 Customs & Health 8. 2 Customs 9. 2 Customs 10. 2 Customs 11. 2 Customs 12. 2 Immigration 13. 7 Customs 14. 1 Customs 15. 1 Health 16. 1 Health 17. 1 Harbour Master Ship's documents submitted to Harbour Master as follows: 1. Ship Safety Construction Certificate 2. Ship Nationality certificate and Navigation Certificate 3. International Load Line Certificate 4. International Tonnage Certificate 5. Safety Radio Telephony Certificate 6. Safety Equipment Certificate 7. International vaccination certificates for crew/passengers 8. Ship Sanitation Control or Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate 9. Seaman's passport/Seaman Book of crew and passenger's passports 10. Transit Cargo Manifest 11. Zoological and Botanical Transit Cargo Manifest 12. Certificates of competency of officers and engineers 13. Certificates of Proficiency in Survival Craft 14. Foreign currency declaration and invoices 15. International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate. There are some other special forms to be completed which are delivered by the vessel's agent before or upon vessel's arrival at the pilot station. In the case of a cruise ship, vessel's agent must mail the Entry/Exit cards for passenger completion before arrival. If stowaways are onboard the Master must inform the Port Authority and vessel's agent 72, 36 and 24 hours prior to arrival with full details.

Initial ETA should be sent to the vessel's appointed agent on departure from last port. This message will be passed to the Harbour Master by the agent. Additional ETA's should be sent each 48 hours after departure from the last port and then 72, 36, 24, 12, 6 and 4 hours prior to arrival. The ETA message should contain: ..... 1. Vessel's name, port of registry, nationality, callsign, vessel type 2. Ship's particulars (DWT, GT, NT, etc) 3. Crew/passengers onboard and stowaways onboard, if any (this is very important) 4. Last Port of Call 5. LOA, breadth, draughts fore and aft, air restriction 6. Vessel's cargo gear and capacity of each 7. Quantity/quality of cargo, condition and property of goods 8. Other information concerning dangerous, over weight, over length cargo. In the 4 hour message, prior to arrival, the Master has to declare exact arrival time and health situation of crew members and passengers. Must also declare sickness or mortality onboard, if any. Owner's or charterers should also advise other relevant cargo related information to the vessel's nominated agent before arrival.

Vietnam regulations require vessels entering a Vietnamese port to display the Vietnam flag. If the vessel does not possess a Vietnamese flag, the Master can request the local agent to supply it on arrival at the pilot station. Penalty for non compliance is approx US$100-200.

The main/emergency radio transmitter and direction finder will be sealed when the vessel is in port. No direct communications are therefore possible so all messages must be routed through the vessel's agent.

Pratique cannot be applied for by radio. It is normally applied for after the Quarantine delegation have viewed all the vessel's documents related to health (such as Health Declaration, Vaccination books, Ship Sanitation Control Certificate) and granted. Ship Sanitation Control Certificate or Exemption Certificates may be renewed.

The NOR should be tendered when the vessel arrives at the pilot station.