LookAtVietnam – Moving and shipping companies are losing dozens of contracts because of a Government regulation that bans container trucks weighing more than 30 tonnes

Weight limitations are in effect in Dong Nai, where 45-year-old roads connect to the southern province of Binh Duong and to HCM City.

The deputy minister said that the load capacity of trucks could not be limited on newly built bridges, but weaker and older ones should be reported to the ministry for inspection.

Chairman Hung said that up to 80 per cent of containers of imports range from 20 to 30 tonnes in load, pushing up the total weight of trucks to 36-45 tonnes.

Truck companies that violate the road ban are asked to shed the extra containers. They are fined VND3-5 million (US$170-300), and their driving licences revoked for 60 days.

Hung said the maximum-load roadsigns put up by the Viet Nam Road Administration were not in line with the Ministry of Transport’s designation of 32 roads and bridges that can support heavier loads.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News