Context
Objectives of the report
Scope and methodology
Key data sources
Structure of the report
Demand for waterborne and multimodal transport
Size and historical growth patterns of IWT and coastal shipping
Growth projections for IWT and coastal shipping
Commodity tonnage and tonnage distribution by mode
Inland and coastal shipping lengths of haul
Main freight flows
Regional routes and modal competition
Primary intra- and interregional corridors
Red River delta region
Mekong delta
Coastal shipping
Corridor 1: Hanoi, Haiphong, Quang Ninh
Corridor 2: Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh
Corridor 3: Hanoi, Ninh Binh
Corridor 1: HCMC northwest
Corridor 3: HCMC southwest
Container transport in the Mekong delta
IWT market structure
Shipping companies
Coastal shipping
Shipping volumes
Container flows
Containerized cargo (domestic cargo)
Ccontainerized cargo (feeder cargo)
Sea-river transport
Market structure for coastal shipping
Vinalines
Competitive position of IWT and coastal shipping
Competitive position of IWT
Competitive position of coastal shipping
Supply chains and logistics costs in Vietnam
Conclusions on demand
Supply-side considerations: waterways, ports, and fleet
Institutional framework for the waterway and port sectors
Waterway infrastructure
Northern waterways
Southern waterways
Central region waterways
Technical classification of the waterways
Planned investments in waterways
The IWT master plan for 2020
Major channel projects
Ports
River ports
Planned investments in river ports
Seaports
Fleet
Fleet of river-going vessels
Fleet of sea-going vessels
Fleet of sea-river vessels
Modernization of IWT fleet
Conclusions on waterways, ports, and fleet
Modal differences in fuel efficiency and GHG emissions
Relative carbon intensity among transport modes
Main challenges and recommendations
Planning
Institutional/regulatory environment
Phsical bottlenecks
Lack of IWT hinders market development
Financing
Strategy and action plan
Estimated impact of public sector interventions in IWT and coastal shipping
Translating the IWT/coastal shipping strategy into tangible interventions
Methodology: translating interventions into impacts
Modal shift and emissions impact of the proposed interventions
CBA results
References
Appendix A: list of stakeholders interviewed
Appendix B: major waterway routes in the north and south
Appendix C: general considerations on DWT capacity increases in the national IWT fleet
Appendix D: cargo data and modal split model
Cargo flows for northern provinces: road transport in tons per day
Cargo flows for northern provinces: iwt in tons per day
Cargo flows for southern provinces: road transport in tons per day
Cargo flows for southern provinces: IWT in tons per day
Appendix E: detailed description of proposed interventions
Appendix F: detailed impacts of proposed interventions.