A view of Gemalink International Port, the country’s deepest and largest deep-water seaport, at the Cai Mep - Thi Vai port cluster in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province The port cluster in the province’s Phu My town is an important internationaltransit port, contributing greatly to the country’s socio-economic development.
The corporation said the port cluster had reached over 90 percent of itsdesigned capacity.
The upgrade could help operating seaports at the port cluster receive largecontainer vessels and service ships.
By 2023, the port cluster’s capacity is expected to increase by 53 percentcompared to 2020.
In the last five years, the volume of goods passing through the port clustergrew at an average of 20.3 percent per year.
In the first six months of the year, the total volume of goods passing throughthe port cluster reached more than 54.4 million tonnes, a year-on-yearincrease of 16 percent.
Of the total, the volume of container cargo was estimated at more than 4.5million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 41 percent over the same periodlast year.
In January, Gemalink International Port’s first phase opened at Cai Mep - Thi Vaiport cluster, with an annual capacity of 1.5 million TEUs, raising the portcluster’s annual capacity to 8.3 million TEUs.
Last year the port cluster handled cargo amounting to 7.75 million TEUs,equivalent to 91 percent of its designed capacity, according to the VietnamMaritime Administration.
Only eight transport routes were linked to the Cai Mep - Thi Vai port cluster in2013.
There are now 32 transport routes connecting to the ports, including 25international routes and seven domestic routes.
The volume of goods is expected to increase in the coming time because ofgrowth in trade and cargo volume in service routes connecting Cai Mep - Thi Vaiport cluster and other continents such as Europe and America, and Intra AsiaPacific shipping routes.
Construction work is being sped up on several transport projects to improveconnections between the port cluster and other localities in the region, suchas Bien Hoa-Vung Tau and Ben Luc - Long Thanh expressways, Phuoc Hoa - Vung TauRoute, and an inter-port road.
Cai Mep - Thi Vai port cluster began operating in 2009. It is expected to bedeveloped into an export and import gateway for the southern key economicregion and a world-class seaport hub by 2045./.
VNA
