Vietnamese seaports plan for growth

Vietnamese seaports are expected to handle between 500 and 600 million tonnes of cargo by 2015, with a projection to reach between 900 and 1,100 million tonnes in 2020. The country’s ultimate aim is to handle 2,100 million tonnes by 2030.

To achieve this, Vietnam will focus on developing deep-water seaports, especially the Vân Phong international transhipment port in the central province of Khánh Hòa, which can handle container ships of up to 15,000 teu.

Between now and 2015, investment priority will be given to three ports - Vân Phong, the northern port of Lạch Huy in Hải Phòng, and at the Nghi Sơn Petrochemical Complex in the central province of Thanh Hóa.

Plans are also in place to upgrade the Nha Trang seaport to accommodate vessels up to 100,000 GRT, and the Cần Thơ seaport to be able to handle vessels up to 20,000 DWT.

Throughput growth in the country’s northern ports is expected to reach 163m tonnes by 2020, with those located in the northern central region estimated to achieve 152m tonnes.

Vietnam will look to source investment for the development programme internally and from overseas, including public-private partnerships.

(Source: Container Managerment)