Vietnam's Vinalines to build seaports, berths nationwide

Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) plans to build a range of major seaport developments nationwide with some of the projects involving foreign direct investment, reports Vietnam Economic Times.

First will be the construction of the Van Phong international transit seaport in the central province of Khanh Hoa, which will have an annual cargo handling capacity of 300 million tonnes and cater to ships weighing up to 400,000 tonnes, said the report. Construction of the Lach Huyen deepwater port in the northern city of Hai Phong is also scheduled to begin during the first three months of the year, along with the building of five new berths for ships of up to 20,000 tons at Hai Phong's Dinh Vu port.
A groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of berths 2, 3 and 4 at Cai Lan port in northern Quang Ninh province is also slated to be held this quarter. Berths 2, 3, and 4 will be designed to receive 40,000-ton ships, the report said. Vinalines also intends to cooperate with US and Danish firms to build two container berths at Cai Mep-Thi Vai port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and one container port in Ben Dinh-Sao Mai. The report did not specify when construction on these two projects would begin. However, between this year and 2011, the cooperation with overseas investors is expected to be extended to cover the construction of a further two container berths in Ba Ngoi port on the Cam Ranh Gulf in central Khanh Hoa province, as well as a seaport in the Son Tra peninsula in central Da Nang province, said the Vietnam Economic Times.

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