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Goods are loaded at Quy Nhon Seaport in Binh Dinh Province. The southern central coastal province aims to build a new seaport by 2020 to become a key economic centre in the area. — VNA/VNS Photo Dinh Hue |
The southern central coastal province of Binh Dinh aims at fostering the growth of existing ports and building a new seaport by 2020 to become one of the key economic centres of the area, officials said.
Promoting the positive potential of the Quy Nhon and Thi Nai ports is a key part of the strategy.
Le Minh Tien, deputy general director of Quy Nhon Port Holding Limited Liability Company, said the company had invested hundreds of billions of Vietnamese dong in recent years to upgrade and build new wharves, including container wharves.
They have also added 60-100 tonne cranes and expanded and built a storage system.
The company has improved its capacity in loading and unloading cargo from 12,000-17,000 tonnes a day to 21,000-25,000 tonnes, Tien added.
Turn-round of cargo has been shortened from four to five days to 1.5-2.5 days.
Quy Nhon port turnover reached 1 million tonnes of cargo in 1999, 2 million in 2003, 3 million in 2007, 4 million in 2009 and 5 million last year.
In the first half of this year, the port received 3.05 million tonnes of cargo.
Both Quy Nhon and Thi Nai ports handled over 3.372 million tonnes this year, up 22.5 per cent year-on-year.
The two ports are expected to achieve a record turnover of 6 million tonnes of cargo this year.
Nguyen Van Thien, Binh Dinh Provincial Party Committee Secretary, said the province would focus on investment in new seaports including Nhon Hoi, Dong Da and Tan Cang.
It expects to develop seaports to be able to handle cargo at 2-3 times higher than current capacity.
In the first phase (2011-15), VND90 billion (US$4.37 million) would be poured into upgrading ship-ways to receive cargo ships with weight capacity of 50,000 tonnes, Thien said.
Tan Cang Quy Nhon Company will invest VND500 billion ($24.3 million) to increase Quy Nhon port capacity for 30,000-tonne container ships, buy international equipment and build a 12-ha technological freight yard.
By the end of this phase, ports in Quy Nhon would be expected to handle over 10 million tonnes of cargo a year, Thien added.
Thien said the province was calling for investment into the 165-ha Nhon Hoi deep-water port for 30,000-tonne ship in the second phase (2015-20).
Also in the phase, a tariff port in Nhon Hoi Economic Zone will be built on an area of 119ha with a total port length of 2,117m to handle 20,000-30,000 tonnes of cargo ships.
The province will build a 937m-length port for 10,000-30,000 tonne ships.
It is also considering building Tam Quan Port in Hoai Nhon District and De Gi Port in Phu Cat District for 10,000-20,000-tonne ships.
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