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First ship docks at Tan Cang-Cai Mep deep-water port
The Tan Cang-Cai Mep Joint-Stock Company has organised a ceremony to welcome the first ship to dock at a deep-water port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on June 3.
The ship, named MOL Premium, is owned by a major Japanese marine transport company, Mitsui O.S.K Lines, and is the largest ship ever to enter the dock in Vietnam. The ship has the length of 249 metres with a capacity of 6,350 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) and is capable of carrying the total weight of 73,000 tonnes.
The first stage of this seaport was implemented in January 2007 with a total in investment capital of VND 1,200 billion.
After two years of construction, the seaport now boasts four wharves with the main wharf being 300 metres long amd 45.5 metres wide and a sea depth of -15.8 metres in front of it can receive ships of up to 80.000 tonnes. The total capacity in the first stage of the seaport is 650.000 TEU a year.
The seaport is linked with Tan Cang Cat Lai and other inland clearance depots (ICD) in Ho Chi Minh City, Bien Hoa and Binh Duong to create a complete linkage system serving transport demand in these areas.
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