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Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING

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II-5-14<br />

Vietnam National Transport Strategy Study (VITRANSS)<br />

<strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>No</strong>. 8<br />

Shipping and Ports<br />

ports cannot receive vessels more than 20,000 DWT although<br />

intraregional trunk shipping services are mainly provided by vessels of<br />

30,000-50,000 DWT. Therefore a large general port here is expected to<br />

be a gateway seaport in southern Vietnam.<br />

So far, there are three port candidates, namely, Phu My (Thi Vai), Cai Mep,<br />

Ben Dinh-Sao Mai (Vung Tau). The first two ports will not be enough to<br />

meet port demand in 2020, although they may be the fast and economical<br />

solutions to meet port demand in 2010.<br />

Table 5.3.1<br />

Candidates for Ba Ria-Vung Tau Gateway Port<br />

Promoting<br />

Organization<br />

Water Depth<br />

along Access<br />

Channel<br />

Vessel Traffic Difficult due to narrow<br />

Management waterway<br />

Ultimate Port 14 million tons/year<br />

Capacity<br />

with a berth length of<br />

2,000m<br />

Construction Cost Economical due to<br />

riverside<br />

Phu My (Thi Vai) Cai Mep<br />

Ben Dinh Sao Mai<br />

(Vung Tau)<br />

VINAMARINE Belgium Formerly Evergreen<br />

9 - 12 meters 9 - 12 meters 15 – 16 meters<br />

Slightly difficult due to<br />

river entrance<br />

4 million tons/year with<br />

a berth length of 900m<br />

Economical due to<br />

riverside<br />

Easy<br />

<strong>No</strong> limitation because of<br />

possible reclamation<br />

Expensive due to<br />

protection facilities<br />

against waves<br />

In developing a gateway seaport, the following should be duly considered:<br />

• Allocation of enough capacity on water and on land,<br />

• Provision of sufficient and efficient access transport with HCMC, and<br />

• Concentrated investment on the best site from the long-term and<br />

subregional (including Cambodia) viewpoint.<br />

Therefore the proposed development scenario is as follows:<br />

Up to 2005: The Master Plan Study on the South Vietnam Port System<br />

will be conducted with technical assistance from JICA to identify the best<br />

port site among the Vung Tau-Thi Vai port candidate sites. A detailed port<br />

engineering design will be determined for the selected site.<br />

Up to 2010: Several berths will be constructed to handle 10 million tons of<br />

cargo, mostly containerized.<br />

Up to 2020: A full-scale general port will be in operation consisting of<br />

exclusive container berths, specialized and general cargo berths to<br />

handle 30 million tons of cargo and to accommodate large inter-regional<br />

liner vessels.

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