Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING
Technical Report No. 8 PORT AND SHIPPING
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.