Seven deep-water seaports built by Cai Mep in southern province of Ba Ria

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LONDON: Seven deep-water seaports have been built by the Cai Mep – Thi Vai Port Group in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau in the past few years at a total cost of VND40 trillion .
However, Saigon International Terminals Vietnam (SITV), SP-PSA International Port, Tan Cang – Cai Mep Container Terminal (TCCT), Tan Cang – Cai Mep International Terminal (TCIT), Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT), Tan Cang – Cai Mep ODA Terminal (TCOT), and SSIT, a Joint Venture of SSA Holdings International – Vietnam, Saigon Port, and Vinalines operate at less than 20 per cent of capacity even after cargo volumes rose by 15-20 per cent annually to 1.16 million TEUs last year.
In the first year after they became operational, each port saw 16 large vessels leave with cargo for European and American ports every week. However, after those exploratory trips, shipping lines had to reduce the number of direct trips because of a shortage of cargo for transport.
In 2012 they reduced the number to eight vessels per week.
Now, following agreements between local firms and international shipping lines, the number of direct trips transporting goods from Ba Ria – Vung Tau to European and American ports has increased again.
A spokesman for CMIT Port said three vessels sail directly to the US each week, and a new route to Europe is expected to be established later this year.
Tan Cang (New Port) Corp. said its vessels make 13 trips a week to American, European and Asian ports.
Tran Van Danh, head of Ba Ria – Vung Tau customs, said, “Only a few of these ports have received containers for handling; other items such as farm produce and steel are sent by bulk cargo.”
Some of the ports have not seen any container ships berth yet, he said.
The manager of a shipping line said only 10-20 per cent of the cargo destined for the US and Europe are transported directly from Ba Ria – Vung Tau, while the others are transported from a transit port abroad. This means cargo is carried from HCM City ports to Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong or Shanghai before being loaded on bigger vessels destined for the US and Europe.