PM Expects Cai Mep-Thi Vai Deep-water Port System On Par With Other Regional Peers

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits Gemalink port is the biggest project of deep sea container port in Cai Mep – Thi Vai area. Photo: VGP

He delegated the task during his inspection tour to the port system located in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province on March 20.

The Government chief also challenged subordinate level to develop the port system into a world-class seaport hub in the world by 2045.

Colonel Ngo Minh Thuan - General Director of the Saigon Newport Corporation reports to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc about the operation results of Tan Cang - Cai Mep port. Photo: VGP

The Cai Mep – Thi Vai port complex is a group of deep-water seaports with a combined length of over 20km, which account for over 30% of the country’s exports by containers, which are expected to be a trade gateway in South Viet Nam.

Gemalink is the biggest seaport in the Cai Mep-Thi Vai complex and one of the 19 big seaports in the world which is capable of receiving the world’s biggest cruise liners.

Built at a total investment of US$520 million in two phases, the port is equipped with ship-to-shore cranes designed and manufactured in Viet Nam. When the first phase of the port is inaugurated in May, it will run at at least 80% of its designed capacity this year and at full capacity from next year./.

By Thuy Dung