Can Gio int’l transit terminal hoped to come into being by 2030
An international transit terminal project in Can Gio district, Ho Chi Minh City, has been proposed to start in 2024 and have its first phase put into use in 2027.
Hanoi (VNA) – An international transit terminal project in Can Gio district,Ho Chi Minh City, has been proposed to start in 2024 and have its first phaseput into use in 2027.
As thecargo volume handled at seaports in HCM City is forecast to be 60 milliontonnes higher than their capacity by 2030, the southern metropolis wants toaccelerate the construction of this 5.3 billion USD terminal, which is expectedto create a breakthrough in sea-based economic activities for not only the citybut also the entire Vietnam, according to the Lao dong (Labour) daily.
BuiHoa An, Deputy Director of the municipal Transport Department, was quoted by the newspaper as saying the cargovolume handled at local seaports stood at over 164.19 million tonnes in 2021. Withan annual growth rate of 3.8%, it is forecast to approximate 230 million tonnesby 2030 while the capacity of existing facilities by that time is only 170million tonnes.
Given this,it is necessary to build a new terminal in Can Gio in the 2021 - 2030 period tocater for the sea freight growth before and after 2030, he reportedly noted.
PhamAnh Tuan, General Director of the Portcoast Consultant Corporation, said theCan Gio international transit terminal is set to have 7.2km of wharves andcover some 570ha. It will be able to handle the world’s largest container ships(24,000 twenty-foot equivalentunits) at present.
The projectwill be implemented in sevenphases, the first of which is hoped to start in 2024 and become operational in2027 while the last is set to be put into service in 2045.
The official said that once operational, the terminalwill contribute about 9 trillion VND (379.6 million USD) to the budget eachyear and create 7,000 jobs.
Not only giving a boost to socio-economicdevelopment in Can Gio district, it is also expected to help HCM City sustainits role as a logistics centre of the region and Asia and become aninternational financial hub./.
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