Vietnam Firm to Start Building VND4.55T Int’l Port End-Jun

Sao Bien International Port Joint Stock Company is seeking contractors for a VND4.55 trillion (US$239.46 million) international port whose construction is slated for the end of June.

The Sao Bien International Port will cover 68 ha at the My Xuan-Thi Vai port complex in Tan Thanh district in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau.

The port will include a wharf designed to welcome 30,000 DWT ships, a 214,550-s.q.m container depot and a 240,046-s.q.m general depot.

Once operational in the fourth quarter of 2011, the port can handle one million TEU of cargo and half a million tons of general cargo.

Ba Ria-Vung Tau now has two international seaports namely Tan Cang-Cai Mep and SP-PSA.

Tags: Sao Bien International Port, Vietnam ports, Vietnam transport

Posted by VBN on May 24 2010. Filed under Transportation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry