Cai Mep-Thi Vai port receives giant container vessel
Deep-sea port SP-SSA International Terminal in the Cai Mep-Thi Vai port complex, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, said it recently received a 15,000-TEU container vessel, its biggest ever.
MSC Auriga arrives at the SP-SSA International Terminal, a deep-sea port in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province (Photo courtesy of SP-SSA International Terminal)
Hanoi (VNA) - Deep-sea port SP-SSA International Terminal in Cai Mep-Thi Vai port complex, southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, said itrecently received a 15,000-TEU container vessel, its biggest ever.
The ship, MSC Auriga, belonging to MSC shipping line offers direct containerservices to the US.
SP-SSA International Terminal is a joint venture established in 2006 by SSA Marine of Seattle in the US andtwo Vietnamese companies, Vinalines and Saigon Port.
Located in the downstream area of the Cai Mep River, it was built to handlelarge container vessels and is equipped with modern container handlingequipment, including the largest STS cranes in Vietnam, a land area of 60hectares and 600 metres of berth length.
It also has 445 metres of specialised berth for handling barges from inlandcontainer depots and ports in Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Binh Duong.
The Cai Mep – Thi Vai port complex is a group of deep-water seaports with acombined length of over 20km, which account for over 30 percent of thecountry’s exports by containers, which are expected to be a trade gateway inthe south.
Gemalink is the biggest seaport in the Cai Mep-Thi Vai complex and one of the19 big seaports in the world which is capable of receiving the world’s biggestcruise liners. Built at a total investment of 520 million USD in two phases,the port is equipped with ship-to-shore cranes designed and manufactured inVietnam. When the first phase of the port is inaugurated in May, it will run atleast 80 percent of its designed capacity this year and at full capacity fromnext year./.
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MSC Auriga arrives at the SP-SSA International Terminal, a deep-sea port in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province (Photo courtesy of SP-SSA International Terminal) 
