Mediterranean Shipping Company seeks investment opportunities in Can Tho
Secretary of the Can Tho Party Committee Nguyen Van Hieu and leaders of the municipal People's Committee, departments and sectors on January 24 worked with representatives of the Thanh Binh Phu My Joint Stock Company and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) to discuss investment opportunities in the Mekong Delta city.
Representatives from Can Tho city's authorities, Thanh Binh Phu My Joint Stock Company and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA)꧑ – Secretary of the Can Tho Party Committee Nguyen Van Hieu and leaders of the municipal People's Committee, departments and sectors on January 24 worked withrepresentatives of the Thanh Binh Phu My Joint Stock Company and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) to discuss investment opportunities in the Mekong Deltacity.
At the meeting, Hieu informed the guests about the city, itsadvantages and potential to develop a large-scale transshipment port. He said the construction of such port is in line with thecity’s development. Under the city’s master planning scheme which has got the PrimeMinister’s approval, a 155-ha area in Thot Not district is reserved for the port thanks to its favourable transport connection and close distance to OMon thermal power centre and Tra Noc industrial park. According to the planning scheme, that area has three main functions ofseaport, logistics centre, and warehouse. Therefore, investors can choose tosynchronously implement the whole 155-ha area to facilitate site clearance andresettlement, then have a clean land plot for the project construction. Benoit de Quillacq, Managing Director of MSC Vietnam, introduced the hosts to the group which is now the world’s largestshipping line with 180,000 employees working at 675 offices in 155countries. He said Can Tho city’s planned port area matches thegroup’s development strategy, which can connect with MSC’s portsand other deep-sea ports in Vietnam. Meanwhile, the Thanh Binh Phu My Joint Stock Company - the developer andoperator of Phu My 3 specialised industrial park which is a key project of BaRia-Vung Tau province, asked the city's authorities for permission to build an industrial park - Phu My 3 Can Tho IP covering an area of 600 - 800 ha in Vinh Thanh district. After studying and surveying the area, the company proposed the city's authorities revoke an initial area of about 600 ha in the planned VinhThanh IP (Phase 2) to develop the Phu My 3 Can Tho IP./.
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Representatives from Can Tho city's authorities, Thanh Binh Phu My Joint Stock Company and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) 
