The volume of cargo passing through seaports across Vietnam rose by 19 percent to 478 million tonnes in the first 11 months of 2018, according to the Vietnam Maritime Administration.
Unloading containers in Hai Phong port (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The volume of cargo passing through seaports across Vietnam rose by 19percent to 478 million tonnes in the first 11 months of 2018, according to the VietnamMaritime Administration.
The volume included16.3 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) of containers, up 26 percent fromthe same period last year.
In November alone,seaports nationwide handled nearly 43.5 million tonnes of cargo, up 20 percentyear-on-year.
The biggest growth infreight volume was recorded at ports in the central province of Quang Nam at 132percent, followed by Ha Tinh with 100 percent, and Nghe An by 63 percent.
Ports seeing thehighest growth rate of containers year-on-year were those in Dong Thap with 117percent and Quang Ninh at 104 percent, which were attributed to the new internationalcontainer terminal in the province’s Cai Lan Port.
Meanwhile, several portsin Kien Giang and Quang Tri reported declines in freight volume, ranging from33 percent to 59 percent year-on-year.
Vietnam currently has44 seaports with a total design capacity of 470-500 million tonnes of cargoeach year.–VNA
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Unloading containers in Hai Phong port (Photo: VNA) 
