How is Quang Ngai seaport planned?

The Ministry of Construction has just approved the Detailed Plan for the development of land and seaport areas in Quang Ngai for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

According to the planning, Quang Ngai seaport includes Dung Quat wharf area, Sa Ky wharf, My A wharf, Ben Dinh wharf (Ly Son island) and other potential ports according to the planning of Dung Quat economic zone to serve the exchange between the mainland and Ly Son island and develop the local socio-economy; anchorage areas, transshipment areas, and storm shelters.

According to the plan, the ports will be concentrated mainly in Dung Quat port area, accommodating ships up to 200,000 DWT (Illustration photo)

By 2030, the seaport aims to handle 47.20 - 48.20 million tons of cargo and 1.13 - 1.26 million passengers.

The infrastructure will have a total of 11 ports including 41 wharves with a total length of 8,251.5 m (not including other ports).

By 2050, seaports will meet the volume of goods with an average growth rate of 4.5%/year to 5.5%/year. At the same time, continue to develop new ports to meet the demand for goods.

In particular, the ports are mainly concentrated in Dung Quat port area, with a scale of about 9 ports (including 38 wharves) by 2030 with a total length of 7,861 m (not including other ports).

Public maritime infrastructure is oriented to maintain existing channel standards for ships up to 200,000 nautical tons.

In case of mobilizing social resources, investment in maritime routes is allowed in accordance with the scale of port planning. Infrastructure planning serves the work of ensuring maritime safety and state management of maritime sector in seaport areas.

To achieve the above goals, the planning orientation needs to have a mechanism to attract investment in port construction, especially ports serving common areas in economic zones, industrial zones, and industrial clusters to improve the efficiency of port investment, land funds, and water surfaces.

At the same time, maximize the capacity of the port infrastructure to unload a variety of goods, prioritize container loading and unloading, and serve the needs of Dung Quat Economic Zone. Invest in developing synchronous wharf areas with connecting traffic infrastructure after the port, as well as build a mechanism to attract shipping lines and maritime agents to develop at the port area.

At the same time, continue to research and perfect policies on prices and fees at seaports to improve the efficiency of seaport investment and increase attractiveness to shipping lines.

With the need for investment capital for the seaport system by 2030 of about 10,830 billion VND, solutions to mobilize investment capital also require many options.

One of them is to continue to improve the mechanism and conditions to mobilize diverse domestic and foreign resources to participate in investing in developing seaport infrastructure according to the planning and institutionalizing solutions on decentralization and delegation of authority to mobilize resources.

Encourage and facilitate organizations and enterprises of all economic sectors to participate in investing in developing and exploiting seaports, and continue to promote socialization of investment in developing seaport infrastructure.

In particular, strengthen the role of enterprises in sharing the responsibility for investing and maintaining public infrastructure at seaports as part of their seaport exploitation investment projects.

The plan also provides solutions for human resource development, application of science and technology and international cooperation.

Notably, to ensure the depth of the shipping channel to receive ships, the People's Committee of Quang Ngai province is responsible for presiding over regulations and announcing the list of areas and locations for receiving dredged materials and dumping dredged materials from dredging activities in Quang Ngai seaport waters according to regulations.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/cang-bien-quang-ngai-duoc-quy-hoach-the-nao-192250327081756298.htm