Vung Ang Port No. 3 is ready for commercial exploitation.
(Baohatinh.vn) - Lao-Viet International Port Joint Stock Company (Ha Tinh) completed the items before putting port No. 3 into official operation in April 2025.
Báo Hà Tĩnh•29/03/2025
Immediately after the decision to announce the opening of wharf No. 3 - Vung Ang port by the Vietnam Maritime and Waterways Administration (Ministry of Construction) on March 25, 2025, Lao - Viet International Port Joint Stock Company coordinated with state management agencies to inspect the conditions for exploiting this port. Lao-Viet International Port Company has completed the required procedures to receive the Thanh Thanh Dat 899 ship with a capacity of 44,000 DWT to assess the actual conditions at the port. The wharf items of wharf No. 3 are also being urgently completed before being put into use from April 2025.
Fence system.... ... and the guard stations of the State management forces are being completed. In preparation for commercial operations in April 2025, from 2024, Lao-Viet International Port Joint Stock Company will also recruit more machine operators. Mr. Pham Quoc Luong - Deputy Director of Lao-Viet International Port Joint Stock Company said: " Inaddition to recruiting more staff, the company's machinery system such as cranes, excavators, forklifts, etc. will also be rotated from berth 1 and berth 2 to berth 3 if there is incoming goods... ".
Wharf No. 3 is located in the seaport waters under the management of Ha Tinh Maritime Port Authority, announced by the Ministry of Transport in Circular No. 49/2013/TT-BGTVT dated December 6, 2013. The wharf has a shore-connected wharf structure, 225m long; receiving general cargo ships with a tonnage of up to 45,000 DWT, maximum displacement of 55,052 tons. It is expected that Wharf No. 3 will contribute to increasing the total capacity of the 3 wharfs of Lao - Viet International Port Joint Stock Company to over 6 - 7 million tons/year. In the photo: The barrier system at the new gate area of Wharf No. 3 has just been installed.
Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan - Director of Lao - Viet International Port Joint Stock Company said: " The operation of Wharf No. 3 marks a new development step for the enterprise, meeting the needs of customers and helping to reduce pressure on Wharfs No. 1 and No. 2. Up to this point, Lao - Viet International Port Joint Stock Companyis ready to welcome commercial ships from April 20205... ".
Vung Ang Port Wharf No. 3 is invested by Lao-Viet International Port Joint Stock Company with a total investment of nearly 1,000 billion VND in 2 phases, including the following items: wharf, water area in front of the wharf, wharf embankment, cargo yard, road system in the port and other technical infrastructure and auxiliary works. After completion, wharf No. 3 will be able to receive ships with a tonnage of up to 45,000 DWT, with a design capacity of 1.7 million tons/year.
The investment in wharf No. 3 meets the increasing demand for goods, while increasing the attractiveness index in attracting investment in Vung Ang Economic Zone, creating socio-economic growth for Ha Tinh and the Central region; serving well the import and export, transit transportation and trade, cooperation with Laos and the Northeast region of Thailand.
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