Proposal for central budget to support 19,403 billion VND for Tran De super port

This support from the central budget will help increase the attractiveness to call for investment from private capital in the Tran De - Soc Trang port construction investment project worth 162,730 billion VND.

Perspective of Tran De port - Soc Trang.

The People's Committee of Soc Trang province has just sent an official dispatch to the Ministry of Planning and Investment requesting capital support for investment in Tran De port - the gateway port of the Mekong Delta region.

In this dispatch, the People's Committee of Soc Trang province requested the Ministry of Planning and Investment to consider and approve submitting to the Prime Minister to include in the Resolution and Program of the Government on the investment project to build Tran De - Soc Trang port to complete investment procedures in 2025 and implement investment in 2026.

In addition, the People's Committee of Soc Trang province proposed that the central budget invest in the period of 2025 - 2030 to support this locality with a total capital of 19,403 billion VND to invest in building a road behind the port connecting to the Tran De offshore port; invest in building a cross-sea bridge; invest in building a breakwater, a shipping channel and a turning basin.

According to the Master Plan for the development of Vietnam's seaport system for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, Tran De wharf area has the function of serving local industrial parks, industrial clusters and transporting goods and passengers from shore to island; there are general, container, bulk cargo and passenger ports developed in the direction of socialization in accordance with the needs of socio-economic development and the capacity of investors.

Tran De wharf area has the potential to develop offshore to take on the role of a gateway port in the Mekong Delta, receiving ships with a capacity of up to 5,000 DWT for in-river wharfs; general cargo ships, containers with a capacity of up to 100,000 DWT or larger when qualified, bulk cargo ships with a capacity of up to 160,000 DWT offshore Tran De estuary.

Preliminary research by the People's Committee of Soc Trang province shows that the Tran De offshore port area has a port area of 411.25 hectares, of which the start-up phase is 81.6 hectares.

The project includes a wharf system with a total length of 5,300 m to receive general cargo ships, container ships with a capacity of up to 100,000 DWT (6,000 to 8,000 Teus), and bulk cargo ships of 160,000 DWT, in which the initial investment phase will include 2 800 m long wharfs for general cargo ships, container ships with a capacity of up to 100,000 DWT and 2 buoy wharfs for transferring bulk cargo (coal) for ships with a capacity of up to 160,000 DWT.

The breakwater/dike system has a total length of 9,800m, of which the initial phase is 4,000m long.

The sea bridge is 17.8 km long, 28 m wide, 6 lanes, in the start-up phase, it will be arranged for 2 lanes with a width of 9 m. The approach bridge connecting the sea bridge with the port in the start-up phase is 1.85 km long, 28 m wide; in the start-up phase, it will be 9 m wide.

The port logistics service area at Tran De port is expected to have an investment scale of about 4,000 hectares, including land leveling, construction of internal roads, water supply and drainage systems, power generation, fire protection systems, and communications. The initial phase covers an area of 1,000 hectares. The road behind the port connects National Highway 91B to the 6.3 km long sea-crossing bridge.

With the above investment scale, the Project has a preliminary total investment of about 162,730 billion VND, of which the starting phase has a total investment of 44,695 billion VND.

Of which, public investment capital is 19,403 billion VND, accounting for about 43%, including: investment in building a road behind the port connecting to the Tran De offshore port; investment in building a cross-sea bridge; investment in building a breakwater, shipping channel and turning basin.

Private investment capital (enterprises) is 25,292 billion VND (accounting for about 57%), including site clearance and investment in infrastructure for logistics services; investment in port construction at Tran De port.

In the completion phase, the Project has a total investment of VND 162,731 billion. Of which, public investment capital is VND 46,476 billion (accounting for about 29%), including investment in the construction of the road behind the port connecting to the Tran De offshore port; investment in the construction of a cross-sea bridge; investment in the construction of a breakwater, a shipping channel and a turning basin.

Private investment capital (enterprises) is 116,255 billion VND (accounting for about 71%), including site clearance and investment in infrastructure for logistics services; investment in port construction at Tran De port.

The leader of Soc Trang Provincial People's Committee said that the project has a large investment capital, slow capital recovery, and is invested in a particularly difficult area.

Therefore, in addition to the capital calling for socialized investment in ports according to the planning, it is necessary to arrange state budget capital to invest in public maritime infrastructure (shipping channels, breakwaters, maritime signals, etc.), technical infrastructure, traffic infrastructure (cross-sea bridges and connecting roads from the end of the Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang expressway at National Highway 91B to Tran De port) in sync with the roadmap calling for investment in port infrastructure.

This support from the State budget will aim to increase the attractiveness to call for investment from private capital sources similar to other gateway port areas (Lach Huyen, Lien Chieu) that have called for investment in the past.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/de-xuat-ngan-sach-trung-uong-ho-tro-19403-ty-dong-cho-sieu-ben-cang-tran-de-d228470.html