Developing more ports in Quang Ngai coastal area

In 2024, the volume of goods passing through Quang Ngai seaport will reach about 45.75 million tons, mainly dry cargo with 33.39 million tons (accounting for about 72.97% of market share), the rest is liquid cargo - Illustrative photo

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.

Develop new ports

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 gross 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.

About 10,830 billion VND needed to invest in seaport system

With the need for investment capital for the seaport system by 2030 of about VND 10,830 billion, solutions to mobilize investment capital also require many options. One of them is to continue to perfect the mechanism and conditions to mobilize diverse domestic and foreign resources to participate in investing in developing seaport infrastructure according to the plan 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 the development and exploitation of seaports, and continue to promote the socialization of investment in the development of seaport infrastructure. In particular, enhance the role of enterprises in sharing the responsibility for investing in 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.

In 2024, the volume of goods passing through Quang Ngai seaport will reach about 45.75 million tons, mainly dry goods with 33.39 million tons (accounting for about 72.97% of the market share), the rest is liquid goods. The average growth rate of goods in the period 2020 - 2024 is about 11.10%/year.

Up to now, Quang Ngai seaport has received bulk cargo ships with a capacity of up to 200,000 tons, liquid cargo ships with a capacity of up to 150,000 tons, and general cargo ships with a capacity of up to 70,000 tons with reduced load.

Statistics for the period 2020-2024 show that the number of passengers passing through Quang Ngai seaport will grow by an average of 5% and the number of ships will grow by an average of 1.2%.

PT

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/phat-trien-them-cac-ben-cang-khu-vuc-bien-quang-ngai-102250327090511651.htm