Planning nearly 30 ports in Quang Ninh by 2030

The Vietnam Maritime Administration has just submitted to the Ministry of Construction a detailed plan for the development of land and seaport areas in Quang Ninh for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

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According to statistics from the Vietnam Maritime Administration, in 2024, the volume of goods passing through Quang Ninh seaport will reach 149.54 million tons. Goods passing through the port are mainly dry and bulk cargo reaching 144.04 million tons (accounting for 96.3%), liquid cargo reaching 5.23 million tons (accounting for 3.5%) and container cargo reaching 0.26 million tons (accounting for 0.2%).

Quang Ninh seaport has 34 hard wharves with a total length of nearly 7,000m.

Currently, the volume of goods mainly through floating docks and transshipment areas accounts for 80.9%, and through hard docks accounts for 19.1%. The average growth rate of goods in the period 2020-2024 is 9.02%.

Also during this period, the number of seagoing vessels achieved an average growth of 126.4%. The average tonnage for an international voyage is about 30,000 tons, with a trend of decreasing the size of small vessels and increasing the number of large vessels arriving at Quang Ninh seaport.

Up to now, Quang Ninh seaport has received the largest ship with a capacity of 120,000 tons at Hon Net-Cam Pha anchorage area. General cargo, container, and bulk ships with a capacity of up to 85,000 tons are offloaded at the wharf.

Up to now, Quang Ninh seaport has 34 hard wharves with a total length of nearly 7,000m. Of which, there are 29 general, bulk, container, liquid cargo, passenger wharves with a total length of 5,591.2m, 5 shipyard wharves with a length of 1,371m and 186 buoy wharves, anchorage points for transshipment and storm shelters.

Regarding public maritime infrastructure in the area, there are a variety of shipping routes. Of which, the Hon Gai - Cai Lan shipping route has a total length of 32.57 km, a width of 120 - 240 m, and a turning basin with a diameter of 350 m (some sections take advantage of natural depth).

The Chanh River navigation route has a total length of 13.2 km, a width of 80 m, and a bottom elevation of -1.8 m (nautical chart system).

Van Gia shipping route has a total length of 9.2 km, width of 120 m, bottom elevation of -6 m.

The dedicated shipping route to Cam Pha coal port has a total length of 38.4 km, a width of 110-120 m, a bottom elevation of -7.4 m to -11 m (some sections take advantage of natural depth) and a turning basin with a diameter of 400 m.

At Quang Ninh seaport, there are also specialized shipping routes to Cam Pha Cement Factory Port, shipping routes to 500-ton bridge - B12 petroleum port, specialized shipping routes to Thang Long Thermal Power Plant Port and specialized shipping routes to Cai Lan petroleum port.

The infrastructure connecting to the seaport is quite diverse. Of which, there are 8 National Highways and 2 Expressways with a total length of 633.07 km connecting the main port areas such as Cai Lan port area, Yen Hung port area, Cam Pha port area, Van Gia port area and Mui Chua port area.

In Quang Ninh province, there is also a national railway line, Kep - Ha Long, connecting to Cai Lan port area. However, the whole line is not yet open, so it is not yet effective.

In addition, there are also main waterway routes including Quang Ninh - Hai Phong - Viet Tri (Duong River), Quang Ninh - Ninh Binh (via Lach Giang estuary) and intra-provincial routes such as Mong Cai - Van Don - Cam Pha, Cam Pha - Ha Long, Tai Xa - Mui Chua, Mong Cai River, Chanh River, Sau Dong - Tien Yen, Ha Long - Yen Hung, Van Don - Co To...

According to the Vietnam Maritime Administration, the province's inland waterway system currently connects to all wharves, ports and islands. The proportion of goods passing through inland waterways accounts for about 50% of the total volume of goods passing through the port, mainly dry cargo.

In addition, Van Don International Airport, which was put into operation at the end of 2018, has also become a hub for passenger transport and a transit and freight transport hub for the region, attracting tourists to Quang Ninh.

More than 34,500 billion VND needed to invest in Quang Ninh seaport by 2030

According to the Report, the Detailed Plan for the Development of Land and Water Areas of Quang Ninh Seaports in the 2021-2030 Period, with a Vision to 2050, aims to have Quang Ninh seaports handle cargo volumes from 137.25 million tons to 157.3 million tons by 2030 (container cargo volumes from 0.65 million TEUs to 0.93 million TEUs). Passenger throughput ranges from 260,300 to 279,600 passengers.

Regarding infrastructure, the regional seaport will have 27 - 30 wharves, including 54 - 60 wharves with a total length of 12,285 m to 13,616 m (not including other wharves).

By 2050, seaports will meet cargo demand with an average growth rate of 5%/year to 5.3%/year.

The infrastructure will develop a highly competitive Quang Ninh seaport system with a regional and international brand. At the same time, it will fully and effectively meet the socio-economic development needs of the province, firmly ensure national defense and security, and contribute to building Quang Ninh province as one of the sea gateways of the region.

Total land use demand according to the planning until 2030 is about 1,755.2 ha (not including areas for developing industrial parks, logistics, etc. associated with the port). Total water surface demand is about 115,136.1 ha (including other water areas within the management scope without maritime works).

During this period, the investment capital requirement is about VND 34,578 billion, including the investment capital requirement for public maritime infrastructure of about VND 6,300 billion and the investment capital requirement for ports of about VND 28,278 billion (including only ports providing cargo handling services).

The draft plan also identifies a number of priority investment projects for regional seaports, such as infrastructure serving maritime safety, including storm shelters, maritime traffic monitoring and coordination systems (VTS); investment in the construction of public service wharves, and facilities serving specialized state management tasks.

At the same time, invest in building, renovating and upgrading maritime routes such as the routes to ports in Cam Pha area and Hon Net transshipment area for ships up to 200,000 tons; Hon Gai - Cai Lan route for ships up to 50,000 tons; Song Chanh route for ships up to 50,000 tons; Van Gia route for ships up to 20,000 tons.

In addition, invest in ports in Cam Pha, Yen Hung, Van Ninh, Hai Ha port areas. In particular, research and invest in ports in Mui Chua, Van Don in accordance with the socio-economic development needs of the locality.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/quy-hoach-gan-30-ben-cang-tai-quang-ninh-den-nam-2030-192250326070808521.htm