The project of the storm shelter for fishing boats on Co To island is currently being urgently constructed to be put into use by the end of 2025. When completed, it will contribute to ensuring the safety of people and fishing boats of the locality and neighboring provinces during storms, minimizing damage to people and property of fishermen, contributing to promoting the socio-economic development of Co To island district and Quang Ninh province.
Although it has been in operation for many years, the Northern Gulf of Tonkin Fisheries Logistics Area (Co To Fishing Port) in Co To District is facing many shortcomings and has not yet fully utilized its functions. Therefore, it needs to be invested and upgraded to meet its full scale and functions. Phase I of Co To Fishing Port started construction in 2009 with a total investment of over VND466 billion. By 2012, Phase I of the project was completed and allowed fishing vessels in the Northern Gulf of Tonkin fishing grounds to anchor. By the end of 2015, Phase II of Co To Fishing Port continued to be implemented with a total investment of over VND61 billion and was completed in 2018. The infrastructure of Phase II has been completed with a storm shelter for fishing vessels, roads, wastewater treatment tanks, water supply, assembly yards, management and operation buildings, etc.
However, since the completion of the phases and putting them into use, Co To Fishing Port has not had many vehicles anchoring. The reason is that, Co To fishing port has 3 sides: one side is the island slope, one side is built with a dike, but the other side is left open. Therefore, if there is a south wind, ships and boats can anchor. But if there is a north wind, the water and waves will rush in and be congested by the dike and the island slope, making the port an area of large, fierce waves, making it unsafe for ships and boats to anchor. Along with that, The system of locks, ramps, and mooring buoys is not synchronized, causing many difficulties in traffic and transportation of goods.
With the current situation of Co To Fishing Port still having many shortcomings, on December 27, 2023, The project of the storm shelter for fishing boats on Co To Island has been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Decision No. 5083/QD-BNN-TCTS; the total investment is nearly 660 billion VND, of which the central budget capital is nearly 500 billion VND, the provincial budget capital is nearly 160 billion VND. The project will be the key point to upgrade and complete the Co To Island Fishing Port and ensure anchorage and storm shelter for fishermen.
The project scale is built according to the regional storm shelter anchorage area, meeting the anchorage needs of 1,200 fishing vessels with capacity up to 800CV, including: Co To port area arranges 360 vessels from 90CV to 800CV; building a breakwater in the North; connecting route from the port to the fishing logistics service area; Truong Xuan lagoon area arranges 840 vessels from 200CV or less; building boarding and disembarkation points for fishing vessels; connecting road; waterway to the anchorage area.
The Management Board of Investment and Construction Projects for Agriculture and Rural Development of Quang Ninh Province was assigned as the project investor. The project started on December 6, 2023, and construction began on February 1, 2024, immediately after the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 409/QD-UBND on changing land use purposes and allocating land in the first phase with an area of 19.14 hectares. In 2024, the project was allocated 70 billion VND, of which the central budget capital was 10 billion VND and the provincial budget capital was 60 billion VND. Up to now, the project has completed construction of a number of items.
When completed and put into use, the storm shelter anchorage area for fishing boats on Co To island will ensure the safety of people and fishing boats in Quang Ninh province and neighboring provinces to anchor safely during storms, minimizing damage to people and property of fishermen and meeting the expectations of the people. Mr. Bui Van Nhu, owner of fishing boat QN 90964 shared: For a long time, we fishermen have wished to have a comprehensive fishing port to facilitate trading, cargo handling and storm shelter. Currently, many fishing boats go out to sea, however, the ports and storm shelters in Co To district are currently overloaded. In recent years, the weather has changed erratically, the rain and wind have become more dangerous, the wind has become stronger, the waves are more violent, Every time there is rain or storm, people have a hard time finding shelter. Therefore, for us fishermen, the construction and early use of the storm shelter anchorage area for fishing boats on Co To island is a very joyful, exciting and urgent matter.
According to the representative of the Provincial Management Board of Investment and Construction of Agricultural and Rural Development Works (project investor): Currently, due to erratic weather conditions and the impact of storms and rains, construction has been interrupted for a while. Up to now, the breakwater project has completed about 25% of the contract value; the Truong Xuan dredging project has completed about 5% of the contract value; the mooring buoy project has completed about 18.8%; the connecting road project has completed about 27.9% of the contract value. In 2024, we have planned to allocate and estimate the disbursement of capital for each quarter and have made a detailed plan for the implementation of the project's items. In the coming time, the unit will continue to urge contractors, focus on human resources and machinery to take advantage of favorable weather to implement construction items, striving to complete the project on schedule.
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