The newly expanded Cai Mep Agriculture Port in Ba Ria – Vung Tauprovince, the country's largest and one of the largest ports in theregion, reopened on Dec. 1.
The 308-metre-longport has seen its capacity increase from 30,000 tonnes to 160,000 tonnesnow and it will rise further to 200,000 tonnes next year. It is capableof accommodating ships of up to 75,000DWT.
Expansion of the port, built in 2003 by the Singapore- owned Interflour Vietnam Ltd Company, costs 50 million USD.
Interflour has installed automatic handling equipment with a capacityof 1,200 tonnes per hour and support equipment such as four electronicweighing systems and two weighstations with a capacity of 60 and 80tonnes.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Tran MinhSanh, chairman of the provincial People's Committee, said the expansionwould help importers and exporters cut the cost of transportation andstorage, increasing their competitiveness.
It would also help create jobs for the local workforce, he added.
Interflour also held on Dec. 2 the ground-breaking ceremony for itssecond flour mill, which has a capacity of 1,000 tonnes a day. Whenfinished at the end of next year, it will make the company the country'slargest wheat flour producer.
Its existing flour mill in the Cai Mep Industrial Park in the province produces 500 tonnes a day.
The company has six mills in Southeast Asia and a research and development centre in Malaysia./.
The 308-metre-longport has seen its capacity increase from 30,000 tonnes to 160,000 tonnesnow and it will rise further to 200,000 tonnes next year. It is capableof accommodating ships of up to 75,000DWT.
Expansion of the port, built in 2003 by the Singapore- owned Interflour Vietnam Ltd Company, costs 50 million USD.
Interflour has installed automatic handling equipment with a capacityof 1,200 tonnes per hour and support equipment such as four electronicweighing systems and two weighstations with a capacity of 60 and 80tonnes.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Tran MinhSanh, chairman of the provincial People's Committee, said the expansionwould help importers and exporters cut the cost of transportation andstorage, increasing their competitiveness.
It would also help create jobs for the local workforce, he added.
Interflour also held on Dec. 2 the ground-breaking ceremony for itssecond flour mill, which has a capacity of 1,000 tonnes a day. Whenfinished at the end of next year, it will make the company the country'slargest wheat flour producer.
Its existing flour mill in the Cai Mep Industrial Park in the province produces 500 tonnes a day.
The company has six mills in Southeast Asia and a research and development centre in Malaysia./.
