Plans for coastal transport development under discussion
The Ministry of Transport will propose a special mechanism to develop a fleet of river-sea vessels serving the country’s scheme to develop coastal transport, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The told at a national teleconference on development of waterway and coastal transport logistics in Hanoi on October 14.
Hanoi (VNA)- The Ministry of Transport will propose aspecial mechanism to develop a fleet of river-seavessels serving the country’s scheme to develop coastal transport, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The told at a national teleconference on development of waterway and coastal transport logistics in Hanoi on October 14.
Minister The said the ministry willalso give special priority to developing coastal transport routes using river-sea vessels in order to fully tap strengths of river and coastal transport.
The ministry has always paid attention to developing water and coastaltransport routes in order to take advantage of the country's long coastline and dense network of rivers and canals, he said.
However, waterway transport is not yet commensurate with the country's strengths and potential, and there isa big difference in waterway transport in the north and the south, The noted.
Currently, the rate of importand export goods transported via waterway routes in the south is 8.2 percenthigher than that in the north.
To lift this rate, itis necessary to have solutions and policies to develop waterway and coastal transportby river-sea vessels, he stressed.
Bui Thien Thu, Directorof the Vietnam Inland Waterways Department, reported that Vietnam has 2,360rivers and canals with a total length of about 42,000 km, with nine major riversystems pouring into the sea through 120 rivermouths. The total lengthof waterway routes being exploited nationwide is over 17,000 km.
Thu said waterwaytransport has the advantages of low freight rate, high safety and low pollution. It handles about 19 percent of the total volume of goods in the country, headded./.
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