Quang Ninh to further facilitate operation of int’l container shipping firms
To attract international container shipping companies, the Maritime Administration of Quang Ninh has held that administrative procedure reforms should be stepped up to further facilitate their operation in this northern province.
Containers are handled at Cai Lan International Container Terminal (Photo: baoquangninh.com.vn)
Quang Ninh (VNA) – To attractinternational container shipping companies, the Maritime Administration ofQuang Ninh has held that administrative procedure reforms should be stepped up tofurther facilitate their operation in this northern province.
Last September, the first vessels ofMAERSK and SITC arrived at Cai Lan International Container Terminal. Previously,the two major international shipping firms had operated some trips to thisterminal to handle cargo on a trial basis.
Cai Lan, a deep-water terminal withmodern infrastructure, is also connected with many industrial parks that havehigh import demand through new expressways.
MAERSK is expected to operate onetrip per week to Cai Lan on the route from Hong Kong to Cai Lan, Tan Vu (HaiPhong city), Yantian, Nighbo, Shanghai and then Hong Kong (China).
Cai Lan is also a destination on the SITCroute from Cat Lai (Ho Chi Minh City) to Jakarta (Indonesia), Bintulu (Malaysia),Xiamen (China), Incheon (the Republic of Korea), Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai (China),and then Cai Lan.
The two firms operated 12 cargo trips with a total volume of 7,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) to the terminal in Quang Ninh in September. The goods were mainly dry commodities, machinery, and materials./.
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Containers are handled at Cai Lan International Container Terminal (Photo: baoquangninh.com.vn) 
