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Cai Mep port named among world’s best container terminals
VGP - Cai Mep international terminal of Viet Nam was ranked 13th place by scoring 67.529 index value among the 370 most efficient container terminals/port clusters globally, according to the Container Port Performance Index 2021 report (CPPI 2021).
Cai Mep international terminal ranks 13th out of the 370 most efficient container terminals/port clusters globally after nine years of operation - Illustration photo
The CPPI 2021 was developed and published recently by World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence, aiming to assess the worldwide seaport efficiency, based on criteria related to the total time needed for completing the loading and unloading container of each voyage at a port for the entire year.
Specifically, Cai Mep port ranked 11th by the "statistical approach" index - increased by 38 places compared to 2020 and ranked 13th by the “administrative approach” index– increased 5 rankings against 2020.
Especially, the Viet Nam-based terminal was highly rated after KING ABDULLAH PORT, SALALAH, YANGSHAN, KHALI
Cai Mep international terminal is located at Lan Thanh district in Ba Ria–Vung Tau province and 50km from Ho Chi Minh City with a total area of 48 hectares. The terminal has a wharf of 600 m long, capable of receiving large container ships with a tonnage of 160,000 DWT.
It is to become one of two special seaports in the country - an international gateway and an international trans-shipment port.
Cai Mep terminal is becoming the first choice of many famous shipping lines around the world.
Despite the serious effects of COVID-19 last year, the volume of goods passing through Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s seaport maintained its growth momentum. In the first four months of 2022, the port cluster handled more than three million TEUs, equivalent to 106% of that in the same period last year.
By 2023, the port cluster’s capacity is expected to increase by 53 percent compared to 2020./.