The first deepsea container terminal in north Vietnam has opened for business.
Capable of handling 14,000 teu vessels, the Haiphong International Container Terminal (HICT) could see the port serving the booming industrial region receiving mainline calls for the first time.
Around 130km from Hanoi, the port of Haiphong has seen average annual growth of 14.6% since 2012 – 2017 throughput was 4.45m teu.
Draught restrictions on the River Cam previously limited port calls at Haiphong to 2,000 …

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