First container ship anchored at Hai Phong International Container Terminal (Source: VNA)
Hai Phong (VNA) – The Hai Phong International Container Terminal (HICT)of the Tan Cang Sai Gon Corporation welcomed its first container ship on May 7.
With a capacity of nearly 12,000 TEUs, WanHai 805 became the first and largest container ship anchored at the northernport to date.
The ship, belonging to a joint venture ofTaiwan’s Wan Hai Lines, China’s COSCO Shipping, and Singapore’s PacificInternational Lines, provides direct services from the northern region ofVietnam to the west coast of the US.
Its service helps cut freight time from 25to 19 days compared with the previous method of trans-shipment at foreignports.
Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Van Congsaid that the birth of the HICT marked an important milestone in thedevelopment of the deep-water port system in northern Vietnam in general andHai Phong city in particular.
The welcoming of container ship Wan Hai 805makes the HICT one of the 20 largest ports in the world, he added.
Previously on April 11, the terminalwelcomed mother vessel Northern Jaguar deployed by Ocean Network Express.
With a capacity of more than 8,800 TEUs,the vessel provides direct services from the north of Vietnam to the west coastof the US and Canada. Its service will cut down freight time from Hai Phong tothe US and Canada as the previous route called in at overseas trans-shipmenthubs, reducing the journey from 25 down to 17 days, thus attracting moretransit cargo.-VNA
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First container ship anchored at Hai Phong International Container Terminal (Source: VNA) 
