Volume of containers through Ba Ria-Vung Tau seaports up 21 percent
Seaports in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau handled nearly 766,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the first two months of 2021, rising 21 percent from the same time last year.
A cargo ship docks at Ba Ria-Vung Tau seaport. (Photo: VNA)
Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) – Seaports in the southern province of BaRia-Vung Tau handled nearly 766,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in thefirst two months of 2021, rising 21 percent from the same time last year.
According to the Maritime Administration of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, the totalvolume of goods through local seaports reached more than 11.9 million tonnes inthe period, a year-on-year surge of 4 percent.
Head of the provincial Customs Department Tran Van Danh said that the provincegained over 1.7 billion USD in import-export turnover during January-February, up32.7 percent year-on-year, describing this a robust achievement of the provincein carrying out the dual tasks of pandemic prevention and economic developmentat the local seaports.
Realising the significance of the local seaports to the economic development inthe province and the southern region as a whole, competent authorities such ascustoms, border guard, healthcare, transport and maritime administration joinedhands to put the COVID-19 outbreak under control, while creating the bestconditions for ships to load and unload cargo.
In 2020, the volume of container cargo through the seaports topped 4.3 millionTEUs, a year-on-year increase of 20 percent. The local seaports handled a total107.6 million tonnes of goods in the year.
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A cargo ship docks at Ba Ria-Vung Tau seaport. (Photo: VNA) 
