HICT - the first deep water terminal in the North of Viet Nam

Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc phát biểu tại buổi Lễ khai trương Cảng HICT
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc took speech at the HICT opening ceremony

Attending were Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member, Prime Minister; Mr. Kunio Umeda, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Vietnam; French Ambassador to Vietnam Bertrand Lortholary; Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee Le Van Thanh; Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Cong; Rear Admiral Pham Hoai Nam, Commander of the Navy; Rear Admiral Nguyen Dang Nghiem, General Director of Saigon Newport Corporation, and representatives of leading agencies and departments of the Government, Hai Phong city, Navy Command and Saigon Newport Corporation Saigon with more than 700 customers representing shipping lines, shipping agents, import-export companies, logistics and representatives of ports and associations.


Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc cùng các đại biểu cắt băng khai trương Cảng container quốc tế Hải Phòng

HICT is located in Lach Huyen, Cat Hai town, Cat Hai district, Hai Phong city. It is the first deep water terminal of the Northern key economic area  having the  details of the infrastructure as follows:  ​​44.9 hectares of total area, 16m of water draft at berth, 660m of turning basin, 14m of channel chart datum, 750m of berth length. Barge berth is 150m long that able to receive vessel, barges carrying containers up to 160Teus.
 

Terminal design capacity is 1.1 million TEU per year. HICT can accomodate container vessel with a capacity of 14,000 TEUs and general ships having the tonnage up to 16,000 DWT. From HICT, import and export cargo from the North of Vietnam can be shipped on the mother vessels to Europe and America directly instead of transshipment via another overseas ports as before.

HICT have been invested with advanced and synchronous facilities and equipment online with the professional warehouse, logistics, maritime, pilot and towage services. The operation of HICT will cut down the sea freight and thus reduce the logistics cost for enterprises, increase the competitiveness of Vietnam's imports and exports, motivate the development of the deep water sea port system and logistics activities in the North and promote the socio-economic development of the country.

Container đầu tiên được xếp dỡ tại Cảng HICT
 

HICT is located at the favorable location. It is the connecting point of inland waterways and coastal road to Quang Ninh province and all provinces in the midland of the North. HICT is connected with Tancang 128 terminal, Tancang 189 terminal and Tancang - Hai Phong ICD and Tancang – Ha Nam ICD. It is connected to the key economic regions of the North, Centre of Vietnam and Southwest China via the Tan Vu Lach Huyen bridge and Haiphong – Hanoi expressway (130-170 km away from Hanoi,: 125 - 143km away from Bac Ninh, 118 - 140km away from Hung Yen, 92 – 107 km away from Hai Duong, 26-50km away from Hai Phong, 60 - 88km away from Quang Ninh, 122 - 139km away from Ha Nam, 181 - 199km away from Vinh Phuc).

With the slogan "Heartfelt, Innovative and Caring Terminal", HICT will bring the best quality service to the shipping lines, import export customers and satisfy all needs of customers.

(TCSG)