CUSTOMER APPRECIATION CONFERENCE AT TAN CANG – GIAO LONG TERMINAL

29/10/2022

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION CONFERENCE AT TAN CANG – GIAO LONG TERMINAL

On October 28, 2022, at Giao Long Industrial Park, Ben Tre Province, Tan Cang Giao Long Joint Stock Company held a Customers' Meeting with the purpose of gratitude for the support of customers and authorities, departments of Ben Tre province, and at the same time bring SNP brand to customers in Ben Tre province in particular and the Mekong Delta region in general.

Musical performance for Conference Opening Ceremony
 
Tan Cang Giao Long Joint Stock Company is a subsidiary under Tan Cang Waterway Joint Stock Company (TCWC), in cooperation with the Bus and Ferry Terminal Management Center under the Provincial Department of Transport, as well as other partners, officially put into operation in 2015. Tan Cang Giao Long has an important role of the gateway that can connect waterways of import and export goods safely and in large quantities with seaport clusters in Ho Chi Minh City (114km away, 10 hours) and Ba Ria Vung Tau (138km away, 15 hours) which is very convenient in term of deploying  waterway logistics solutions, the type that is being greatly interested by the Government, the Ministry of Transport as well as businesses, especially foreign-invested enterprises, following the green transport model.
 
Mr. Phung Ngoc Minh – Vice President of SNP having an opening speech at the ceremony

During the past time, with the support and cooperation of all levels of the branches of Ben Tre province, the Customs Branch, Port Authority, Tan Cang Giao Long has been upgraded to the seaport by the General Department of Customs and the Long An Customs Department, Ben Tre Customs Branch, issued code for customs, customs inspection and supervision, along with increasingly improved terminal infrastructure, worthy of the advantage of being the only sea terminal in the region to help TCGL become the "extension arm" of Tan Cang - Cat Lai Terminals and Cai Mep port cluster. Waterway transport and the system of inland waterway depots are the back support facilities to connect goods from the seaport to the cargo sources, helping reduce logistics costs, developing the scale of goods, suitable for green logistics chain solutions connecting the Mekong Delta area.
 
Mr. Truong Tan Loc - Marketing Director of SNP shares strategies to bring the port closer to customers of the SNP ecosystem in the Mekong Delta.

Therefore, Tan Cang Waterway (TCW) and TC Giao Long will design and provide door to door solutions from warehouses to port, from port to warehouses, and coordinate with international shipping lines to provide international freight solutions to customers. They will connect to 02 seaport clusters in Ho Chi Minh City and BRVT with 04 priority solutions (1) Customs Clearing of import and export goods at TC Giao Long (2) Connecting goods from warehouse to port by small barges or transborder vehicles (3) Water transport solutions specializing in regular routes to Ho Chi Minh City by waterway, reducing the cost of seaport infrastructure by 50% (4). TCGL and the connecting waterway route established and operated regularly will reduce the pressure of road traffic congestion, save time and costs for customers, and make a difference from the traditional method.
 
Mr. Dinh Xuan Khanh - Director of Tan Cang Waterway shares about the role of Tan Cang Giao Long in Ben Tre province and the Mekong Delta region

Tan Cang Giao Long (TCGL) has been approved by the Transport Department as a seaport. The Ministry of Finance, the General Department of Customs, Long An Customs Department have provided the codes for port and storage location (tax-suspension destination) and thus it will be the location for custom declaration place. The purpose of the TCGL is to reduce costs for customers, to extend the SNP's seaport system for the circulation of import and export goods, and customs clearance to facilitate trade. For the customs branch, it helps attract customers for customs clearance to fulfill the tax collection target assigned by the customs department. It also helps the local partners promote investment attraction and tax payment for the province. To be successful together, we need the support and facilitation of our customers, customs officers, carriers and local authorities.
 
The delegates are having group photo

TCGL in the port system of SNP will always be a reliable partner with customers and a pioneer in designing door to door logistics solutions for importers, and exporters in the Mekong Delta in general and in Ben Tre province in particular. It will contribute to accompanying enterprises to expand production and business development in the area, as well as develop the local society and economy.  The support and interest of customers, state agencies, departments of Ben Tre province will always be the driving force for TCW and TCGL to develop, expand operation scale, and attract investors. (03 entities: Government authority – Investors – Providers of Logistics service solutions).