Vietnam to keep pace with port infrastructure

Outlining a bright future for Vietnam’s fast-growing container trade, Gregory cautioned that landside infrastructure must not be overlooked as a factor for container terminal productivity and capacity.

“A number of critical projects are either underway or planned and these are essential if we are to maximise the capacity of the new deep water terminals to handle main line mother vessels,” he noted.

The emergence of Vietnam as a major manufacturing centre has led to a significant increase in container volumes, which grew by 2% in 2009 at a time when world-wide container throughput declined by over 10%.