Opportunity for Cai Mep - Thi Vai port complex

According to businesses, the TPP trade agreement between Vietnam and 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to be signed in early 2014 will play an important role in promoting export growth. import between Vietnam and member countries participating in TPP. With the participation of major economies in the world (United States, Japan, Australia ...), TPP becomes an economic region of over 790 million people, contributing 40% of GDP and accounting for 1/3 of trade. Global.

“As tariff lines go down, Vietnam can increase exports of clothing, shoes and many other items that are their strengths in big markets, especially the United States. This is really a very good signal for the growth of cargo volume from Cai Mep - Thi Vai deep water port to the US market, ”said Pham Anh Tuan, Deputy General Director of Port Design Consultancy Joint Stock Company. - Sea technical assessment.Along with the signing of the TPP trade agreement, the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (Asean Economic Community - AEC) in 2015 will be a turning point marking the comprehensive integration of Southeast Asian economies, as one important factors contributing to the growth of transshipment cargo through Cai Mep - Thi Vai port complex. The AEC will blend the economy of 10 member countries into a production, trade and investment bloc, creating a common market of an area with a population of 600 million, with an annual GDP of about $ 2,000 billion.

Mr. Pham Anh Tuan added: “AEC will become a common market, AEC freely rotates 5 basic elements: capital, goods, services, investment and occupational labor. Import duties on products and services from member countries will be reduced to 0%, when Cai Mep - Thi Vai port complex can attract large quantities of goods from ASEAN countries transshipment in Cai Mep - Thi Vai.In fact, the Cai Mep - Thi Vai port complex has carried out transshipment of goods from Southeast Asian countries, especially goods from Cambodia and this amount has increased steadily every year, particularly in 2013, about 100,000 TEUs. Forecast of transshipment volume from Cambodia market increased by about 50% / year. The reason is that, currently, Cambodia is attracting a lot of investors, especially in the field of garment, footwear and agricultural products.Beginning in 2014, Saigon Newport Corporation (TCSG) is the contractor for the Cai Mep international container port. This is the largest port operator in Vietnam including ports: Tan Cang - Cat Lai, Tan Cang - Central, New Port - 189 Hai Phong, Tan Cang - 128 Hai Phong, Tan Cang - Sa Dec, Tan Cang - Cao Leader and New Port - Cai Mep. In 2013, the total volume of container handling in all ports of the Corporation in Vietnam reached nearly 3.9 million TEUs, accounting for nearly 50% of the country's container market share. Particularly in TP area. Ho Chi Minh City, Tan Cang - Cat Lai Port reached nearly 3.2 million containers of imports and exports through the port, accounting for 85.6% of the container export and import market share of ports in the city area. Ho Chi Minh.

With the advantage of being located in the downstream area, modern and synchronous infrastructure equipment along with the connection and brand reputation system of TCG Corporation, Cai Mep international container port has great potential and Advantage of attracting ships and goods to Cai Mep - Thi Vai.Deep sea port activities in the province also showed signs of recovery. Accordingly, the volume of goods through the seaport system of the province in 2013 reached 50.4 million tons, meeting the set target, in which import and export cargo volume recovered slightly (7.64 / 7.58 million tons). A number of ports in Cai Mep - Thi Vai area have increased service routes, including Tan Cang - Cai Mep international port (TCIT), which has added two service lines to the East Coast of the US and intra-Asia. This is considered a good signal that the volume of goods will increase, increasing the choice for customers to ship to the US and Asian countries.According to Ba Ria - Vung Tau Newspaper electronic