Cargo via Việt Nam’s seaports up 4 per cent in 2020

December 23, 2020 - 09:42

Việt Nam’s seaports handled an estimated more than 689 million tonnes of cargo this year, up 4 per cent annually, reported the Việt Nam Maritime Administration.

 

Containers at Cát Lái Port. — VNA/VNS Photo Tiến Lực

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s seaports handled more than 689 million tonnes of cargo this year, up 4 per cent annually, reported the Việt Nam Maritime Administration.

During the year, the country’s fleet of cargo ships were estimated to transport nearly 160 million tonnes of cargo, an annual increase of 3 per cent, including 2.6 million TEUs of containers, up 8 per cent year-on-year.

Việt Nam now has 1,516 seagoing vessels, 1,049 of them cargo ships with a combined tonnage of around 9.3 million tonnes. The country ranks fourth in ASEAN and 30th globally in terms of the number of vessels.

The average age of Vietnamese vessels is 15.5 years, or 5.8 years less than the world’s average.

So far this year, the Việt Nam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre has saved 60 vessels in distress with 765 people aboard, including 13 foreigners. — VNS

 

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