A good news for investors on the Cai Mep - Thi Vai port system is that the Ministry of Transport allowed some foreign carriers transporting exports from Hai Phong, Quy Nhon, Da Nang to convey via mother ships on the Cai Mep - Thi Vai port system. This has created a supply of goods from the North, Central to Cai Mep - Thi Vai which for years, it was transshipped at the transshipment ports in the world such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia ... The purpose of this action is to support the Cai Mep - Thi Vai port cluster to fully play the role of the gateway port, transit port for Vietnam. Port investors hope, from Quarter III / 2013 onwards, carriers can transport goods from the North, Central to transit in Cai Mep - Thi Vai area.

Despite the advantages of deepwater ports, time of freight between Vietnam and other countries is shortened; vessels can go directly to Europe, America faster with better service quality and more cost effectiveness; but in recent years, the supply of goods shipped through the Cai Mep - Thi Vai port system has not reached the predicted figures, even many ports invested in modern technology with a total investment of hundreds of millions of dollars have been in the state of "suspended cranes". Another paradox is that Cai Mep - Thi Vai International Port is the Vietnam’s international hub of ports; However, more than two years in operation, a large quantity of goods exported to Europe, the United States remains transshipment through international ports but not landing Cai Mep - Thi Vai port. Port investors believed that some exporters, because of habit, did not want to change a new mode of transport, despite having seen the advantages that direct trips to Europe, the United States brought to.

Meanwhile, in fact, Cambodia"s exports transited to Cai Mep - Thi Vai port instead of transshipment in Singapore. Every week, Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) receives a large volume of transited goods to Cambodia’s customers. According to seaport experts, for productivity and geographical location, the distance from the main transport, Cai Mep - Thi Vai port totally can be an international transshipment port. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Ky, Deputy General Director of CMIT said, "To build the Cai Mep - Thi Vai gateway and international transit ports successfully, it needs to have the cooperative efforts of port enterprises, carriers and Government. In particular, importers and exporters should assess the fact, thereby, adjust and shift their logistic chain to take full advantage of the cost-effectiveness of the gateway export port for the Southern key economic zone".