Ba Ria - Vung Tau has the advantage of deep water ports, vessels crossing ports do not need to transit, but go straight to Europe, America instead, with better service quality, can compete with the ports in the region.
The Department of Transport announced the conclusion of the Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Cong at the meeting on licensing foreign vessels to ship inland containers. Under this announcement, foreign container ships will be licensed domestic shipping if they ship carrier- owned-containers, for a six-month license period/ time.
A cruise ship called Hanna with a capacity of some 1,500 passengers will arrive in Halong Bay on January 27 on the opening of the route from China’s Sanya to Halong and Danang.
The jury is out on whether Vietnam's domestic shipping fleet is in a position to effectively tap local routes and take market share from foreign players.
Yesterday a fire erupted in the engine room of the Hai Phong 09 (HP 09) cargo ship, causing the ship to lose power when it was just 30 nautical miles from Cu Lao Cham island in the central province of Quang Nam.
At 8 a.m October 24th, at SITV port (Tan Thanh district), Provincial Border Guard procedured entry to BRVT for 1,064 foreign tourists who visited BRVT by 5star Amsterdam cruise ship (Netherland).
The Vietnam Marine Police Department and Z189 Factory, under the General Department of National Defense Industry, yesterday launched a modern multifunctional large-tonnage police ship "DN 2000", with number sign "CSB 8001", in Hai Phong City.
Ocean carriers are adding capacity on the Far East-Europe route even as trade growth weakens and ship utilization levels continue to fall, according to container market analyst Alphaliner.
