Quarterly volume at Vietnam's Cai Mep soars 130pc to 277,303 TEU
FIRST quarter throughput at APM Terminals' Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT), near Ho Chi Minh City soared 130 per cent year on year to 277,303 TEU.
The dramatic surge in growth is attributed to the addition of five new ocean liner service calls.
The strong quarterly growth follows an 80 per cent year-on-year increase in container volumes at CMIT to 724,768 TEU in 2015, American Shipper reported.
"One of the factors that has supported the increase in new service calls has been the consistent improvement in local transportation infrastructure," said CMIT managing director Robert Hambleton.
He said transit to and from the city was now 90 minutes against the three hours it took two years ago.
CMIT said the new services now calling there include loops operated by the Ocean3 Alliance of CMA CGM, China Shipping (CSCL) and United Arab Shipping Co. (UASC) linking Vietnam with the US east and west coasts as well as northern Europe.
The CKYHE Alliance, comprised of Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping and Evergreen Line, has a service to north Europe that calls at the terminal. MCC, the regional Asian subsidiary of Maersk Line, has also added a new intra-Asia to the list of loops calling at CMIT.
According to ocean carrier schedule and capacity database BlueWater Reporting, a total of 17 liner services currently call at the port of Cai Mep.
"We will continue to work closely with the Vietnamese Ministries of Transport, Finance and Planning and Investment to ensure dredging and other port-associated infrastructure requirements are in place, as well as with the shipping lines," Mr Hambleton said.
FIRST quarter throughput at APM Terminals' Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT), near Ho Chi Minh City soared 130 per cent year on year to 277,303 TEU.
The dramatic surge in growth is attributed to the addition of five new ocean liner service calls.
The strong quarterly growth follows an 80 per cent year-on-year increase in container volumes at CMIT to 724,768 TEU in 2015, American Shipper reported.
"One of the factors that has supported the increase in new service calls has been the consistent improvement in local transportation infrastructure," said CMIT managing director Robert Hambleton.
He said transit to and from the city was now 90 minutes against the three hours it took two years ago.
CMIT said the new services now calling there include loops operated by the Ocean3 Alliance of CMA CGM, China Shipping (CSCL) and United Arab Shipping Co. (UASC) linking Vietnam with the US east and west coasts as well as northern Europe.
The CKYHE Alliance, comprised of Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin Shipping and Evergreen Line, has a service to north Europe that calls at the terminal. MCC, the regional Asian subsidiary of Maersk Line, has also added a new intra-Asia to the list of loops calling at CMIT.
According to ocean carrier schedule and capacity database BlueWater Reporting, a total of 17 liner services currently call at the port of Cai Mep.
"We will continue to work closely with the Vietnamese Ministries of Transport, Finance and Planning and Investment to ensure dredging and other port-associated infrastructure requirements are in place, as well as with the shipping lines," Mr Hambleton said.