Cai Mep Agriculture Port in Ba Ria – Vung Tau province, which has been expanded to become the country\'s largest and also one of major ports in the region, reopened on December 1.
The 308 metre long port has raised its capacity from 30,000 tonnes to 160,000 tonnes at present, then to 200,000 tonnes next year. It is capable of accommodating ships of up to 75,000 DWT.
Expansion of the port, built in 2003 by the Singapore- owned Interflour Vietnam Ltd Company, costs US$50 million.
Interflour has installed automatic handling equipment with a capacity of 1,200 tonnes per hour and support equipment such as four electronic weighing systems and two weigh stations with a capacity of 60 and 80 tonnes.
On December 2, Interflour held a ground-breaking ceremony for its second flour mill, which has a capacity of 1,000 tonnes a day. When finished at the end of next year, it will make the company the country\'s largest wheat flour producer.
Its existing flour mill in Cai Mep Industrial Park in the province produces 500 tonnes a day.
The company has six mills in Southeast Asia and a research and development centre in Malaysia.
Vietnam's largest agriculture port reopens
Cai Mep Agriculture Port, which has been expanded to become the country's largest and also one of major ports in the region, reopened on December 1.
Source: VNA
