2:21:05 PM | 10/3/2008
Vietnamese companies in the Mekong Delta region are busy with contracts to build series of ships from 12,500 tons to 20,000 tons, aiming to tap the region’s huge potential advantages, said the Vietnam Trade Review.
Director of Hau Giang Ship Building Co. Vo Thanh Phong said his company is building a 50,000-ton quay to construct a 20,000-ton vessel late this year without giving any further details.
Construction of the first 12,500-ton vessel will be started early this year in a contract to make a series of four, said Director of Vinashin Ca Mau Construction & Installation Co. Doan Chi Trung. His company is building Ca Mau Shipyard on an area of 12,000 square meters.
Can Tho ship-building factory is now also busy with building 10 barges weight ranging from 650 tons to 1,700 tons and a seagoing ship of 6,800 tons, said the magazine published by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Mekong Delta is an ideal destination to boost heavy industrial operations, local analysts said, adding that DP World Vietnam Company is investing US$250 million to build a container seaport here to receive 50,000 DWT ships. (Vietnam Trade Review,
www.vietnamships.com) )
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