Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority has just granted an investment certificate to Vietnam Petroleum Transport Joint Stock Company (VIPCO). This certificate allows the company to carry out the investment project “Dinh Vu VIPCO container Port” in Dong Hai Ward 2, Hai An district, Dinh Vu - Cat Hai economic zone, Hai Phong.

The estimated land use area of the project is 152.694,9 m^2. Its goals and scale are: building a container cluster serving a partial need of loading and unloading general cargoes and containers for the Northern provinces. With the advantages of a deep water port located in Ha Noi – Hai Phong – Quang Ninh economic triangle, the project will focus on the construction of 2 inshore wharves with the length of 380 m to receive container vessels with the load up to 20,000 DWT. The building of a 71.783 m² container storage area, a 1.800 m² CFS warehouse, a 2.160 m² repair and maintenance workshop, a 440 m² operation house and other synchronous technical and supporting construction works will be a part of the project.

The project “Dinh Vu VIPCO container Port” with a total invested capital of over VND 1.022 billion is the 3^rd DDI project granted investment certificate by Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority in the fourth quarter of 2013 and is the 14^th DDI project in Hai Phong industrial parks and economic zone since the beginning of 2013.

As planned, the project will be officially put into operation in December 2016.