Gemadept Corporation on October 22 launches a new container liner service at Gemadept DungQuat International Port

Quang Ngai (VNA)- Gemadept Corporation on October 22 launched a new container liner
service at Gemadept DungQuat International Port in the central province of Quang
Ngai.

According to the schedule, there will be one trip to and from Singapore per week
as well as trips to transport domestic goods from the northern to southern region.

In the first phase, the company will use a 600 TEU liner (one TEU is equivalent to
a 20 foot container) with about 10 hours for unloading goods.

Nguyen Duy Ngoc, director of Gemadept DungQuat port, said the port was put into
operation in 2009 with a wharf 160 metres in length and a 100,000sq.m warehouse
capable of storing 6,000 containers.

As the third Gemadept Corporation port following the ones in Ho Chi Minh City and
Hai Phong, DungQuat is one of the largest ports in the central region and able to
receive 30,000 DWT (deadweight tonnage) vessels and handle goods with a capacity of
150,000 TEUs per year.-Enditem