The Quy Nhon New Port Joint Stock Company has put into operation a 220-metre wharf, which can handle 37,500-tonne container ships.— File Photo

QUY NHON (Biz Hub)— The Quy Nhon New Port Joint Stock Company has put into operation a 220-metre wharf, which can handle 37,500-tonne container ships.

The new facility, which was built next to the main wharf at a cost of VND200 billion (US$9.4 million), aims to ease the overloaded Quy Nhon port, said General Director of the Quy Nhon port Nguyen Huu Phuc on Tuesday.

The Quy Nhon port has received over 1,000 ships so far this year, including 529 from abroad with customs clearance for more than 5.7 million tonnes of goods, a year-on-year increase of 16.6 percent. It is expected to pass 6.3 million tonnes of cargo through customs at the end of this year.

Thanks to its geographical advantages, the Quy Nhon port complex is home to three seaports, including two trade ports, namely Quy Nhon Port and Quy Nhon New Port, and a military port.

Seafood exports create big profits for Bac Lieu

BAC LIEU - Southern Bac Lieu Province earned US$294 million from seafood exports in the first 10 months of this year, a year-on-year rise of eight per cent, and equivalent to 83 per cent of its planned figure.

Over 38,200 tonnes of seafood were processed for the province's exports in the reviewed period, a year-on-year surge of 33 percent.

Shrimp is still a key export product on the list, fetching more than $286 million from the export of 37,000 tonnes, up 17 per cent from the same period last year.

In the January-November period, the province's shrimp output reached 65,100 tonnes, up 29 per cent from last year's figure. — VNS