The operator is currently working with the relevant authorities, including the police, to establish whether the pepper and coffee cargo went missing from the actual port.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday attended a ceremony to give the order to handle the first cargo in the Year of the Cat at Tan Cang – Cat Lai Port in HCM City.
Tân Cảng - Cát Lái Port in HCM City has increased service charges for packing, loading and unloading of refrigerated containers with effect from May 1.
Rice businesses in the South are again able to ship through HCM City’s Cat Lat Port after a month’s stoppage due to a pileup of containers after many consignees suspended business due to COVID-19.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has called on marine transport and logistics businesses to cut fees for container storage and warehousing for companies that have reduced operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) is seeking approval from the Prime Minister to deal with the huge container backlog at Tan Cang - Cat Lai (TCCL) Port in HCM City.
Tan Cang - Cat Lai Port in HCM City’s newly d Thu Duc city will temporarily stop accepting imports by businesses that have suspended production so that it can clear a huge backlog of containers that have piled up.
Export and import activities have been busy since the start of the Lunar New Year (January 25), with some product groups reaching export value of over US$1 billion each.
The Ministry of Transport has announced plans to limit the cargo handled at HCM City’s Cat Lai Port since volumes are exceeding its handling capacity, exerting pressure on the city’s transport infrastructure.
Following China’s ban on import of plastic wastes, a lot of them are coming instead to Viet Nam, but with consignees failing to claim shipments, the wastes are piling up at ports including in HCM City.
Ports in Cat Lai Area in HCM City’s District 9 cannot be expanded because they are surrounded by residential areas just as they were 20 years ago when they had been located in inner districts.
Poor logistics and transport infrastructure and customs hassles are the
major reasons for Viet Nam''s inability to attract Japanese investment, a
Japanese trade expert told a conference on investment promotion and
logistics in Da Nang on August 21.