In the first two months this year, HCM City, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu and Hải Phòng recorded the highest growth in the country, with average yearly increases of 43-53 per cent.
The total volume of cargo handled at Vietnamese seaports is estimated to reach more than 425 million tonnes in the first seven months of 2021, up 6 per cent over the same period last year.
The volume of container cargo reached nearly 14 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 8 per cent respectively over the same period last year.
The number of ships docking at Vietnamese seaports has fallen due to COVID-19, but the volume of goods passing through the ports has recorded impressive growth.
The Ministry of Transport has issued Circular No. 54/2018/TT-BGTVT on service charges for pilotage, using bridges, wharves, mooring buoys, loading and unloading containers and towing at Vietnamese seaports.