Truong Hai opens Japan – Chu Lai container shipping route

PSNews - In 2017, THACO completed and put into operation an additional of 173 metres of quay, raising the total length of the quay of nearly 500 metres so it could be able to welcome 3 vessels of over 20,000-tonne ships at the same time.  

Truong Hai Auto Cooperation (THACO) officially opened the Japan – Chu Lai container shipping route and welcomed a cargo ship of APL as the first guest, on March 25. The event was witnessed by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc

The event also marked the efforts of THACO Truong Hai in implementing its commitments to Quang Nam province on transport infrastructure development. This route has become the fourth largest in Chu Lai port after Korea - Chu Lai; China - Chu Lai; Chu Lai - Ho Chi Minh City - Hai Phong.

THACO welcomed the first ship of the French transnational corporation of APL.
THACO welcomed the first ship of the French transnational corporation of APL.

Besides, THACO is planning to build a new port while Quang Nam is preparing to dredge the seabed of the current port so as to receive 50,000 tonne ships, raising the capacity of transportation for the central region.

THACO is also investing some VND 600 billion in widening the main road from Chu Lai port to Da Nang - Quang Ngai expressway, and constructing a two-story roundabout at the intersection of National Highway 1A, North - South railway and the main road, as a present to Quang Nam, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Chu Lai open economic zone's establishment.

Last year, THACO completed and put into operation an additional of 173 metres of quay, raising the total length of the quay of nearly 500 metres so it could be able to welcome 3 vessels of over 20,000-tonne ships at the same time. 

On this opening day of the new sea route, THACO welcomed the first ship of the French transnational corporation of APL. This ship contained car parts and accessories from Hiroshima (Japan), to meet the time requirement for the production progress of the THACO Marza plant.

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