Vinalines fleet keeps growing

Monday, 08 February 2010 12:06

Viet Nam National Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines) announced they invested US$180 million last year to buy 13 new seagoing cargo ships and one container ship.

Last year's purchases raised the company's total loading capacity by 320,000 tonnes to 2.7 million tonnes, accounting for 45 per cent of the capacity of the entire nation's fleet.

Nguyen Hung Viet, deputy general director of the company said Vinalines this year aimed to raise its capacity by a further 350,000 tonnes to over 3 million tonnes by building and buying more vessels.

The company said, it would carry out the construction of Da Nang's Son Tra Port, Ba Ria-Vung Tau's Cai Mep-Thi Vai Port, HCM City's Sai Gon-Hiep Phuoc Port and Hai Phong's Dinh Vu Port this year.

Source: VietnamNewsAgency