More than 19,000 billion VND needed to start the 'super port' Tran De

TPO - The People's Committee of Soc Trang province has just sent a document to the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Planning and Investment about submitting to the Government for consideration of supporting investment capital for Tran De port, with the budget capital for the initial phase of more than 19,000 billion VND.

TPO - The People's Committee of Soc Trang province has just sent a document to the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Planning and Investment about submitting to the Government for consideration of supporting investment capital for Tran De port, with the budget capital for the initial phase of more than 19,000 billion VND.

Soc Trang Provincial People's Committee calculated that Tran De Seaport has a preliminary total investment of about 162,730 billion VND, the start-up phase has a total investment of 44,695 billion VND. In the first phase, public investment capital is more than 19,400 billion VND (accounting for about 43% of total capital), investment capital from enterprises (socialized) is nearly 25,300 billion VND (accounting for about 57%).

Perspective of Tran De port.

In the first phase, the budget capital is used to invest in building roads connecting Tran De offshore port to the mainland, sea bridges, breakwaters, shipping channels and turning basins. Investment capital from enterprises is used to level the ground and invest in infrastructure for logistics services, logistics, and port construction.

The Tran De Port completion phase has a total investment of 162,731 billion VND. Of which, public investment capital is 46,476 billion VND (accounting for about 29%), investment capital from enterprises is about 116,255 billion VND (accounting for about 71%), with expenditure items similar to the first phase.

According to the People's Committee of Soc Trang province, the Tran De port project has a large investment capital, slow capital recovery, investment in the area is particularly difficult, and calling for private investment faces many challenges. Therefore, in addition to capital calling for socialized investment in port infrastructure and warehouses, it is necessary to arrange state budget capital to invest in public maritime infrastructure, technical infrastructure, and traffic infrastructure.

Investment from the budget will increase the attractiveness and efficiency of investment to attract private capital into the port area, similar to the Lach Huyen and Lien Chieu port areas that have attracted investment in recent times.

The People's Committee of Soc Trang province proposed the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Planning and Investment to submit to the Prime Minister for consideration and approval of central budget support for the project, phase 2025 - 2030, with a total capital of 19,403 billion VND (for phase 1 to build basic infrastructure). At the same time, include in the Government's program the goal of completing the investment dossier for the Tran De Port Project in 2025 and implementing investment in 2026.

Soc Trang province calculates that the investment scale of Tran De port includes an offshore port (about 18km from shore) with an area of ​​more than 411 hectares (in the start-up phase, more than 81 hectares). The wharf is 5.3km long, receiving general cargo ships, container ships with a capacity of up to 100,000 DWT (6,000 - 8,000 Teus), and bulk cargo ships of 160,000 DWT. In the start-up phase, 2 800m long wharves will be invested for general cargo ships, container ships with a capacity of up to 100,000 DWT and 2 buoy wharves for transferring bulk cargo (coal) for ships with a capacity of up to 160,000 DWT.

In 2023, the total import-export turnover of the Mekong Delta region will reach 35.7 billion USD, of which exports will be more than 24 billion USD and imports will be estimated at more than 11 billion USD. The whole region contributes about 31% of the GDP of the entire agricultural sector, with about 50% of rice output, 95% of rice exports, 65% of aquatic product output, 60% of fish exports and approximately 70% of fruits of all kinds...

The whole region currently has 52 industrial parks and 28 export processing zones, with goods circulating by various modes of transport of about 35 million tons. The target by 2030 is for goods circulating in the region to be about 128 million tons.

According to the People's Committee of Soc Trang province, although the output of import and export goods is large, the transport productivity of the region is generally low, mainly by inland waterways and roads.

The Mekong Delta region needs a Tran De hub port to serve the direct import and export of goods for the region, helping to reduce transportation costs and the volume of goods transferred to the Southeast seaport. When there is a large seaport, it is estimated that transportation costs will be reduced by about 30-50% depending on the region; promoting socio-economic development, national defense, security, etc.

Nhat Huy

Source: https://tienphong.vn/can-hon-19000-ty-dong-khoi-dong-sieu-cang-tran-de-post1686640.tpo