The Tan Cang – Cai Mep International Terminal Company Ltd (TCIT), a joint venture between Saigon Newport Company of Vietnam, Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) of Japan, Hanjin Shipping Co. of South Korea and Wan Hai Lines of Taiwan (China), organized a welcoming ceremony.
The New World Alliance (TNWA), which includes Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), APL and Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), created a new route by adding Vietnam to their JEX service in December 2010.
The port route of the revamped JEX service will cover: Kobe, Nagoya, Shimizu, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Yantian, Cai Mep, Singapore, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Le Havre, Jeddah, Singapore, Yantian, Hong Kong and back to Kobe.
The Tan Cang – Cai Mep deep-water seaport in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau has three ports with a total length of 890 meters, 60 hectares of freight yard area and a loading capacity of 1.8 million TEUs.
Saigon Giai Phong
