KM Cargo Services (KMCS) is launched at Dinh Vu Industrial Park in Hai An District, the northern port city of Hai Phong. (Photo: VNA)It is a joint venture among harbor operator Port of HaiPhong JSC, Sao A D.C Investment JSC from Vietnam and marine transport company KoreanMarine Transport Co., Ltd, with registered capital of 34.8 billion VND (1.52million USD).
Addressing the launch of the centre on March 3, KMCS Director Nguyen Huu Tuong said its establishment marks a new step forward for thethree companies as it can leverage on the trio’s strengths to develop a modernand professional logistics services provider that becomes a role model forothers.
The centre is located at Dinh Vu Industrial Park whichhouses a large number of factories and stays near Hai Phong’s largest ports,such as Tan Vu and Dinh Vu. Travel to the facility by road is also easy as itis situated near the Hanoi – Hai Phong Expressway and just 3km from Cat BiInternational Airport.
General Director of Port of Hai Phong JSC Nguyen Tuong Anhsaid despite the COVID-19 implications, the volume of cargo through Vietnameseseaports exceeded 700 million tonnes last year, up 2 percent from the previousyear. Container cargos alone reached nearly 24 million TEU, up 6 percentyear-on-year, Anh added.
He further noted that the volume of cargo handled by portsin Hai Phong grew by around 10 percent annually.
Hai Phong is striving to become a national hub for logisticsservices and sea-based economy under the northern city’s logisticsservices development plan until 2025, with a vision towards 2030. The city willexpand the diversity of its logistics services and improve added value of theservices on each tonne of goods going through local ports./.
VNA
