Located in the southern key economic region, with the Cai Mep-Thi Vai deep-water port system, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province has all the advantages to develop into a regional logistics center. Recognizing that importance, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province has concentrated resources, set aside land fund, and invited reputable, experienced and potential investors to invest in this important field.
Immediately after being put into operation, Gemalink Port (Phu My town, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province) became the largest port in the Cai Mep-Thi Vai deep-water port cluster, contributing to perfecting the logistics service supply chain. of Gemadept Corporation.
Located in the southern key economic region, with the Cai Mep-Thi Vai deep-water port system, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province has all the advantages to develop into a regional logistics center. Recognizing that importance, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province has concentrated resources, set aside land fund, and invited reputable, experienced and potential investors to invest in this important field.
Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province Nguyen Cong Vinh said: Not only is it a destination for major shipping lines in the world, now forwarding companies, warehouse operators, and large distributors also invested in Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
Soon to complete the connection of the regional transport system
According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam’s total import-export turnover in 2020 will reach 545 billion USD, up 5.1% compared to 2019. Notably, from 2012 to now, our country has gradually balanced. trade balance and trade surplus started. If in 2010 there were only 20 export items of more than 1 billion USD, by 2020, this number has increased to 32 items… With the size of the economy getting bigger and bigger, export turnover increases every year, demanding logistics services must develop commensurately. According to the master plan, Cai Mep-Thi Vai deep-water port cluster (Ba Ria-Vung Tau) and Long Thanh international airport (Dong Nai) will be the major logistics centers of the whole region. The connection of the transport system between localities, large commodity production centers in the region with logistics centers determines the size and competitiveness of the economy.
Along with the seaport system, the development and completion of the port logistics service system, the development of the Cai Mep Ha Logistics Center, the specialized inspection center… is one of the key tasks of the port. Ba Ria-Vung Tau province during this term.
However, for a long time, the transport system connecting the region has revealed many limitations, focusing mainly on road traffic, which is already overloaded, has not yet connected effectively between road and waterway, lacks connectivity. between modes of transport with large carrying capacity and competitive prices such as railways, inland waterways, etc.
In fact, in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, with nearly 50 seaport projects already in operation, with a planned capacity of more than 155 million tons of cargo per year, national highway 51 connects Ba Ria-Vung Tau with Ho Chi Minh City. Minh and other provinces in the region were quickly overwhelmed. Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province Nguyen Van Tho said that in the 2020-2025 term, the province determined to focus on investing in infrastructure to connect inter-port and inter-regional traffic; focus on implementing projects such as road 991B, Phuoc An bridge, Bien Hoa-Vung Tau expressway, Long Son-Cai Mep road, Phuoc Hoa-Cai Mep road, the road behind My Xuan-Thi Vai port; promote the procedures to start the construction of the railway connecting the port, the Cai Mep Ha Logistics Center, the centralized specialized inspection center; promoting the development of inland port projects…
The province will also consider to soon have a plan to deploy dredging of the maritime channel and upgrade the entire channel according to the plan, ensuring a safe depth for large ships to enter the port. Strengthen reform of procedures, facilitate import and export goods at the port.
Promote links, digital transformation
Deputy General Director of Gemadept Group Pham Quoc Long also said that most of the logistics enterprises in Vietnam are small and medium enterprises, the size and financial potential are still weak. Meanwhile, there is a lack of linkage between logistics service businesses with each other and with production, import and export businesses. Therefore, domestic enterprises only stop at providing small and unique services in the supply chain with low added value.
In order for domestic logistics enterprises to grow and expand their business scope to markets outside of Vietnam, more than ever, businesses need to promote links with each other, between logistics enterprises and manufacturing enterprises. , export, import, share knowledge and experience, build trust to improve internal capacity. And to do that, it is necessary to soon form a network of large enterprises, capable of leading the market; search, share orders, reduce logistics costs, improve competitiveness for domestic products and goods…
In particular, in the context of the booming e-commerce, the lack of linkage between the transportation and payment systems, and the intermediary bill of lading units, will cause domestic logistics enterprises to quickly lag behind other logistics enterprises. foreign industry.
General Director of Cai Mep International Port (CMIT) Nguyen Xuan Ky analyzed that logistics is a service industry with high science and accuracy. The world’s major shipping lines have long digitized all of their operations. Therefore, domestic port enterprises cannot delay in digital transformation. In fact, for logistics businesses, digital transformation helps to optimize transportation routes, reduce empty loads on the way back, effectively control means of transport and related costs…
Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province Nguyen Cong Vinh said: Logistics is identified as an important service industry in the overall structure of the national economy, playing the role of supporting, connecting and promote socio-economic development of the whole country as well as each locality, contributing to improving the competitiveness of the economy. With the advantage of being the maritime lane of the Southern Key Economic Zone and the whole South region, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province is determined to build its goal of becoming one of the major logistics centers of the region.
