The adjustments to the master plan to develop Vietnam’s inland container depots (ICDs) have been approved, with the goal of putting up 15 ICDs across the country by 2020.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has given the go signal to the adjustments to the master plan on Vietnam’s ICD development by 2020, with a vision to make further improvements up to 2030.
The plan calls for developing inland container depots into centers for organizing goods transport and providing improved logistics services, according to a report from VNA.
To achieve this, 15 inland container depots will be built across the country—six in the north, six in the central and Central Highlands, and three in the south.
This is aimed at helping ICD systems meet increasing demand for export-import transportation, increase seaports’ capacity for goods clearance, ensure the safety of goods, and reduce traffic congestion in urban areas.
Over the next three years, the work will focus on developing inland container depots along transport corridors connecting to large seaports in the north and the south, with priority given to ports close to industrial clusters and parks, export processing zones, logistics centers, and international border gates.
By 2020, Vietnam’s ICD system is seen to clear 15% to 20% of the volume of goods containers, with a total capacity of 4 million to 6.8 million TEUs a year. By 2030, the ICDs are expected to process from 25% to 30% of container volume and have an overall capacity of between 12 million and 17.6 million TEUs per year.
Total investment capital for the plan leading to 2020 is estimated at VND9 trillion to VND15 trillion (US$396 million to $661 million), while for the period 2020-2030, funding will be about VND20 trillion to VND22 trillion.
The plan will also focus on measures to enhance state management of the development of ICDs, logistic centers, and of the involvement of the railway and internal waterway sectors in container transport.
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