Exiting the "tragedy", the volume of international shipping goods increased by 54%

The total volume of international shipping transported by Vietnam's shipping fleet grew by 54% in the first 6 months of the year, in contrast to the current "tragedy" of the shipping industry...

 
At the conference to evaluate the work results of the first 6 months of the year and deploy the key tasks in the last 6 months of 2021 organized by the Vietnam Maritime Administration (Ministry of Transport), leaders of the Maritime Administration acknowledged that the Vietnam's transportation in general and maritime in particular are strongly affected by the widespread influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on a global scale.

However, the cargo volume of Vietnam's shipping fleet in the first 6 months of 2021 continued to grow at a high rate compared to recent years, increasing by 12% over the same period in 2020. Notably, the volume of cargoes. Import and export of international sea transport of Vietnam's fleet increased by 54%, mainly transporting routes such as China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia...

Vietnam's fleet is currently ranked 4th in the ASEAN region and 30th in the world, according to statistics of the United Nations Trade and Development Forum.

Up to now, the fleet of ships under the Vietnamese flag has 1,576 ships, of which the transport fleet is 1,049 ships with a total capacity of about 6.1 million GT and a total tonnage of about 9.3 million DWT. The average ship age is 15.5 years old.

The structure of Vietnam's shipping fleet in recent years has significantly improved, the fleet has developed in the direction of specialization, meeting the needs of domestic cargo transportation.

Regarding maritime planning and projects, the Vietnam Maritime Administration is currently developing 03 projects according to the plan. For the Project on the formulation of a master plan on development of Vietnam's seaport system to 2030 with a vision to 2050, the Vietnam Maritime Administration has submitted it to the Ministry of Transport and the Appraisal Council. As a result, 100% of Council members unanimously approved the plan. Vietnam Maritime Administration will continue to complete and deploy to submit to competent authorities.

Exiting the "tragedy", the volume of international shipping goods increased by 54%

For the remaining two projects, the Vietnam Maritime Administration is submitting to the Ministry of Transport for consideration and approval of cost estimates for planning, including detailed planning for groups of seaports, ports, wharves, and floating terminals. , water areas, water areas in the period of 2021-2030, orientation to 2050; l Formulate a development plan for the inland port system in the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.

As for maritime safety and security, by the end of June 14, 2021, 334 turns of Vietnamese ships had been inspected and the Vietnamese fleet continued to be on the Tokyo MOU's White List. . In addition, affected by 02 storms in the first 6 months of 2021, however, the Vietnam Maritime Administration proactively and promptly implemented the disaster prevention plan, so there was no loss of life and property...