GEMALINK PORT COMES INTO OPEARTION IN CAI MEP AREA

Gemalink port is the biggest project of deep sea container port in Cai Mep – Thi Vai area with 72ha total area, 1,150m main berth and 370m feeder berth. The 1^st phase includes 800m main berth for mother vessel, 260m side berth for feeder on the 33ha area. The port capacity in the 1^st  phase is 1.5 million Teus/ year. The whole project capacity is 2.4 million Teus/ year

Gemalink port has some competitive advantages: convenient location at the river mouth with the deepest draft for proper turning basin, the longest main berth, the only deep sea container port at Cai Mep Thi Vai being designed with dedicated berth for feeder to connect HCMC and Mekong Delta Area, the capability to accommodate 200,000DWT vessel…and strong cargo commitment from global carriers. The introduction of Gemalink, which is the gateway to the South of Vietnam with strategic location in Port Group No.5 according to the Government’s master plan, will contribute remarkably to the release of congestion at HCMC ports, meet the demand for cargo trading between Vietnam and other countries in the region and in the world as well as the demand of Gemadept’s partner in Gemalink JV that is CMA-CGM and its shipping alliance.