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Da Nang City will officially break ground on the Liên Chiểu container port in three days, a project valued at more than 1.7 billion USD. The port is intended to become an international container port and transshipment hub built to green port standards.
The Liên Chiểu container port project will be developed by a joint venture between Hateco Group (through Hateco Port Co., Ltd) and APM Terminals B.V. The project covers about 172.6 hectares, excluding water areas, navigational channels, and shared turning basins.
The overall design capacity is about 5.7 million TEU per year, equivalent to around 74 million tonnes of goods annually. By 2030, throughput is expected to rise to 14.25–36.3 million tonnes per year.
The Liên Chiểu quay area will include eight container berths with a total quay length of about 2,750 meters. The berths are designed to handle container ships up to 18,000 TEU.
Planned operations will use modern handling technology with a high level of automation to improve throughput and reduce vessel turnaround times. The project also includes a 5,000-ton barge quay to support cargo transfer between the container port, other ports, and inland waterways, aiming to help reduce road congestion and logistics costs.
The hinterland is planned to include container yards, customs warehouses, a cargo yard, a control center, service facilities, repair workshops, and supporting infrastructure. A rail yard will connect Liên Chiểu to the national rail network via a 1.5 km rail link to Kim Liên station.
The project is scheduled for ten years, implemented in three phases from 2026 to 2036, with phased investment in both berths and hinterland infrastructure. After three years of operation (Phase 1), container throughput through Liên Chiểu is expected to reach 4 million TEU per year.
After selecting Hateco as an investor, a Da Nang delegation visited Hai Phong for fieldwork. In March 2026, the city announced the completion of shared infrastructure for Liên Chiểu Port and the opening of the coastal road directly connected to the port.
APM Terminals is described as one of the world’s largest container port operators, part of the AP Moller-Maersk Group, operating more than 70 port facilities and terminals in 38 countries across five continents. The company, together with Maersk, is expected to bring industry expertise to identify challenges and propose feasible solutions.
Hateco is a major Vietnamese conglomerate founded in 2004, and is noted as a pioneer in large-scale infrastructure projects including the Lạch Huyện port project in Hai Phong, Bắc Tiền Phong industrial zone, and ICD Long Biên in Hanoi.
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