The shipping platform

Location: Ben Nghe Port is located on the right bank of the Saigon River, adjacent to Saigon Port and Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone (TTEPZ), of Tan Thuan Dong Ward, Dist. 7, HCM City. General overview: Ben Nghe is a subport of Saigon. The port is located at the area of 320,000 m2 with 13,200 m2 of warehousing area and 200,000 m2 of open storage. The port consist of 4 berths: K14 (length: 88 m, depth: 7.5 m), K.15 ( length: 265 m, depth: 9.5 m), K.15B (length: 175 m depth: 11.5 m) and K.15C(length: 288 m, depth: 12.0 m). Ben Nghe Port has a total area of 32.22 ha, port inflow has a length of 84 km and depth of -8.5m. Tidal regime is irregular semi-diurnal. Average tidal range is 2.7 m. While initially it allowed only approx. 2,000 DWT vessels to arrive, today, the Port has been developed with 816-m berth, 22-ha container yard, 10,000-m2 warehouse together with modern facilities and equipment. The main cargo such as rice, cement, fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural products (rice, wheat, corn), cattle-feed, iron & steel of various types, machinery, and various passenger cars & special purpose vehicles are handled in the port. Traffic figures: Approx. 520 vessells call at the port, 330,000 TEUs and 6,400,000 tonnes of cargo are handled annually. Load line zone: China Sea Seasonal Tropical Area, Tropical Jan 21 to Apr 30, Summer May 1 to Jan 20. Max. size: draft: 10.5 m; size: 45,000 DWT.