General Description
Location: Cat Lai (Saigon New Port) is located 16km E of Saigon on the main Dong Nai River. Tan Cang - Cat Lai Terminal is now the biggest and most modern container terminal in Vietnam. Tan Cang Terminal is 9nm upriver through Saigon port from Cat Lai.
General overview: Cat Lai consists of the Tan Cang - Cat Lai Terminal, Tan Cang Terminal, Saigon Petro Port and Cat Lai Oil Port. Tan Cang - Cat Lai Terminal is now the biggest and most modern container terminal in Vietnam. Tan Cang Terminal functions as the import/export terminal, domestic port, and serves as the empty container depot (container handling / storage / M&R). It is a multipurpose river port area of Ho Chi Minh City, with privately-operated facilities on the banks of the Dong Nai River (Song Dong Nai), east of the inner city area of Ho Chi Minh City.
Tan Cang - Cat Lai Terminal in Ho Chi Minh City, with a total area of 160 hectares of yards; 2,040m of berth, loading and unloading equipment, and advanced management technology (TOPX and TOPOVN), is the largest and most modern port in Vietnam, standing in the TOP 21 largest and most modern container ports in the world. TCCL Terminal is operated by Operations Center - Saigon Newport Corporation. The terminal is divided into 3 terminals A, B and C with a separate area for refeer containers and a separate berth dedicated to receiving barges and stuffing rice cargoes. Inside Cat Lai terminal, there are 3 empty container depots, the outside area has 4 linked depots. The terminal consists of 9 berths (+1 berth for barging) with the depth of 12.5 m alongside.
Load line zone: China Sea Seasonal Tropical Area, Tropical Jan 21 to Apr 30, Summer May 1 to Jan 20.
Max size:
Saigon New Port: Max draught: 11.0 m, size: 36,000 DWT.
Saigon Petro Port: Max draught: 10.5 m, size: 25,000 DWT.