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 The ceremony to announce the total amount of freight handled by Da Nang port in 2016

On January 1, 2017, the company held a ceremony to officially announce the total amount of freight handled by the port in 2016 and to unload the first tonnage of cargo of 2017.

According to reports at the event, the port handled 7.25 million tons of cargo in 2016, a year-on-year increase of 13 percent, or 320,000 TEUs, up by 24 percent from 2015.

Meanwhile, the Bindi Ipsa of the Panama has become the first cargo vessel to dock at Da Nang port in 2017, carrying 650 TEUs, first tonnages of cargo, to the port. 

Da Nang port has set a target of handling 7.6 million tons of freight or 360,000 TEUs for 2017.

Translated by Thu Nguyen