The Hiep Phuoc Industrial Park has been designated by the Vietnamese Authorities as the location of a new Deep-Sea Port complementary to the existing Saigon Port. This port will be equipped with deep draught quays comprising a combined cargo terminal, a container terminal, a dry bulk terminal and liquid bulk terminals.

The drought of the berths along the quay will be sufficient for fully laden 25,000 dwt ships at the inception of the project. The design will however allow easy adaptation to accommodate 50,000 dwt vessels in the further development phases.

Improved Shipping Access from the Sea to
Hiep Phuoc Industrial Park

The Soai Rap River is naturally the largest and widest channel from the sea to Ho Chi Minh City. Formerly, it was also the main shipping access to Saigon Port, the existing largest port of Vietnam. However, due to formation of a sand bar at the river mouth, lack of maintenance dredging and security reasons during wartime, the shipping channel was moved to the Long Tau River. This route however is not practical since it has a lot of bends and it is much narrower and longer than the access via the Soai Rap River (63 kms vs. 50 kms long).

The initial aim is to allow controlled access to the Hiep Phuoc Industrial Park for vessels of up to 25,000 dwt. This will be done by creating an interim access channel northwards from Hiep Phuoc to the Long Tau River which is the existing shipping access channel. This will immediately give the Hiep Phuoc Industrial Park the same accessibility as Saigon Port. At a later stage the access channel to the sea via the Soai Rap River will be deepened to allow for a maximum size of vessels of 50,000 dwt.