The Vietnamese Maritime Project Management Board has submitted plans on building a channel to Da Nang-based Tho Quang Fishing Wharf in Da Nang to the Ministry of Transport for approval.

A corner of the channel leading to Tho Quang fishing wharf. Photo: THANH LAN

This is a traffic project using public investment capital, belonging to group B with the aim of serving the exploitation needs of Tho Quang fishing wharf, seaports and factories. The would-be channel is expected to be capable of receiving ships of up to 10,000 DWT at sea (depending on the channel segment).

The project will be developed at a cost of VND151.42 billion funded by the State budget in the medium-term public investment capital plan for the 2021 – 2025 period.

The implementation period is from 2022 to the end of 2023.

The project will feature the renovation and upgrading of the section from buoy No. 1 to the end of the turning basin of the Son Tra wharf with a length of 1,576m and a width of 85m.

The channel bottom elevation is -8.1m (chart) with a design water level of +1.2m (chart), a frequency of P=20% for ships of 7,000 - 10,000 DWT at full load or greater, meeting conditions maritime safety.

Meanwhile, the section from the turning basin of Son Tra Port to Song Thu Shipyard is 1,350m long with a channel width of 65m, a channel bottom elevation of -5.6m (chart), a design water level of +0.98m (chart) for ships of 3,000 DWT with full load, newly built military ships of 4,100 DWT or larger and ships of 8,000 DWT without load.

Reporting by PHUONG UYEN- Translating by A.THU