The Acting Director of the Da Nang Department of Transport Bui Hong Trung said on Wednesday that Da Nang People's Committee Chairman Le Trung Chinh has assigned the department to monitor the project on building of a channel to the Tho Quang Fishing Wharf, Son Tra District.

A corner of the Tho Quang Fishing Wharf

On July 28, 2022, the Minister of Transport issued the decision approving the project, and assigned the Maritime Project Management Board to be the project investor.

The purpose of the project is to serve the exploitation needs of the Tho Quang Fishing Wharf, and military factory ports under construction. 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 feature the renovation and upgrading of the 2,927m-long channel consisting of two sections. Specifically, the section from buoy No. 1 to the end of the turning basin of the Son Tra wharf is 1,576m in length. Meanwhile, the section from the turning basin of Son Tra Port to Song Thu Shipyard is 1,350m long.

The project will be developed at a cost of more than VND150.5 billion funded by the State budget in the medium-term public investment capital plan for the 2021 - 2025 period. It is expected to be completed in 2023.

Once completed, the channel will receive general and bulk ships of up to 10,000 DWT with full load, cargo ships of 3,000 DWT, and newly built military ships of 4,100DWT.

Reporting by THANH LAN - Translating by M.DUNG