A project on building a channel to Da Nang-based Tho Quang Fishing Wharf is ahead of schedule. It is expected to be completed and handed over to the management, operation and exploitation unit in June 2023.

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The Maritime Project Management Board under the Ministry of Transport - the project’s developer, said that, as scheduled, the aforementioned project will be completed by the end of June. However, the construction of the project is ahead of schedule, so it is expected to be handed over to the management unit in late May.

Immediately after the groundbreaking ceremony in March 2023, the contractor mobilised nearly 70 engineers and workers, plus dozens of special machinery and equipment, 3 scrapers and 7 barges to transport dredged material to the construction site.

Currently, the enthusiastic atmosphere is being recorded at the construction site of the project, with the determination to complete the project ahead of schedule despite hot weather.

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.

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.

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 GIA MINH - Translating by M.DUNG