General Description
Location: Cua Lo is situated on the NE central coast of Vietnam.
General overview: Cua Lo is a subport of Nghe Tinh. Cua Lo is a river port which is involved in ship building and repair, with four cargo handling berths. Cua Lo port has a total area of 32ha with 4 wharves with a total length of 780m; the depth of the landing area is 7.5 m, the depth of the channel is 5.5 m; Equipped with many modern synchronous equipment, there is a lifting capacity of 130 tons for loading and unloading super-heavy cargo. Xuan Hai has one quay handling general cargo. Hon Ngu Transshipment area handles deep draft vessels. The port can accommodate 4 ships of 10,000 tons each. Currently, the port has been dredged, expanded and upgraded to accommodate ships of 20,000 tons and increase the volume of cargo through the port annually over 2 million tons.
Traffic figures: Approx. 1,000,000 tonnes of cargo are handled annually.
Load line zone: China Sea Seasonal Tropical Area, Tropical Jan 21 to Apr 30, Summer May 1 to Jan 20.
Max. size:
Breakbulk: 10,000 d.w.t., LOA 140 m., draft 7.5 m.
Containers: 10,000 d.w.t., LOA 140 m., draft 7.5 m.
Bulk: 10,000 d.w.t., LOA 140 m., draft 7.5 m.