After one year of operation, Tan Cang - Cai Mep port has received 160 mother vessels of the world"s leading shipping lines and 213 transit vessels; the port receives weekly 3 mother vessels of large shipping lines such as Mitsui OSK Line, NYK, K"line of Japan, Hanjin, Hyundai of Korea, APL-NOL of the U.S, Germany"s Hapag Lloyd, OOCL, Cosfi, Yang Ming of China. Output of goods through the port reached 270,000 TEUs (equivalent to over 2,000,000 tons).

Particularly, 168 tours in the first six months in 2010, including 74 mother vessels, 94 transit ships. Output of goods through the port was equivalent of over 130,000 TEUs to 1,200,000 tons. In addition, Tan Cang - Cai Mep port also welcomed the ships transiting from Cambodia connecting to the U.S; shipping barges from Ho Chi Minh City’s area and vice versa.

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