ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Port

Phuoc Long Port

CY area

30 ha

CFS area

5,000 m2

Equipment

42 reach-stackers

Established on 1 November 1995, Phuoc Long Port Company Limited (PIP) is proud to be Gemadept's pioneer mark in the market by becoming the first inland port in Vietnam, a successful model and up to now, it has been replicated to many provinces and cities nationwide. Located in the key economic region of the South, located on the Hanoi Highway with the CY and Depot system connecting with many major industrial parks and arterial traffic routes, PIP is among the most reputable and effective ports and ICD operators in Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, and Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

PIP has the full functionality of an international border port and ICD serving import and export cargo. PIP also provides a chain of services from the depot, customs clearance, forwarding agent to multimodal transportation (door to door service) by barge, trucking with hundreds of new generation autonomous container trucks and barges, etc. Moreover, PIP is one of the leading reefer operators in Vietnam with prestigious and high-quality container warranty, maintenance and repair services.

With the goal of becoming the leading operator of inland ports and port logistics in Vietnam, PIP continues to standardize yard infrastructure, optimally meeting the needs of partner shipping lines and import-export customers as well as playing a good role as a strategic satellite port for Gemalink Deep-sea Port in Cai Mep - Ba Ria Vung Tau and connecting with Gemadept's nationwide Port network.

Binh Duong Port

CY area

9 ha

Barge fleet

45 barges

Equipment

165 truck-heads

Coming into operation in 2004, Binh Duong Port plays an essential role in the Government’s master plan of national seaport system by contributing to reducing traffic pressure on inner-city areas and developing trade in the economic triangle areas of Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau. In 2014, Binh Duong Port was honored to be recognized as the only International Border Gate Container Port of Binh Duong Province. Located in the southern key economic zone, on the highways of Hanoi and My Phuoc - Tan Van, with CY and Depot systems, connecting many large industrial parks and arterial roads, Binh Duong Port is proud to be one of the most reputable and efficient port operators in the Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau area.

Binh Duong Port situated on the confluence of Dong Nai River with the Saigon River and connects to the Cai Mep international seaport cluster in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, bridging the inland waterway transport system between major industrial zones with Cai Mep deep-sea port area and other ports in the Ho Chi Minh City area, contributing to reducing traffic pressure and saving transportation time and logistics costs for import-export enterprises.

"Success comes from strong internal forces". Binh Duong Port is an important link in Gemadept's seaport system development strategy, together with Phuoc Long Port (PIP), the ports form a solid rear for Gemalink deep-sea port, ensuring convenient cargo traffic, quick and effective for the southern key economic region of the country.

Nam Hai Port

Depot area

4,000 m2

Capacity

150,000 Teus/year

CY area

65,000 m2

Nam Hai Port is the first milestone of Gemadept in its "North-ward" strategy, promoting the development of port operation network to the potential and exciting North Vietnamese market. Established in 2009, after more than 10 years of operation, Nam Hai Port has achieved impressive results, creating a solid premise for Gemadept to continue to expand investment and develop other port projects of Gemadept at Hai Phong includes Nam Hai Dinh Vu Port, Nam Dinh Vu Port Cluster, and Nam Hai ICD with an increasingly large scale, meeting the growth rate of import and export in the strategic gateway to the North.

In the coming period, along with the dynamic development of Gemadept's port system in the North in particular and the whole country in general, Nam Hai Port is determined to promote its competitive advantages to ensure handling productivity, improve service quality, and provide service chains and add value to customers and partners.

Nam Hai Dinh Vu Port

Capacity

500,000 Teus/year

CY area

200,000 m2

Berth length

450 m

Nam Hai Dinh Vu Port is part of the group of 4 seaports and ICD of GMD in Hai Phong. Officially put into operation in 2014 with a scale three times larger than the previous Nam Hai Port, Nam Hai Dinh Vu Port has become an important trading hub in the busiest port complex in the North. With a favorable geographical location, along with a system of properties that are properly invested and operated professionally, Nam Hai Dinh Vu Port has managed to develop greatly. Possessing outstanding advantages with a strategic location in the downstream area of Cam river, with the berth length of 450m, turning area of 250m, the Port can receive the largest vessel size in the Dinh Vu area. In recent years, the port has always operated efficiently compared to the designed capacity of 500,000 TEUs / year.

With modern facilities, equipment, and a team of experienced and enthusiastic staff, operating following the standard and scientific handling process, the port's loading and unloading capacity is always rated among the top of the Hai Phong region.

In the past year, with the fighting spirit and drastic efforts to overcome difficulties, Nam Hai Dinh Vu Port has welcomed 454 ships, throughput reached 544,448 Teus - an increase of 22% compared to 2019. The financial targets of Nam Hai Dinh Vu Port achieved in 2020 will all increase compared to 2019. In particular, the port's revenue in 2020 will increase by 4% compared to 2019 while costs will decrease by 3%. As a result, profit before tax increased by 14%.

Evaluating the importance of production and business activities in 2021 - the pivotal year of the 5-year plan 2021 - 2025, Nam Hai Dinh Vu Port has built a business and production plan for 2021 based on the infrastructure for port operations with experienced human resources and many supports from Gemadept's longtime partners, aiming to maximize the efficiency of the Customer Service Center (Operation started from the second half of 2020); Strong communication, maximum supports for customers on Smart Port application (deployed from late 2020 - early 2021); Improving the efficiency of business development activities: increasing customers using the chain services and large import-export customers.

Nam Dinh Vu Port

Vessel size

50,000 DWT

QC reach-out

15 Rows

Berth length

450 m

Nam Dinh Vu Port is one of Gemadept's key port projects. The port is not only outstanding with the most favorable location and has the largest scale, but also because of its capacity to receive the biggest ships in the Dinh Vu area. The whole project has a scale of 7 container ports on a total area of more than 65ha, a berth of 1.5 km, a total investment of up to VND 6,000 billion, and a total capacity of nearly 2 million TEUs and 3 million tons/year. Located in the Non-Tariff Zone and Nam Dinh Vu Industrial Park - the most important hub for international and domestic commercial cargo transportation of the whole Northern region, right at the mouth of Bach Dang River with deep water draft and wide turning basin, Nam Dinh Vu Port is the nearest gateway to the sea compared to other ports in Hai Phong, located on the same traffic axis - connecting with Nam Hai Dinh Vu Port (3.0 km away), Nam Hai ICD (3.5 km away) and Nam Hai port (10 km away).

The highlights in the operation of Nam Dinh Vu Port in 2020 include the implementation of measures to prevent Covid-19 and ensure safety while maintaining effective production and business activities; Achieve well the work of cutting costs (outsourcing costs, personnel, fuel, etc.); Coordinate the implementation of centralized governance model for MKT-BD, Operations, and Engineering; Coordinate the implementation of Customer Service Center, improve service quality; Actively organize the implementation of Smartport project; Develop the Behavior Driven Development (BDD) services at the unit (transport services, yards, Roro ships, etc.); Complete the maintenance and dredging plan to ensure the depth of water in front of the wharf; Become the only port unit in Hai Phong area licensed to test operating container ship with LOA greater than 220m (and less than 240m).

Nam Hai ICD Port

CY area

150,000 m2

CFS and bonded warehouse area

50,000 m2

M&R area:

10,000 m2

Nam Hai ICD is a leading modern, large-scale ICD in Hai Phong with a total area of more than 21ha, possessing outstanding geographical advantages, located in MP Dinh Vu Industrial Park, directly connected to the main roads and is adjacent to the port system in the region. Nam Hai ICD is a solid rear, helping to relieve pressure on Gemadept's port cluster in Hai Phong. Not just that, Nam Hai ICD plays an active role in connecting the customers network and the supply chain in a smooth, unified way for Gemadept's Port and Logistics services nationwide.

Constantly increasing operational efficiency and competitiveness in the market, Nam Hai ICD has identified a direction to make a difference through the reorganization of operations at Nam Hai ICD and the satellite depot help increase flexibility, well meet the needs of customers; improve the quality of inspection services, cleaning and repairing; deploying the model of field customer care staff and the 24/7 Log-team model; connecting ICDs with shipping lines and customers; actively deployed and got good results initially from the 5S program, etc. Thereby, Nam Hai ICD not only maintains the companionship of traditional customers but also attracts more supports from new customers.

Dung Quat Port

The port plays an important role as a trading hub for goods in Dung Quat Economic Zone and surrounding areas to be transported to and from all regions of the country and mingled into the global shipping network. With a system of wharves and rear warehouses that are invested with modern equipment, Dung Quat Port ensures to well meet the needs of loading, unloading, and storing for all kinds of goods. To ensure the highest quality of service, the Port constantly improves the infrastructure, develops a system of warehouses and yards to optimize full and preeminent services in the import and export chain in Dung Quat, and at the same time improve competitiveness in the field of Logistics.

In 2020, not being an exception to facing the general difficulties made by Covid-19, Gemadept Dung Quat International Port faced 2 times of social distancing because of the pandemic. In particular, Central Vietnam was heavily affected by two historic storms. The regional market decreased by 17% compared to 2019. However, Dung Quat Port has been proactive in many business plans and has received active support from a group of large customers. As a result, Dung Quat Port achieved nearly 2.2 million tons of cargo throughput, completing the planned profit target, especially since the volume of cargo was higher than the regional market. Also, with the determination to continue to improve service quality and satisfy customers, by 2020, the unit has continued to improve the port infrastructure and developed warehouse systems, yards, and buffer systems of the berths to safely operate on generations of larges tonnage ships to optimize the package services and to excel in the import and export chain in Dung Quat. With the trend of the wood chips industry being a mainstay and growing day by day, in 2020, the unit will focus on continuously improving the service quality, committing to accompany and serve customers effectively, and improving and putting the conveyor system 03 into operation from October 2020, increasing the handling capacity of wood chips by 20%.

Berth length:

215 m

Draft

-11.5 m

Vessel size

70,000 DWT

Gemalink deep-sea Port

CY area

72 ha

Dedicated berth for feeders and barges

370 m

Main berth

1,150 m

Gemadept–Terminal Link Cai Mep Terminal (Gemalink Port), a joint venture between Gemadept and the world’s leading shipping company CMA-CGM, is the country’s leading deep-sea port. Gemalink Port is the pride of the Vietnamese people when it becomes one of the Top 19 commercial ports in the world that can receive the largest vessel size today, up to 200,000 DWT, and is one of the most important trading hubs in Asia.

Along with Gemadept’s existing port chain operating at high capacity, Gemalink deep-sea Port doubles Gemadept’s port operation capacity in the market and is a reliable choice for leading shipping lines in the world. In particular, together with the ports in Cai Mep – Thi Vai area, Gemalink Port contributes to reducing national logistics costs, enhancing competitiveness for Vietnamese goods, and strengthening Vietnam’s position and competitiveness in the global marine economy.

Gemalink port is not only large with the total investment of USD 520 million for 2 phases (of which phase 1 has been completed with USD 330 million) but it also has the largest capacity of 2.4 million Teus, the biggest capacity in the country. The port is designed and built by the hands and spirit of the Vietnamese people. Phu Xuan Company is in charge of the construction under the supervision of the world‘s leading consulting company Royal Haskoning, and Portcoast Consultant Corporation.