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Vietnam's Ministry of Transport, under Circular No. 54/2018/TT-BGTVT, will adjust charges for loading and unloading containers at the nation's deep-sea ports, effective January 1, 2019.
For ports northward of 20 degrees north latitude (excluding Lach Huyen Port), the charge will be hiked to $33 per TEU/$50 per FEU from $18 to $20 and $40 respectively. At Lạch Huyện Port, the charge will be raised to $52 per TEU/$77 per FEU from $46 and $68 respectively until 2021.
At Cai Mep - Thị Vai Port in the south, the loading and unloading charge will be $52 per TEU/$77 per FEU from $46 and $68 respectively. The charge for transshipment cargoes will be reduced to $31 per TEU and $46 per FEU from $34 and $51 respectively, in a bid to induce more transshipment cargo into Vietnam.
For the ports in the Mekong Delta, the charge for loading and unloading containers will be fetched down by 50%.
