A new container terminal jointly developed by Vietnam's Hateco Group and APM Terminals has commenced operations in the city of Haiphong in Vietnam.
The Hateco Haiphong International Container Terminal (HHIT) will provide two new deep-water berths at Lach Huyen Port in Haiphong. The berths will be capable of accommodating large container vessels of up to 18,000 TEUs capacity.
The terminal has also been chosen as part of the Gemini Cooperation, the new East-West network handled by Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd.
On the same day as the formal opening of HHIT, Hateco and APM Terminals entered into a memorandum of understanding to deepen and expand their strategic partnership in port and logistics investment and operations in Haiphong and in potential new strategic locations in Vietnam.
Construction of the terminal was completed within 30 months. As part of the project, APM Terminals advised on safety, port automation, the use of artificial intelligence and process optimisation and decarbonisation.