107 billion VND to upgrade Cua Hoi fishing port

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of January 11, 2016, at Nghi Hai ward, Cua Lo town, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held the groundbreaking ceremony for the project to upgrade and expand Cua Hoi fishing port.

Attending the event were leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, representatives of Cua Lo Town, Squadron 2 - Provincial Border Guard, Nghi Hai Ward, Project Management Board, and Cua Hoi Fishing Port Management Board.

Comrade Ho Ngoc Sy, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony.

Cua Hoi fishing port is part of the planning of the system of fishing ports and fishing wharves from now until 2030 and was approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 346 dated March 15, 2009, with the goal of building, upgrading and expanding the port to meet the criteria of a type 1 fishing port, meeting the needs of loading and unloading aquatic products exploited in the fishing grounds of the Gulf of Tonkin, providing fishing logistics services, contributing to the development of the fishing industry and socio-economic development for local people.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Duc, Vice Chairman of Cua Lo Town People's Committee, affirmed that the locality will create the most favorable conditions for the contractor to complete the construction on schedule.

The project has a total estimated budget of 107 billion VND, with the following construction items: Construction of a new 800 CV pier; construction of an approach bridge connecting the existing pier and the newly built pier combined with a 250 CV berth; construction of a new sea-encroaching embankment to create a site for the construction of a seafood classification house and fisheries infrastructure works with an area of ​​1.4 hectares; renovation of a seafood classification house, seafood classification house No. 2 on the pier; upgrading and repairing technical infrastructure systems including: power supply system, clean water supply system, drainage and wastewater treatment system with a capacity of 200 m³/day and night.

Delegates and contractor representatives started construction to upgrade and expand Cua Hoi Fishing Port.

Fish arrive at Cua Hoi port.

The project is expected to be completed in 2018. To date, the province has had two fishing ports upgraded and expanded with a total investment of nearly 150 billion VND.

Phu Huong