The port cluster was also named in the large seaport group with the container throughput exceeding four million TEU per year.
Most notably, it also retained its 13th position by the "administrative approach" index, according to a technical calculation, giving a higher portion to the popular vessel sizes in that port.
The CPPI report is developed annually in order to evaluate the worldwide seaport efficiency and is based on criteria related to the total time needed for completing the loading and unloading container of each voyage at a port for the entire year.
Covering an area of 48ha, Cai Mep international terminal is located at Lan Thanh district in Ba Ria–Vung Tau province and about 50km away from Ho Chi Minh City. The terminal features a wharf stretching for 600 metres and capable of receiving large container ships with a tonnage of 160,000 DWT.
Cai Mep terminal is fast becoming the first choice of many famous shipping lines around the world.