Hon Khoai port
{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Vietnamcoal}}Hon Khoai Port is a proposed port and coal terminal at Hon Khoai in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau, Vietnam.
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Location
The map below shows the Mekong Delta region, the approximate location for the proposed port.
Background
In September 2014 a feasibility study for the proposed Hon Khoai port in the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam was conducted by the Vietnam Marine Administration in partnership with Australia-based N&M Commodities. The Australian firm proposed building 24 piers at the port and estimated the project would cost US$3.5 billion and take two years to complete. Around half of the ships would be supplying coal.[1]
In January 2015 Bechtel, the largest construction and civil engineering company in the U.S., signed a deal with Vietnamese firm Van Phong to conduct a feasibility study for the proposed port. The study will evaluate the demand for a coal import port in Hon Khoai to fuel thermal power plants in the Mekong Delta region.[1] Bechtel's study planned for 12 transhipment berths at the port, half of which will be dedicated to non-coal imports.[2]
Graham Ong-Webb from the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies in Singapore believes the proposal only makes financial sense with the May 2015 announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding between China and Thailand to build the US$28 billion Kra Canal through Thailand’s Kra Isthmus, allowing ships to bypass the busy port hubs of Singapore and Malaysia.[2]
Funding
The proposed US$2.5 billion Hon Khoai port may seek up to 85 per cent of its finance from the US Export-Import Bank, if the Bank’s authority is reauthorized by US Congress.[2]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Van Phong, Bechtel
- Location: Hon Khoai, Ngoc Hien District, Ca Mau Province
- Coal Capacity (Million tonnes per annum): TBD
- Status: Proposed
- Projected In Service:
- Type: Imports
- Source of Coal:
- Cost: US$2.5 billion
- Financing: US Export-Import Bank
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bechtel considers investment in Hon Khoai port project," Port Finance International, Jan 15, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "New Viet port a clue to Kra Canal?" The Straits Times, Aug 20, 2015
