The container transport route of Japan-China-Vietnam was launched on Sunday, helping develop trade among the three countries, according to Vietnam News Agency on Sunday.

Under a contract signed by Japanese shipping company NYK and the Quang Ninh Port Authority in northern Quang Ninh province, which manages Cai Lan deepwater port, container ships dock at Cai Lan every Sunday after passing through many seaports in the three countries.

Now, three operational quays of Cai Lan are able to receive 40,000-DWT ships all day and night. One of the quay houses container-lifting equipment which is the largest and the most modern in Vietnam.

The Cai Lan deepwater port, whose annual loading capacity will stand at 17 million tons of cargoes in 2010, is also expected to facilitate transport of goods between Vietnam's northern economic zone comprising Hanoi capital, Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province, other northern localities, Laos' northern region, and China's Yunnan province.

Source: Xinhua