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Đà Nẵng Port ( vi, Cảng Đà Nẵng) is a major port system located in
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at the mouth of the Han River on the East Viet Nam Sea, in the city of
Đà Nẵng Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons ( ; vi, Đà Nẵng, ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one ...
. It is the third largest port system in
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(after
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in
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and the port of
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). Đà Nẵng Port lies at one end of the
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, an economic corridor connecting Vietnam with
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,
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, and
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. Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) is the port's
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. In 2008, Đà Nẵng Port handled 2.7 million tons of cargo, of which 1.2 million tons were exports, 525,900 tons were imports, and 985,600 tons were domestic cargo. Over 29,600 passengers passed through the port in 2008, a significant increase over previous years. Despite the fact that the port's infrastructure is not specifically designed to accommodate cruise ships, the number of large cruise ships docking at Đà Nẵng Port has increased in recent years.Da Nang Port: more tourists, more worries
In the first two months of 2010 alone, 12 cruise ships docked in Đà Nẵng, carrying 6,477 passengers.


History

Đà Nẵng Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons ( ; vi, Đà Nẵng, ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one ...
has been a port city for many centuries, long before the first arrival of European traders in the 16th century. One of the first Europeans to visit the city was Portuguese explorer Antonio De Faria, who anchored at Đà Nẵng Port in 1535. De Faria was one of the first Westerners to write about the area, and through his influence Portuguese ships began to call regularly at
Hội An Hội An (), formerly known as Fai-Fo or Faifoo, is a city with a population of approximately 120,000 in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province and is noted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. Along with the Cu Lao Cham archipelago, it is part o ...
, which was then a far more important port than Đà Nẵng.History of Hội An, a World Heritage Site
/ref> Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, French and Spanish traders and missionaries regularly made landfall at Hội An, just south of Đà Nẵng. In 1787, Emperor
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concluded a treaty with King
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, whereby he ceded Đà Nẵng Port to the French in return for promised military aid. Following the edict of Emperor
Minh Mạng Minh Mạng () or Minh Mệnh (, vi-hantu, 明 命, lit. "the bright favour of Heaven"; 25 May 1791 – 20 January 1841; born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, also known as Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu) was the second emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of V ...
in 1835 prohibiting European vessels from making landfall or pursuing trade except at Đà Nẵng, its port quickly superseded Hội An as the largest commercial port in the central region. In 1847,
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vessels dispatched by
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bombarded Đà Nẵng, ostensibly on the grounds of persecution of Roman Catholic missionaries by Emperor
Thiệu Trị Thiệu Trị (, vi-hantu, 紹 治, lit. "inheritance of prosperity"; 6 June 1807 – 4 November 1847), personal name Nguyễn Phúc Miên Tông or Nguyễn Phúc Tuyền, was the third emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty. He was the eldest son of Em ...
. In August 1858, again ostensibly on grounds of alleged persecution of Catholic missionaries—this time by Emperor
Tự Đức Tự Đức (, vi-hantu, 嗣 德, lit. "inheritance of virtues", 22 September 1829 – 19 July 1883) (personal name: Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Nhậm , also Nguyễn Phúc Thì) was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam; he ruled ...
—French troops led by Admiral
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seized Đà Nẵng Port as part of the punitive Cochinchina Campaign. The French overpowered the Vietnamese stationed in Đà Nẵng, swiftly occupying the city and Tiên Sa Peninsula (now called Sơn Trà Peninsula). Đà Nẵng (which the French called Tourane) and its port would remain in French hands until 1954, upon the formal dissolution of
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in the 1950s. In 1965, U.S. Army General
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and James Killen, chief of U.S. foreign aid, agreed to expand Da Nang Port in order to supply materiel directly to U.S. troops in Vietnam. Da Nang, however, had shallow water and lacked cargo handling equipment. As such, Westmoreland recommended the U.S. prioritise developing
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instead. New piers were under construction at Da Nang in 1966. After
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began operating
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services to Vietnam in October 1966, three of its vessels covered routes between the West Coast of the United States and Da Nang.


Facilities

Đà Nẵng Port consists of two main terminals (Tiên Sa Seaport and Song Hàn Terminal) and an additional freight warehouse, Tho Quang Station. The total area of the port system is , of which is warehouse space and is yard space. In recent years, the number of large cruise ships docking at Đà Nẵng Port has increased, despite the fact that its infrastructure is not specifically designed to accommodate cruise ships.Đà Nẵng: more tourists, more worries
Due to these limitations, cruise ships generally make short stays—about 2 or 3 days at most. In the first two months of 2010, 12 cruise ships were reported to have docked at Đà Nẵng Port, carrying 6,477 tourists, mainly from Europe, the U.S., Canada and Australia.


Tiên Sa Seaport

Tiên Sa Seaport has a navigation depth of , and is able to receive medium range tankers of up to 45,000 DWT, as well as container ships of up to 2,000 TEUs and large cruise ships of up to 75,000 GRT. A breakwater provides protection from high waves and monsoons. The terminal has five berths in total: four berths, located along two finger piers of each, and one berth on a wharf along the shore, for a total of Throughput capacity at this terminal is over 4.5 million tons per year. Tiên Sa terminal contains of warehouse space and of yards.


Sông Hàn Terminal

The approach to Sông Hàn Terminal is long with a navigation depth of 6-7m. The terminal has five berths, located along the shore; berth No. 1 is long, berths No. 2 and 3 are long, berth No. 4 is long, and berth No. 5 is long, for a total of . Sông Hàn Terminal can accommodate vessels of up to 5,000 DWT. Throughput capacity is over 1 million tons per year.World Port Source: Da Nang Port
/ref> Sông Hàn Terminal contains of warehouse space and of yard space.


Tho Quang Station

Tho Quang freight warehouse station contains of warehouse space and of yard space.


Notes and references


External links


Đà Nẵng Port website
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