The more than 210,000 ton capacity vessel stretches nearly 400m in length and 59m in width, according to the Vietnam Maritime Corporation.

Cai Mep International Terminal is one of just 20 ports capable of receiving vessels of this size.

Vietnam, who recently signed several free trade deals including the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), hopes to expand its shipping activities.

Vietnam’s goods can be directly loaded onto big vessels and shipped to lucrative markets like Europe and the US without having to transit ports in Singapore or Malaysia, thus saving logistics costs and reducing transport time.

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