With the pillars of the seaport-maritime-logistics ecosystem, Vietnam National Shipping Lines is determined to complete its 2025 production and business plans to overcome the waves and reach out to the open sea.

Vietnam National Shipping Lines (VIMC) always seeks and creates new growth drivers based on the seaport-maritime-logistics ecosystem, thereby promoting sustainable growth of core activities, maintaining and developing markets and market shares.

Profit of nearly 5,000 billion VND

At the conference to deploy VIMC's business tasks in 2025 on the afternoon of January 6, according to Mr. Nguyen Canh Tinh, General Director of VIMC, last year, the Corporation achieved remarkable achievements, in which the volume of goods through the port reached more than 145 million tons, an increase of 27% compared to 2023; the volume of sea transport reached nearly 20 million tons, exceeding the plan by 22%.

“In 2024, VIMC will achieve revenue of VND24,813 billion; profit of VND4,940 billion. Last year's production and business results exceeded the targets of output, revenue and profit compared to the plan when revenue exceeded 135% and profit exceeded 128%,” Mr. Tinh revealed the figures.

With this result, VIMC has been very successful in international cooperation when developing 10 new container service routes connecting Vietnam with Europe. In particular, VIMC's port system has received and provided services to all of the world's top 10 shipping lines.

Implementing the previous agreements signed with MSC Group, VIMC established a joint venture to operate two international container terminals No. 3 and 4 of the Hai Phong International Gateway Port project in Lach Huyen.

VIMC has actively implemented and basically completed the procedures for the Prime Minister to issue a decision approving the implementation policy of the Can Gio International Transit Port project. This is a large-scale project expected to become an international transit center of Ho Chi Minh City and the region, attracting domestic and foreign shipping lines, transport companies, cargo owners, and logistics service businesses, participating in the world transport supply chain and realizing the goal of making Vietnam a strategic position on the international maritime map.

For member enterprises, VIMC has completed increasing the charter capital of Vinaship Shipping Joint Stock Company; Vietnam Shipping and Chartering Joint Stock Company to implement investment in developing a new generation of shipping fleet.

Along with the development of the international transit port system, in order to participate more deeply in the global transport chain, the Corporation has established VIMC Container Transport Joint Stock Company to establish and open Intra-Asia container transport routes, moving towards opening global transport routes.

Along with upgrading port infrastructure, VIMC also aims to rapidly develop the national fleet through a strategic partnership with the world's largest shipping lines. In this way, VIMC not only takes advantage of its partners' existing customer base and market, but also rapidly expands its transportation network and enhances its competitiveness.
 

Overcome the waves to reach the ocean

Emphasizing that 2025 is of special importance, a year of acceleration, breakthrough, and reaching the finish line, VIMC continues to promote sustainable growth of core activities, determined to maintain and develop the market and market share, while seeking and creating new growth drivers on the basis of the seaport-maritime-logistics ecosystem.

Striving to first put the Lach Huyen wharf project into operation in the first quarter of 2025, VIMC focuses on investing in Can Gio International Transit Port, along with Cai Mep-Thi Vai Port cluster, which will enhance Vietnam's competitiveness in seaports in the region, thereby increasing transport output and surpassing Singapore's current 37 million Teus (our country's seaports this year reached 30 million Teus).

“This is VIMC’s mission to elevate the maritime industry to a national competitive level; innovative service activities no longer include traditional services of low value, connecting the chain in the ecosystem to provide in the seaport system, services, and logistics; remaining seaports continue to research development plans to anticipate development trends,” affirmed the General Director of VIMC.

VIMC's Board of Directors also committed to having programs, actions and resolutions for units and believes that with the determination of 2025 and the new period, there will be new thinking and actions, with great solidarity and great efforts to complete the production and business plan targets. 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of VIMC's establishment, therefore, all leaders and employees of the corporation will be determined to "survive the waves, reach far to reach the big sea"./.