The facility is being developed into a key cargo gateway for the increasing trade in ASEAN and to cope with the growing business demand in countries within the Greater Mekong Region (GMR) including Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos.
The new project will see berths double at the facility with the number of operational berths to increase from 10 to 20, and total length to extend from 1.5 km to 2.8 km. Together with an additional bridge connecting to the port, the construction is expected to be completed by 2019.