Vietnam, Denmark work on green seaport projects
(VOVWORLD) -Located in a major maritime trade transport route, during the process of planning the seaport system, Vietnam is striving to both ensure the optimality of international trade transport routes and meet the development requirements of industries, especially manufacturing-processing with a scale and model consistent with the green and smart port trend, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at a reception for Keith Svendsen, CEO of Danish company APM Terminals in Hanoi on Monday.
 Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha receives Keith Svendsen, CEO of Danish company APM Terminals in Hanoi on March 18, 2024. (Photo: Van Diep/VNA) |
The Deputy Prime Minister applauded APM Terminals’ plan to develop a green fleet and green seaport amid increasingly strict technical barriers, environmental criteria, and greenhouse gas emissions facing the shipping and seaport industry. With the policy of quickly converting to renewable energy, Vietnam is ready to create conditions for APM Terminals to pilot a green seaport project, he said.
Svendsen said the commitment to net-zero emissions that Vietnam delivered at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) fits his company’s orientation to develop a green fleet and green seaports in the coming years. APM Terminals Company wishes to explore investment opportunities to build the big and modern deep-water container seaports in Vietnam through digital, lean and green initiatives, he said.