The canal connecting Day river - Ninh Co

The canal connecting Day river - Ninh Co is located in Nghia Hung district, started at the end of 2020, on an area of about 45 hectares. The project has a total investment of 101 million USD (about 2,300 billion VND), from the capital of the World Bank.

 Overview of Nghia Hung canal project (Cluster of canals connecting Day river - Ninh Co) belonging to Transport Development Project in Northern Delta (WB6 project), located in Nghia Hung district, province Nam Dinh.

The canal is one kilometer long, 90-100 m wide, and can accommodate 3,000-ton ships. The project is also a combination of many types such as waterways, wharfs, and communications. This is the largest lock in Vietnam today.

 

Comrade Pham Gia Tuc - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Secretary of the Nam Dinh Provincial Party Committee (2nd from left) attended the opening ceremony of the National Inland waterway - Nghia Hung Canal

Engineer LILAMA10 at the central control room - controlling the opening and closing of lock doors

The project consists of 5 main construction and installation packages, in which, the CV-A2.6-NDTDP package is for the construction of the gate head, retaining wall and guide wall, operator, warehouse and mechanical and electrical equipment. Joint Venture LILAMA10 Joint Stock Company - Phu Xuan Construction and Consulting Joint Stock Company - Hai Duong Embankment Construction and Rural Development Joint Stock Company won the bid 418,329 billion VND (package price 419,203 billion VND).

LILAMA 10 Joint Stock Company processes and manufactures mechanical equipment and steel structures under the signed contract at Hai Duong Mechanical and Equipment Manufacturing Factory

Immediately after the contractor selection result, LILAMA10 coordinated with partners to fully implement the construction implementation procedures and strive to implement synchronous solutions to speed up the construction progress.

Officials and employees of LILAMA 10 Joint Stock Company construct at the project with the goal of safety, quality and progress

The lock is in a state of automatic opening/closing for ships to pass through the lock

 

TIn the photo is a ship carrying 2,650 tons of glass sand passing through the lock of the canal. This is also the near-maximum vessel tonnage that the canal can handle