QUI NHON

Geographic location: 13 ° 46'0 "N, 109 ° 14'0" E Vietnamese commercial port. Located on the west coast of Guiren Bay in the central southern part of the country, east of the port city, facing the South China Sea. It is 185 nautical miles north of Da Nang, 318 nautical miles from Dong Hai Port, 403 nautical miles from Bianshui Port, 467 nautical miles from Haiphong Port, 515 nautical miles northeast of Beihai Port in China, 104 nautical miles south of Nha Trang, 354 nautical miles from Ho Chi Minh Port, and 862 nautical miles from Singapore Port. There is a military airport. Guiren Bay is a natural bay that extends into the inland from north to south, with a small mouth and wide interior, a depth of 27 kilometers, and a peninsula as a barrier to the east. The bay can accommodate ships of tens of thousands of tons. At present, there is a "T" - shaped protruding embankment at the top of the peninsula extending eastward from the southern entrance and exit. The total length of the dock line is 320 meters, with 4 berths, and the outer two frontiers have a water depth of 8.8 meters, allowing ships with a length of 140 meters and a draft of 8.8 meters to enter the port for loading and unloading; There are also four moored ships near the dock for transshipment operations. In addition, there are some shallow water berths and a petroleum specific floating berth outside the port, which can anchor oil tankers with a draft of 9 meters. Opened in 1874.