Da Nang Port#Tiên Sa Seaport

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Đà Nẵng has been a port city for many centuries, long before the first arrival of European traders in the 16th century. One of the first Europeans to visit the city was Portuguese explorer Antonio De Faria, who anchored at Đà Nẵng Port in 1535. De Faria was one of the first Westerners to write about the area, and through his influence Portuguese ships began to call regularly at Hội An, which was then a far more important port than Đà Nẵng.[https://www.angelfire.com/vt/hongnam/hoianhistory.html History of Hội An, a World Heritage Site]

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, French and Spanish traders and missionaries regularly made landfall at Hội An, just south of Đà Nẵng.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-20 |title=History - Culture |url=https://hoianheritage.net/en/nature-and-history/nature-and-history/history-culture-1.html |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Hoi An Ancient Town |language=English}} In 1787, Emperor Gia Long concluded a treaty with King Louis XVI, whereby he ceded Đà Nẵng Port to the French in return for promised military aid.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

Following the edict of Emperor Minh Mạng in 1835 prohibiting European vessels from making landfall or pursuing trade except at Đà Nẵng, its port quickly superseded Hội An as the largest commercial port in the central region.{{cite book |author=Ooi |first=Keat Gin |author-link=Keat Gin Ooi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKgraWbb7yoC&pg=PA397 |title=Southeast Asia: a historical encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, Volume 1 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2004 |isbn=9781576077702 |page=397 |accessdate=14 July 2010}}

In 1847, French vessels dispatched by Admiral Cécille bombarded Đà Nẵng, ostensibly on the grounds of persecution of Roman Catholic missionaries by Emperor Thiệu Trị. In August 1858, again ostensibly on grounds of alleged persecution of Catholic missionaries—this time by Emperor Tự Đức—French troops led by Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly seized Đà Nẵng Port as part of the punitive Cochinchina Campaign. The French overpowered the Vietnamese stationed in Đà Nẵng, swiftly occupying the city and Tiên Sa Peninsula (now called Sơn Trà Peninsula). Đà Nẵng (which the French called Tourane) and its port would remain in French hands until 1954, upon the formal dissolution of French Indochina in the 1950s.

In 1965, U.S. Army General William Westmoreland and James Killen, chief of U.S. foreign aid, agreed to expand Da Nang Port in order to supply materiel directly to U.S. troops in Vietnam.{{cite book|last=Levinson|first=Marc|title=The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2006|page=174}} Da Nang, however, had shallow water and lacked cargo handling equipment.{{sfn|Levinson|2006|p=174}} As such, Westmoreland recommended the U.S. prioritise developing Cam Ranh Bay instead.{{sfn|Levinson|2006|p=174}} New piers were under construction at Da Nang in 1966.{{sfn|Levinson|2006|p=178}} After SeaLand began operating container ship services to Vietnam in October 1966, three of its vessels covered routes between the West Coast of the United States and Da Nang.{{sfn|Levinson|2006|p=180}}

File:US Navy 040728-N-8796S-093 Vietnamese military officials watch as USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) prepares to moor in the Vietnamese port of Da Nang.jpg

Đà Nẵng Port consists of two main terminals (Tiên Sa Seaport and Song Hàn Terminal) and an additional freight warehouse, Tho Quang Station. The total area of the port system is {{convert|299256|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|29204|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} is warehouse space and {{convert|183722|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} is yard space.{{Cite web |url=http://www.danangportvn.com/Default.aspx?PageId=127 |title=Da Nang Port facilities: Yards and Warehouses |access-date=2012-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112045450/http://danangportvn.com/Default.aspx?PageId=127 |archive-date=2012-01-12 |url-status=dead }}

In recent years, the number of large cruise ships docking at Đà Nẵng Port has increased, despite the fact that its infrastructure is not specifically designed to accommodate cruise ships.[http://english.vietnamnet.vn/travel/2007/01/659895 Đà Nẵng: more tourists, more worries] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328015554/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/travel/2007/01/659895/ |date=2008-03-28 }} Due to these limitations, cruise ships generally make short stays—about 2 or 3 days at most.{{Cite web |url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/travel/2007/08/732188/ |title=In Vietnam cruise ships dock at cargo ports |access-date=2010-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623111917/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/travel/2007/08/732188/ |archive-date=2010-06-23 |url-status=dead }} In the first two months of 2010, 12 cruise ships were reported to have docked at Đà Nẵng Port, carrying 6,477 tourists, mainly from Europe, the U.S., Canada and Australia.

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Tiên Sa Seaport has a navigation depth of {{convert|11|m|ft|abbr=on}}, and is able to receive medium range tankers of up to 45,000 DWT, as well as container ships of up to 2,000 TEUs and large cruise ships of up to 75,000 GRT. A {{convert|450|m|ft|abbr=on}} breakwater provides protection from high waves and monsoons. The terminal has five berths in total: four berths, located along two finger piers of {{convert|185|m|ft|abbr=on}} each, and one {{convert|225|m|ft|abbr=on}} berth on a wharf along the shore, for a total of {{convert|965|m|ft|abbr=on}} Throughput capacity at this terminal is over 4.5 million tons per year.{{Cite web |url=http://www.danangportvn.com/Default.aspx?PageId=126 |title=Da Nang Port facilities: Berths |access-date=2012-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111142551/http://danangportvn.com/Default.aspx?PageId=126 |archive-date=2012-01-11 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.danangportvn.com/Default.aspx?PageId=66 |title=Da Nang Port facilities: Navigation Channel |access-date=2012-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111142706/http://danangportvn.com/Default.aspx?PageId=66 |archive-date=2012-01-11 |url-status=dead }} Tiên Sa terminal contains {{convert|13665|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of warehouse space and {{convert|138251|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of yards.

The approach to Sông Hàn Terminal is {{convert|12|nmi|km}} long with a navigation depth of 6-7m. The terminal has five berths, located along the shore; berth No. 1 is {{convert|140|m|ft|abbr=on}} long, berths No. 2 and 3 are {{convert|100|m|ft|abbr=on}} long, berth No. 4 is {{convert|90|m|ft|abbr=on}} long, and berth No. 5 is {{convert|98|m|ft|abbr=on}} long, for a total of {{convert|528|m|ft|abbr=on}}. Sông Hàn Terminal can accommodate vessels of up to 5,000 DWT. Throughput capacity is over 1 million tons per year.{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/VNM_Da_Nang_Port_1457.php |title=World Port Source: Da Nang Port |access-date=2010-07-14 |archive-date=2010-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201200457/http://worldportsource.com/ports/VNM_Da_Nang_Port_1457.php |url-status=dead }} Sông Hàn Terminal contains {{convert|3314|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of warehouse space and {{convert|16330|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of yard space.

Tho Quang freight warehouse station contains {{convert|12225|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of warehouse space and {{convert|29141|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of yard space.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100704183256/http://www.danangportvn.com/DesktopDefault.aspx Đà Nẵng Port website]

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