The proportion of inland waterway transport in Hai Phong has just reached more than 5.8% of the total volume of freight transport in the area, inland waterway transport has not contributed much to freight transport due to many small-scale inland waterway terminals. Outdated loading and unloading technology. Some inland waterway wharves have expired operating permits due to problems with land use planning and inland waterway development planning.
Faced with this fact, in 2016 Hai Phong detailed the development of the port and wharve system of Hai Phong until 2020 with a vision to 2030. Currently, Hai Phong has 1 port in seaport waters, 15 ports on waterways. national inland waterway, 215 inland waterway wharves, of which 200 cargo berths and 15 passenger berths, 33 riverside passenger berths.
