Cai Mep, Hai Phong ranked among world's best performing container ports
VOV.VN - Two Vietnamese ports, Cai Mep and Hai Phong, continue to make their mark on the global maritime map as they have been named among the Top 20 ports with highest performance index in the world.
According to the 2025 Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), jointly published by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence, Cai Mep and Hai Phong both scored 122 points, ranking 11th and 13th globally, respectively.
The result places Vietnam's two major seaports among the world's most efficient container ports, alongside leading maritime hubs such as such as Fuzhou (China), Dalian (China), Salalah (Oman), Ma Wan (China), Xichuan (China), Tanger Med (Morocco), Ningbo (China), Hamad (Qatar), Hong Kong (China) and Kobe (Japan).
Unlike rankings based primarily on cargo throughput or port size, the CPPI measures operational efficiency. The index evaluates factors such as vessel turnaround time, cargo handling speed, terminal productivity and overall port performance – the criteria that have become increasingly important for global shipping lines and logistics operators.
As international supply chains continue to face disruptions stemming from pandemics, geopolitical tensions and shifting trade patterns, port efficiency has emerged as a key indicator of a country's competitiveness in global commerce.
Hai Phong is one of the ports with the strongest improvements in operational efficiency worldwide during the 2020-2025 period. According to the CPPI 2025, the port's score increased from 70 points in 2020 to 122 points in 2025, equivalent to an improvement of 52 points in just 5 years. This result places Hai Phong among the top 20 ports with the largest performance improvements globally, and ranks 6th in the world in terms of CPPI index improvement.
The achievement reflects sustained efforts to upgrade infrastructure, modernise port operations, accelerate digital transformation and strengthen logistics connectivity between seaports, industrial parks, manufacturing centres and multimodal transport networks.
The upgrading of Hai Phong port also demonstrates the increasingly important role of the northern gateway port cluster in regional and global supply chains, especially as Vietnam continues to assert its position as an important manufacturing and export hub in Asia.
Meanwhile, Cai Mep Port continues to reinforce its position as one of Southern Vietnam's most important international gateways. Maintaining a place among the world's highest-performing ports demonstrates the operational capabilities of the Cai Mep deep-water port complex, which is increasingly comparable to leading regional maritime hubs.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many ports in Europe and North America which belong to the group of high-income economies recorded a sharp decline in CPPI due to severe congestion, surges in transport demand, labour shortages, and bottlenecks in the domestic logistics chain.
Conversely, many ports in upper-middle-income economies, particularly in East and South Asia, have recovered more quickly and strongly thanks to their export-oriented trade structures, high competitiveness, and sustained investment flows.
Developed by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence, the global Container Port Performance Index is a comparable index of global container port performance intended to serve as a reference point for key stakeholders in the global economy, including national governments, port authorities, development agencies, supra-national organisations and private operators of trade, logistics and supply chain services.
Vietnamese ports among top 50 Container Port Performance Index
VOV.VN - Three local ports have been listed among the top 50 of the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), as launched by the World Bank and IHS Markit.
