Hoa Loc fishing port ensures ships can load and unload goods and take shelter from storms safely.

Night at Hoa Loc fishing port.

After the trip to sea, the ship TH 91427-TS owned by ship owner and pilot Nguyen Van Do, from Hung Loc commune (Hau Loc) and the ship TH 92323-TS owned by ship owner and pilot To Van Ngo, from Ngu Loc commune, docked at Hoa Loc fishing port. Ngo's ship had 8 workers on board. Ngo has been working at sea for over 20 years, while Do has been at sea for over 10 years.

Mr. Ngo, Mr. Do and many other fishermen who are attached to the seafaring profession shared that the current difficulties of offshore fishermen are the gradually depleting resources, extreme weather, and climate change that continuously affect the exploitation of aquatic products. In the areas of Lach Truong estuary, storm shelters, and the area in front of the wharf are not dredged regularly, so there is sedimentation, leading to narrowing of the channel, shallow ports and shelters, making it very difficult for fishing vessels to enter and exit the port to unload goods as well as enter the storm shelters. Many offshore fishing vessels of fishermen entering the port to unload goods and shelter from storms have to wait for many hours, waiting for the tide to rise.

Compared to many other professions, fishing not only brings income to the family, creates jobs for local workers, but is also a way for each fisherman to show his love and responsibility for his homeland and country.

Purchasing seafood at Hoa Loc fishing port.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Anh, Deputy Head of Thanh Hoa Fishing Port Management Board, in charge of Hoa Loc fishing port, shared: On hot summer days, fishermen return to Hoa Loc fishing port early in the morning or at night. Ships passing through Hoa Loc fishing port are mainly fishermen from Hau Loc and Hoang Hoa districts. In recent times, Hoa Loc fishing port has always done a good job of disseminating and popularizing the Party's policies and the State's laws, legal documents, and the 2017 Fisheries Law on the management of fishing ports and storm shelters, and on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing on a daily and weekly basis on the port's loudspeaker system.

Boats dock at Hoa Loc fishing port carrying many kinds of seafood.

The fishing port management board directs the development of port regulations, posts and public announcements at the fishing port and guides organizations and individuals operating in the fishing port area and storm shelter areas to implement them. Regularly propagates and reminds organizations and individuals operating in the port about their responsibility to preserve and protect the environment and food hygiene and safety; signs contracts with local environmental sanitation teams to collect daily household waste in the fishing port area; the board's staff regularly organizes cleaning of the fishing port area, especially when fishing vessels have finished delivering and receiving products, ensuring environmental sanitation in the port. Coordinates with Da Loc Border Guard Station and Hoa Loc Commune Police to organize security and order in the fishing port area. Therefore, up to now, there have been no incidents causing insecurity and disorder in the fishing port.

Da Loc Border Guard Station propagates and disseminates laws to fishermen, combating illegal fishing.

Arrange a 24/7 force at the port area to organize management and dispatch; guide ships, vehicles carrying seafood and refueling, necessities for ships... to avoid congestion, causing disorder and insecurity; ensure environmental sanitation. After the ship unloads or delivers goods, arrange a force to guide ships to leave the wharf area, creating space for other ships to dock; monitor the volume of seafood unloaded through the port; collect and check fishing logs; collect correctly and fully all fees and charges according to State regulations.

In the first 4 months of 2025, more than 2,000 tons of aquatic products passed through Hoa Loc fishing port.

In the first 4 months of 2025, the number of ships leaving Hoa Loc fishing port was 897, the number of ships arriving at the port was 927. The total cargo through the port reached nearly 3,000 tons. Of which, aquatic products were more than 2,000 tons, the rest were other goods such as: ice, diesel oil, clean water...

Article and photos: Ngoc Huan

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