The project is planned to span approximately 571 ha with a main wharf length of 7.5 km. Its design capacity is projected to reach 4.8 million TEUs by 2030, eventually scaling up to 16.9 million TEUs by 2047.
Typhoon Yagi and subsequent floods and landslides ravaged 26 northern localities, leaving 330 people dead and missing, including 24 children; while estimated 141,469 homes, 550 health facilities and 805 schools damaged.