Sihanoukville Multipurpose Port Planned

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The government plans to spend about $300 million to build a new multipurpose seaport in Preah Sihanouk province, which promises to receive larger cargo ships and reduce logistics costs. The new port will increase the capacity of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) to handle cargo shipments, said Public Works and Transport Minister Sun Chanthol yesterday at the ministry’s annual meeting.
 

The government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are studying the project, he said, adding that the port would improve the cost efficiency of cargo shipments and be able to handle larger ships from all over the world. “We are asking Japan for a loan to build another deep sea port because currently we have about 500,000 TEU that causes congestion in the port, so we have to build another one which will have a water depth of about 14.5 meters,” Mr. Chanthol said, using an acronym for twenty-foot equivalent unit, the industry standard reference for cargo capacity.
 

“With the new 14.5-meter deep port, about 93 percent of ships in the region will be able to dock at the Sihanoukville port,” Mr. Chanthol said, adding that cargo shipments from the kingdom will no longer need to dock in Singapore before being loaded on to larger ships. The new port is estimated to be 350 meters in length, according to the minister.

 

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Do they have the roads and trucks to handle increased volume ?