1.
Cambodia to build new port in Phnom Penh, Capital city of Cambodia
Early this year Cambodia’s government announced a plan to build a new
port in the capital city, Phnom Penh, by the end of 2009 or in early
2010 to meet the increasing demand for waterway transportation, Phnom
Penh Post reported
The project, estimated at $25 million, was approved by the government
in October 2008 and feasibility work is underway, said Keat Chhon,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance. The port
will be located south of the city in the lower Mekong River area and
not far away from the current Phnom Penh port. The new facility will
have a capacity of 300,000 containers a day, which is six times larger
than the current Phnom Penh port, Minister Keat Chhon added.
2.
International Port at Kampot Special Economic Zone
The $80 million port is now scheduled to open in mid-2011. The
construction of the international port at the 1,000-hectare Kampot
Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) is running six months behind schedule
after a design change to increase the depth from 9 metres to 19 metres.
3.
Number of foreign visitors to Cambodia by sea rose by 46 percent in
the first six months of 2009 - government aims to build a tourist port
in Kep province
The number of the tourists by sea was up to 14,636, the Phnom Penh Post
reported. It quoted Kong Sophearak, the director of the Ministry
of Tourism's statistics department as saying, a rise he ascribed to the
industry's strategy to link coastal and eco-tourism areas with Angkor
Wat. Kong Sophearak said, "The government has already decided to
build a tourist port in Kep province and other centers in the country
in an attempt to woo more tourists by sea," he said. Ministry
statistics showed that 15 cruise ships arrived at Preah Sihanouk port
via Thailand in the first six months of this year.
Just 23 cruise ships carrying 14,159 tourists docked at the port during
the whole year of 2008.
Mr. Sophearak added that, "We hope that in the near future Kep province
will have an attractive tourist port like other countries in the
region"
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