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Phnom Penh Autonomous Port upgrades container handling capacity to 400,000 TEUs

The listed-Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) launched its new container terminal on Monday, upgrading its full capacity in handling containers to 400,000 TEUs per year. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50938651/phnom-penh-autonomous-port-upgrades-container-handling-capacity-to-400000-teus/

Deep port construction rescheduled for mid-2022

The listed company Sihanoukville Autonomous port has rescheduled its construction plans for the deep water port terminal to mid-2022, with construction set to take three years. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50937980/deep-port-construction-rescheduled-for-mid-2022/

Kandal residents briefly detained for taking photos of new airport development

A mother and son contesting the development of Phnom Penh’s new international airport in Kandal province were detained on Wednesday for taking photos of their rice field being cleared by the developer, but were released after agreeing to stop protesting. ...

Ouch Sony
https://vodenglish.news/kandal-residents-briefly-detained-for-taking-photos-of-new-airport-development/

Bridge construction caused flooding under Choam Chao flyover

The Phnom Penh Public Works and Transport Department says that the flooding under the Choam Chao flyover will not happen again when the bridge is completed. ...

Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50928943/bridge-construction-caused-flooding-under-choam-chao-flyover/

Kep’s $2M White Horse Port set to break ground mid-Sept

The Kep Provincial Administration is set to break ground on the long-awaited $1.95 million Ses Sar quay, or “White Horse Port”, on September 15 in the northwestern reaches of the coastal province, in a bid to prop up the local transportation and tourism sectors. ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/keps-2m-white-horse-port-set-break-ground-mid-sept

Nat’l Road 48 project set to break ground

The National Road 48 reconstruction and improvement project, which connects the coastal provinces of Preah Sihanouk and Koh Kong, will break ground at the beginning of November with a budget of more than $78 million under concessional financing from South Korea. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natl-road-48-project-set-break-ground

Construction and upgrading of 148 km of National Road No. 48 to Koh Kong to cost more than $78 million

Senior Minister Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport,  yesterday presided over the signing ceremony of a contract for the construction and upgrading of National Road 48 under concessional financing from the Republic of Korea. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50921656/construction-and-upgrading-of-148-km-of-national-road-no-48-to-koh-kong-to-cost-more-than-78-million/

Cambodia drafting railway development strategy

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is drafting a railway development strategy to revamp  train transport economically and make it more efficient. ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50921009/cambodia-drafting-railway-development-strategy/

Work underway to clean out Por Sen Chey’s main canal

Authorities in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district have started rehabilitation work on the main canal next to the railway line in Kakab I commune’s Paprak Khang Cheung village after about 20 families agreed to demolish and clear structures blocking the canal. ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/work-underway-clean-out-por-sen-cheys-main-canal

Construction of 38 streets in Siem Reap expected to be complete later this year

The construction project of 38 streets in Siem Reap provincial city has been now 70 percent complete, pointed out Senior Minister Sun Chanthol in a meeting of Infrastructure and Regional Integration Technical Working Group (IRITWG). ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50920588/construction-of-38-streets-in-siem-reap-expected-to-be-complete-later-this-year/

Three national roads to be upgraded with asphalt concrete

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport said three national roads that have been constructed with Double Bituminous Surface Treatment (DBST) will be be upgraded with asphalt concrete (AC). ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-national-roads-be-upgraded-asphalt-concrete

Chaom Chao interchange near airport 80% complete

The construction of the Chaom Chao overpass and underpass in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district, just east of Phnom Penh International Airport, has been 80 per cent complete and is expected to be ready as planned by next March. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chaom-chao-interchange-near-airport-80-complete

Master plan in works for transport systems

The government is preparing a master plan to develop intelligent transport systems (ITS) to properly consolidate and invigorate the technological development and capabilities in the industry, in the expectation of a soft launch in 2023. ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/master-plan-works-transport-systems

New port in Kep set for completion this year

Kep Provincial Administration announced Friday that the Koh Tonsay Tourist Port, which costs around $1.2 million, is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50915701/new-port-in-kep-set-for-completion-this-year/

Siem Reap airport remains open for flights amid COVID-19 crisis

Siem Reap International Airport on Sunday served an Airbus-330 flying from Basel –Switzerland for a rest-stop and the aircraft headed to Hong Kong later on the same day. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913397/siem-reap-airport-remains-open-for-flights-amid-covid-19-crisis/

Work starts on $3 mn highway in Kampong Cham

Work is under way on a new road in Kampong Cham, funded with $3 million from the World Bank and the Cambodian government. The two-lane double bituminous surface treated road will run nearly 30 kilometres between Boeung Trav and Anlong Koki.​ ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50897549/work-starts-on-3-mn-highway-in-kampong-cham/

Kampong Chhnang to benefit from National Road 5 construction

Once the southern section of the National Road 5 Improvement Project is officially launched, Kampong Chhnang province governor Sun Sovannarith expects that it will assist the area in becoming a destination for national and international tourists. ...

Lay Samean
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-chhnang-benefit-national-road-5-construction

Kratie-Kampong Thom bridge awaiting Hun Sen’s approval

Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol is awaiting Prime Minister Hun Sen’s approval to build a bridge connecting the provinces of Kratie and Kampong Thom after the Chinese government agreed to provide a loan to Cambodia. ...

Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-kampong-thom-bridge-awaiting-hun-sens-approval

Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway 51% complete

The construction of the nearly $2 billion Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway is 51.35 per cent complete and is expected to be finished in 2023, according to Ministry of Public Works and Transport secretary of state Vasim Sorya.   ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-sihanoukville-expressway-51-complete

Kingdom paves way out of Covid slump for transport

Cambodia is committed to join hands with other ASEAN member states and improve its transportation system to offset the cumulative impact of Covid-19 containment measures and boost regional trade, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-paves-way-out-covid-slump-transport

Third Ring Road 50 percent complete

The construction of the $300 million third ring road was 50 percent complete as of early May and is scheduled to be finished next year, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport’s spokesman Heang Sotheayuth. The 52 kilometre road stretches from National Road ...

Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50857557/third-ring-road-50-percent-complete/

Koh Kong multi-purpose sea port breaks ground

The government on May 13 broke ground on the construction of a $1.5 million medium-sized multi-purpose sea port in Koh Kong province to boost trade and tourism between Cambodia and Thailand. ...

Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-kong-multi-purpose-sea-port-breaks-ground

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