Transport and shipping
Transport infrastructure and facilities
Fifth freedom to open Kingdom’s airspace
The National Assembly yesterday approved a draft law on the implementation of the fifth freedom of the air, a commercial aviation right that grants airlines the privilege of using Cambodian airports as a stop-over on scheduled flights between their home country and another country. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fifth-freedom-open-kingdoms-airspace
Chinese firm floats proposal for rail link to capital’s port
A Chinese state railway construction contractor has approached the government with a bid to conduct a feasibility study on connecting the capital’s river port to the Kingdom’s sole operating railway line, a state official said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-floats-proposal-rail-link-capitals-port
Interest shown in Siem Reap rail connection
Private sector companies have expressed interest in building a high-speed railway to connect Phnom Penh to Siem Reap and the Thai border town of Poipet, Transportation Minister Sun Chanthol announced yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/interest-shown-siem-reap-rail-connection
South Korean cargo line aims to double shipments
The volume of goods shipped has grown steadily in the three months since South Korean sea shipping line Hyundai Merchant Marine began calling at Sihanoukville port, and cargo sizes are expected to double in the coming month, a local company representative said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korean-cargo-line-aims-double-shipments
Phnom Penh Port profits up
The first quarter earnings of the publicly listed Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) were up by more than 10 percent in comparison to the same period last year thanks to the Kingdom’s steady economic growth and the company’s efforts in streamlining its expansion. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26369/phnom-penh-port-profits-up/
New international airport on table as PPIA expansion plans halted
A senior government minister yesterday announced a halt to plans to expand the Phnom Penh International Airport, and instead revived talk of a new airport altogether, mentioning plans to identify a location 30 to 40 kilometres outside the city in hopes of completing the new ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-international-airport-table-ppia-expansion-plans-halted
Pledges to cut transport fees ignored, say logistics firms
Nearly two months since the government pressed ports and trucking companies to reduce cargo transport fees, local logistics firms say the initiative has been largely ignored. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pledges-cut-transport-fees-ignored-say-logistics-firms
Phnom Penh-to-Poipet rail line’s target uncertain
Plans to complete the railway line connecting Phnom Penh to Poipet City—thereby linking Cambodia’s main port in Sihanoukville to Thailand—may not be completed within current time and budget constraints, a Transport Ministry official said on Tuesday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-poipet-rail-lines-target-uncertain-114473/
Tycoon looks to expand and deepen private Sihanoukville seaport
Agro-industrial tycoon Mong Reththy plans to expand his private port to handle bigger ships and containerised cargoes, increasing potential competition with the country’s principal port in Sihanoukville. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tycoon-looks-expand-and-deepen-private-sihanoukville-seaport
Direct international flights from Sihanoukville
The national carrier, Cambodia Angkor Air, officially launched on Friday its scheduled flight services connecting Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to the Kingdom’s coastal resort in Sihanoukville, in a move that could further boost tourist arrivals. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26274/direct-international-flights-from-sihanoukville/
Minister urges Turkey to launch direct flight
Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak yesterday urged Turkey’s ambassador to follow through on a plan announced last year to establish direct flights as part of a push to enlarge bilateral trade to $500 million a year by 2020, from the current $108 million, the ministry ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/minister-urges-turkey-launch-direct-flight
Railway operations resume after collision
No significant commercial delays or losses resulted from the collision between a train and a cement truck in Kampot province on Sunday as engineers were able to remove the disabled truck from the tracks and resume operations on the rail line within hours of the ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/railway-operations-resume-after-collision
Bridge broken by illegal load
Kampot’s Ta Reach bridge was severely damaged by a truck overloaded with illegal luxury timber over the weekend, prompting a manhunt for the truck’s driver, who was apparently on his way to Vietnam at the time of the accident. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26038/bridge-broken-by-illegal-load/
PPAP board adds first independent directors
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) held its first general shareholder meeting last week, electing its first independent board members in a bid to ensure greater transparency in corporate governance, a company official said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppap-board-adds-first-independent-directors
Government blames development company for road collapse
A government investigation into the collapse of a road next to Phnom Penh’s Olympic Stadium during a flash flood on Wednesday has concluded that a powerful development company’s adjacent construction site was at fault, officials said on Thursday. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-blames-development-company-for-road-collapse-113923/
Minister targets overloaded trucks again
Cambodia spends about $180 million a year on road maintenance thanks to overloaded trucks and the Transport Ministry has threatened to confiscate trucks that do not comply with the law, according to officials. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25988/minister-targets-overloaded-trucks-again/
Tunnels, overpasses to be built in capital
A section of road built beneath the ground and a renovated Kbal Thnal overpass may be on the way for the capital’s drivers, according to Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatevong, although other officials close to the projects say construction could start as early as next ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25863/tunnels--overpasses-to-be-built-in-capital/
National carrier expands routes
The Kingdom’s national flagship carrier Cambodia Angkor Air is now setting its sights to fly to international destinations in an interline agreement with South Korea-based Jin Air. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Cambodia Angkor Air and Jin Air late last week paves the ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25814/national-carrier-expands-routes/
Try Pheap inks $300M seaport deal with Hong Kong company
Timber magnate Try Pheap signed off on a $300 million seaport project with industry heavyweight Hutchison Port Holdings on Monday, according to Kep provincial governor Ken Sotha, who attended the event. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/try-pheap-inks-300m-seaport-deal-with-hong-kong-company-113314/
Direct flights from Japan to start
Direct flights between Cambodia and Japan will start soon after representatives of both countries exchanged Air Service Agreement notes yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25466/direct-flights-from-japan-to-start/
Sihanoukville is top choice for Russia flight plan
Regularly scheduled direct flights between Cambodia and Russia proposed by Prime Minister Hun Sen last week in Moscow might land in the coastal town of Sihanoukville, an official said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sihanoukville-top-choice-russia-flight-plan
Siem Reap to Danang air link studied
Cambodia Angkor Air is studying a tourism air route linking Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, home of the Angkor temples, and Vietnam’s Danang, a coastal city popular with tourists. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25225/siem-reap-to-danang-air-link-studied/
Turkey joins the air cargo business
Turkish Airlines, a member of the Star Alliance network, has become the newest player to enter into Cambodia’s air freight business after launching operations last Saturday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/turkey-joins-air-cargo-business
Infrastructure funding puts Cambodia on front line of global politics
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push for “quality infrastructure” investment in Asia is expected to be among the key items on the agenda of next week’s G7 summit in Japan. ...
Daniel De Carteret
http://www.voanews.com/content/infrastructure-funding-puts-cambodia-on-front-line-of-international-politics/3338556.html