Infrastructure
Transport and shipping
Int’l airports welcome 2.48M passengers in H1
The international airports in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and Sihanoukville welcomed a combined 2.48 million passengers in the first half of this year, a staggering 270 percent increase over the same period in 2022, a senior official at the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation said. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501321302/intl-airports-welcome-2-48m-passengers-in-h1/
$188m road and water loans to be signed with Japan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFA) announced that Cambodia will have two loan agreements totalling $188 million signed with Japan on road connectivity and water supply. ...
Rov Hongseng
https://kiripost.com/stories/188m-road-and-water-loans-to-be-signed-with-japan
Cambodia, Japan to sign $188 million loan agreements on road connectivity and water supply
Cambodia and Japan are going to sign loan agreements worth nearly JPY 26 billion (equivalent to over $188 million) on road connectivity and water supply in Phnom Penh on June 20, said a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501310396/cambodia-japan-to-sign-188-million-loan-agreements-on-road-connectivity-and-water-supply/
Seven million vehicles on Cambodia’s roads
The number of motorcycles on Cambodia’s roads has increased to six million, with one million cars also in the country, Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said, adding that many accidents have been caused by motorcyclists. ...
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/seven-million-vehicles-on-cambodias-roads
Inter-ministerial commission formed to oversee canal project
The government has established an inter-ministerial commission to implement the long anticipated Bassac-Kep river navigation and logistics system, a first-of-its-kind waterway transportation project in Cambodia which has been named the “Funan Techo Canal”. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/inter-ministerial-commission-formed-oversee-canal-project
Kandal residents protest new land filling near airport development
Kandal village residents protested on Thursday against the filling in of land near their homes at the $1.5 billion airport development project, with a company official saying they were only filling the homes of three people who had agreed to leave the site. ...
Runn Sreydeth and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/kandal-residents-protest-new-land-filling-near-airport-development/
Cambodia seeks partners for planned Mondulkiri airport
Cambodia is looking for partners for the development of a planned airport in Mondulkiri province south of Sen Monorom town after PowerChina International Group Ltd (PIG) withdrew during the Covid-19 crisis and subsequent negotiations with other foreign companies fell through, according to a senior civil ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-seeks-partners-planned-mondulkiri-airport
China’s BRI hailed as key role in development of Cambodia, ASEAN
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has played a crucial role in the development of Cambodia and other member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the past decade. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501304642/chinas-bri-hailed-as-key-role-in-development-of-cambodia-asean/
PP-SR-Poipet Expressway project study agreement inked
The infrastructure construction firm Chinese Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) yesterday entered into a framework agreement with the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) represented by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) to complete the detailed study on the $4 billion Phnom Penh-Siem Reap-Poipet ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501304266/pp-sr-poipet-expressway-project-study-agreement-inked/
Kingdom seeks partners for planned Mondulkiri airport
Cambodia is looking for partners for the development of a planned airport in Mondulkiri province south of Sen Monorom town after PowerChina International Group Ltd (PIG) withdrew during the Covid-19 crisis and subsequent negotiations with other foreign companies fell through, according to a senior civil ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-seeks-partners-planned-mondulkiri-airport
$230m mekong river bridge to connect with PP-Bavet expressway
The government, with support from China, has issued more than $230 million to build a 1,600-metre bridge across the Mekong River with free access to connect with the Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway, providing people with more convenience to cross the bridge. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/230m-mekong-river-bridge-to-connect-with-pp-bavet-expressway
Cambodia airports receive 481,582 foreign tourists in Q1
Cambodia’s three international airports welcomed 481,582 foreign tourists in the first quarter of 2023, a staggering 453 percent increase from the same period in 2022. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501302669/cambodia-airports-receive-481582-foreign-tourists-in-q1/
Koh Pich-Koh Norea bridge 90 percent completed
The bridge connecting Koh Norea in Niroth commune, Chbar Ampov district to Koh Pich, located in Tonle Bassac commune, Chamkar district, Phnom Penh, is about 90 percent completed and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501303381/koh-pich-koh-norea-bridge-90-percent-completed/
Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway begins construction today
A new expressway, that will link the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh with Vietnam, begins construction today. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501303987/phnom-penh-bavet-expressway-begins-construction-today/
New smart airport aims to drive more tourists into Siem Reap
Cambodia Angkor Air and Trip.com Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build a smart airport in Siem Reap, the global travel service provider said in a news release. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-siem-reap-new-smart-airport
Royal Railway reports slight revenue uptick in Q1
Royal Railway Plc (RRC), a Royal Group of Companies Ltd (RGC) member with a corporate bond listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), reported only a slight on-year increase in revenue in the first quarter of 2023 – ended March 31 – which has been ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/royal-railway-reports-slight-revenue-uptick-q1
Phnom Penh’s new Techo International Airport scheduled to commence operations by early 2025
The Techo International Airport (TIA), whose construction is about 50 percent complete now, is scheduled to commence in early 2025. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501299512/techo-international-airport-scheduled-to-commence-operations-by-early-2025/
Cabinet approves $1.7B Tonle Bassac project
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved the Tonle Bassac navigation and logistics system project worth approximately $1.7 billion to maximise the potential of Cambodia’s waterway transportation by connecting the Mekong River system to the sea after a 26-month study has been completed, said a ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501294139/cabinet-approves-1-7b-tonle-bassac-project/
PP-Bavet Expressway construction set to begin
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) yesterday signed the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contract with the Chinese infrastructure construction firm China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) to start the construction of Cambodia’s second expressway project Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway (PP-Bavet Expressway) worth $1.4 billion early next month. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501292966/pp-bavet-expressway-construction-set-to-begin/
Cambodia signs contract with Chinese firm to build 2nd expressway
Cambodia on Thursday granted a concessional contract to China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) to invest in constructing and operating the second expressway connecting its capital Phnom Penh with Svay Rieng province’s Bavet City on the border with Vietnam. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501293216/cambodia-signs-contract-with-chinese-firm-to-build-2nd-expressway/
Koh Kong int’l airport not set for trial flights: governor
Koh Kong provincial governor Mithona Phouthong has warned that proposed flight trials at the province’s Dara Sakor International Airport could possibly be postponed as the developers need more time to complete construction and address some remaining shortcomings. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-kong-intl-airport-not-set-trial-flights-governor
Chinese firm wins deal to build 3rd largest port in Cambodia
China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) on Friday secured a contract from a Cambodian firm to construct a multi-purpose seaport in southwestern Cambodia’s Kampot province. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501285273/chinese-firm-wins-deal-to-build-3rd-largest-port-in-cambodia/
Koh Kong’s first int’l seaport set for launch
Koh Kong province’s first international seaport, invested in and developed by Koh Kong Port Management Co Ltd, is scheduled to launch in the second half of the year, as a number of linked infrastructure works reach completion, according to provincial governor Mithona Phoutong. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-kongs-first-intl-seaport-set-launch
Construction contract inked for $1.5B Kampot port
Kampot Logistics and Port Co Ltd (KLP) on May 5 signed a construction contract with Chinese state-backed China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd (CHEC) for a $1.5 billion multi-purpose port in Kampot province’s Bokor town. ...
Post Staffs
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-contract-inked-15b-kampot-port