Transport and shipping
Transport infrastructure and facilities
Report: Foreign-funded infrastructure projects need more scrutiny for quality control
As foreign funders drive the construction of major new infrastructure projects in Cambodia, an inconsistent regulatory approach may be opening lanes for shoddy construction. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/report-foreign-funded-infrastructure-projects-need-more-scrutiny-for-quality-control/
Cambodia, Timor-Leste mull direct flight connection
Cambodia and Timor-Leste are considering direct flight connection between the two countries to facilitate tourist movement. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501073819/cambodia-timor-leste-mull-direct-flight-connection/
Kampong Speu residents blast Kampong Speu Provincial Department of Public Works and Transport Director
Criticisms have been levied against the Director of the Department of Public Works and Transport of Kampong Speu for the inaction despite roads in the province being heavily damaged. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501070632/kampong-speu-residents-blast-kampong-speu-provincial-department-of-public-works-and-transport-director/
Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Express Way Set for July 2022 Completion
As of late April 2022, 90.95% of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville expressway construction project has been completed, and it is expected to be open for public use in July. Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend and preside over its official opening ceremony. ...
Ivan Fredriech Cano
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501068708/phnom-penh-sihanoukville-express-way-set-for-july-2022-completion/
Kep province to build 2 ports under ADB project
Kep Provincial Administration plans to construct two standard ports for the fisheries and tourism sectors under a Asian Development Bank (ADB) project, which aims to develop these industries in the province. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501067972/kep-province-to-build-2-ports-under-adb-project/
Cambodia to study upgrade of existing railway to a high-speed railway from Poipet-Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville
Prime Minister Hun Sen , Head of the Royal Government has instructed the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to study the feasibility of improving the existing railway system in Cambodia into a high-speed railway. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501065341/cambodia-to-study-upgrade-of-existing-railway-to-a-high-speed-railway-from-poipet-phnom-penh-sihanoukville/
Five river port terminals due by November: minister
The TS11 multi-purpose port terminal on the Tonle Sap River in northern Phnom Penh is 85 per cent complete and is on track to be launched on July 1, with four more terminals to be opened by November, according to transport minister Sun Chanthol on ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/five-river-port-terminals-due-november-minister
Study on Bassac River-Kep sea waterway link finished
Cambodia and China are looking into the logistics of creating a connection between the Bassac River and the sea in Kep province to provide a viable alternative for waterway passenger and freight traffic to enter the Kingdom without passing through Vietnam, according to the transport ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/study-bassac-river-kep-sea-waterway-link-finished
Minister mulls blacklisting firm over National Road 2, 22
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol has warned that a South Korean company that was awarded the contracts to construct stretches of National Roads 2 and 22 may be blacklisted from operating in the Kingdom after the ministry determined it had worked too ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-mulls-blacklisting-firm-over-national-road-2-22
Pilot flight launches at Koh Kong’s new airport
Dara Sakor International Airport in Koh Kong province is operating a pilot flight to ensure full equipment functionality and staff capability before it applies for government licensing to officially operate. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pilot-flight-launches-koh-kongs-new-airport
GTAS system for national and international airlines launched
Cambodia launched the Global Travel Assessment System (GTAS) to enhance efforts in preventing cross-border crime as well as to boost tourism. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501063030/gtas-system-for-national-and-international-airlines-launched/
Darasakor International Airport launches test flight
Darasakor International Airport has started a test flight (Flight validation) from April 19 to April 26, 2022. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501061621/darasakor-international-airport-launches-test-flight/
Tourism Authority of Thailand and Thai Air Asia target Cambodians for medical tourism
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Thai Air Asia have teamed up to attract up to 1,000 package tours of medical and wellness segments from Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501053629/tourism-authority-of-thailand-and-thai-air-asia-target-cambodians-for-medical-tourism/
Airport ‘not China landing base’
Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned critics to refrain from viewing the new airport in Siem Reap province as part of China’s strategic capacity strengthening, as he reiterated Cambodia’s constitutional clause that prohibits the presence of foreign military on the Kingdom’s territory. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/airport-not-china-landing-base
38 roads in Cambodia’s most popular tourist hub open to traffic
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday inaugurated 38 roads with a total length of 108 km in the cultural town of Siem Reap, gateway to the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501052824/38-roads-in-cambodias-most-popular-tourist-hub-open-to-traffic/
Battambang airport to be upgraded into 4C category
The Government has plans to develop the Veal Bek Chan Airport in Battambang city to a 4C category. Soy Sokhan, Secretary of State of the Secretariat of Civil Aviation, and Sok Lou, Battambang Provincial Governor, chaired a working group meeting on the possibility of restoration ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501048230/battambang-airport-to-be-upgraded-into-4c-category/
Chinese-built road facilitating travel flow, goods transport in SW Cambodia
Connecting Kampong Speu and Kandal provinces in southwest Cambodia, the Chinese-built National Road No. 51 is playing an important role in facilitating travel flow and transport of goods. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501048083/chinese-built-road-facilitating-travel-flow-goods-transport-in-sw-cambodia/
Construction of Serei Sophorn-Poipet road section to begin soon
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and Japanese construction companies have signed an agreement on the fourth stage of National Road 5 Improvement Project linking Phnom Penh capital to Poipet city, at the border with Thailand. The signing ceremony took place on March ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501047223/construction-of-serei-sophorn-poipet-road-section-to-begin-soon/
Strategic National Road 21 stretch opens
A nearly 64km stretch of National Road 21 connecting the Takhmao roundabout in Kandal province’s Takhmao town to the Cambodian-Vietnamese international border checkpoint between Chrey Thom and Vietnam’s Long Binh was formally inaugurated on March 23. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strategic-national-road-21-stretch-opens
Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge to be built from Night Market to Arey Ksat area
Prime Minister Hun Sen has confirmed that the Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge will be built connecting the Night Market (Old Market area) in Phnom Penh capital to Arey Ksat area in Kandal province’s Lovea Em district. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501046610/cambodia-korea-friendship-bridge-to-be-built-from-night-market-to-arey-ksat-area/
Cambodia, Japan to work for Sihanoukville Port development
Mr Hun Sen and the Prime Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio have agreed to make Sihanoukville a major port for Cambodia and the Mekong region. Sihanoukville is a deep-sea port, which will be developed into a port that will allow more large ships to dock, ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501045316/cambodia-japan-to-work-for-sihanoukville-port-development/
Chaom Chao interchange opened to ease congestion
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration temporarily opened the Chaom Chao interchange in the capital’s Por Sen Chey district, just east of the airport, for public use to ease traffic congestion ahead of its official inauguration set for March 31. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chaom-chao-interchange-opened-ease-congestion
Choam Chao flyover set to open soon
The Choam Chao flyover and underpass project has been completed 99 percent and will soon be inaugurated by Prime Minister Hun Sen, said Khuong Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh. ...
Sar Socheath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501042155/choam-chao-flyover-set-to-open-soon/
Development of mega-airport continues, despite opposition by locals
Families who have to make way for Phnom Penh’s new mega airport are refusing to relocate to land set aside for them, and are demanding more monetary compensation for what they’re being forced to vacate. ...
Sorn Sarath and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/development-of-mega-airport-continues-despite-opposition-by-locals/