Boat owners complain new port a burden for business

The Phnom Penh Municipality opened a new port for boat operators along the riverside in Daun Penh district yesterday in an effort to regulate operations, keep the river clean, and ensure customer safety. The new port comes three years after City Hall banned boats from docking on a prime stretch of riverfront in front of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club building, saying that they were eroding the riverbanks…