Cargo shipments up 16 pct
The volume of cargo shipments going through the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), the biggest deep-water port in Cambodia, saw a 16 per cent year-on-year increase in the first nine months of this year, data released by the port on Friday show.
About 2.27 million tonnes of goods were transported via the port over the period, compared to 1.95 million tonnes in the same period last year.
Of the total shipments, the exports made up 594,424 tonnes, compared to 407,578 tonnes in the first nine months of 2012. The import volume climbed to 1.7 million tonnes from 1.5 million tonnes in the same period last year. …
May Kunmakara
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