In Cambodia, there is only one deep seawater port in Peah Sihanouk. The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port has been expanded steadily and it has now 12 berths equipped with modern cargo handling facilities. It has two channels, namely South Channel (Length 5.5km, Depth 8.4m, Width 80-100m) and North Channel (Length 1km, Depth 10m, Width 150-200m). The details of current situation of the Port are shown in the following tables. (Source: PAS brochure, April 2010)

Berthing Capacity of Sihanoukville Port

Cargo Handling Facilities of Sihanoukville Port

Storage Facilities of Sihanoukville Port

Although the container cargo throughput volume of the Sihanoukville Port increased steadily until 2008, it sharply dropped in 2009 mainly because of the decrease of garment export to American and EU market being affected by the economic disorder started in 2008. General cargo throughput also decreased in 2009 due to the decrease in import of construction materials caused by the sluggish domestic real estate market. Container throughput returned to the growth track as the garment export started increasing in 2010. General cargo throughput also sharply increased in 2010 and surpassed the peak volume recorded in 2008. The import of construction materials to be used for the various large-scale development projects and factory construction by the investors surged throughout the year.

Cargo Throughput of the Sihanoukville Port

Sihanoukville Port Special Economic Zone, which occupies 70ha of Port Authority’s land adjoined to a container terminal of the Sihanoukville Port, has been under construction with Japanese soft loan since October 2009 and will be completed at the end of 2011. It became available for the investors to start building factories from November 2011, depending on the location of plot.

The ship calling frequency and rotation ports are shown in below table.

Current Ship Calling Status in Sihanoukville Port

Beside, six offshore oil fields have being developed or are planned to be developed at offshore of Sihanoukville Port. A new multi-purpose terminal, which will consist of a supply base for those offshore oil fields and a handling area for bulky materials such as wood chip or coals, is now in the process of detailed design with assistance of Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Beside the Sihanoukville Autonomous Ports, there are other smaller ports such as Sre Ambel Port, Kampot Port and Oknha Mong Port. Among them, Oknha Mong Port is quite active for imports of smaller general cargo. Kampot Port is now under the expansion works. Kirisakor of Koh Kong has an expansion plan for sugar transportation. There are also the plans for developing new ports in Kirisakor of Koh Kong Province (deep seawater port), Steung Hav of Prea Sihanouk Province (International port) and Kep Province (tourist port).