STORY: Cambodia inaugurates 37.5-mln-USD additional container terminal at kingdom's largest port
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 12, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:20
LOCATION: SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the inauguration ceremony
2. various of the additional container terminal

STORYLINE:

Cambodia on Thursday inaugurated a 37.5-million-U.S. dollar additional container terminal at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) after a 17-month construction.
   
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said the PAS, which is the kingdom's sole international and commercial deep seaport, has played a crucial role in supporting Cambodia's socio-economic development.
   
He said the additional container terminal, with a length of 253 meters, is capable of handling about 450,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) per year.
   
"This is another new achievement in the development of Cambodia's logistics and shipping sector," Hun Manet said. "The PAS is a main gateway for Cambodia's trade exchanges with countries in the region and the world, and we are transforming this feeder port into a regional logistics hub."
   
Minister of Public Works and Transport Peng Ponea said with the additional container terminal, the state-owned PAS is now capable of handling 1 million TEUs per year.
   
Ponea said the kingdom's largest shipping facility recorded a gross revenue of 66 million U.S. dollars in the first seven months of 2024, a year-on-year increase of 26 percent.
   
The port handled around 5.7 million tonnes of containerized cargoes during the January-July period this year, up 26.5 percent year-on-year, he added.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
(XHTV)