The China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) secured the construction contract for Kampot multi-purpose port in Kampot province, after a year of ground and infrastructure foundation preparation.
CHEC signed the contract with Kampot Logistics and Port Company Limited (KLP) on May 5 during the presence of Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister, Minister of Public Works and Transport, and representatives of the firms.
According to a report from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, the construction is divided into three phases with a total investment of about $1.5 billion.
Around $200 million will be invested in the first phase of the project.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the port was held in May last year.
The port will have the capacity to handle throughputs of 300,000 TEUs by 2025 and is set to increase to 600,000 TEUs by 2030.
The project will include container grounds, special economic zones, free trade zones, logistics centres, customs warehouses, manufacturing and distribution plants, refineries and fuel centres, residential and tourist areas, and passenger terminals.
Chanthol said the project will help construct another large and deep-sea port in Cambodia and an international modern port in the ASEAN.
The minister said it will be the third largest port in the Southeast Asian country after the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port in the coastal city of Sihanoukville and the freshwater Phnom Penh Autonomous Port in Phnom Penh.
“The project will complement the existing ports such as Sihanoukville Autonomous Port and Phnom Penh Autonomous Port and help promote the successful implementation of the master plan to develop Sihanoukville into a multi-purpose special economic zone in line with the policy of industrial development of Cambodia 2015-2025,” he added.
The 600-hectare Kampot Logistics and Port project began in May last year, with the Shanghai Construction Group and the China Road and Bridge Corporation also being the contractors.
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