Tue, 27 April 2021
Construction of a new container terminal of Sihanoukville Autonomous Port has been delayed to early next year due to slower-than-planned layout design, according to the management.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to provide an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan for the first phase of the new terminal to the tune of 23,502,000,000 yen ($218 million).
The 350m-long and 14.5m-deep container terminal was originally scheduled to begin construction in mid-2021, with operations expected to begin in mid-2024.
It will be able to handle 60,000 DWT ships – or those carrying around 5,000 TEUs, allowing about 93 per cent of container vessels across Asia to enter the port of Sihanoukville.