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A major study is in the pipeline to evaluate the feasibility of building a new railway line through Cambodia linking Thailand and Vietnam, which aims to spruce up the domestic transportation system and enhance cross-border trade, according to Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol.

A major study is in the pipeline to evaluate the feasibility of building a new railway line through Cambodia linking Thailand and Vietnam, which aims to spruce up the domestic transportation system and enhance cross-border trade, according to Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol.

The Ministry of Justice and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have advanced discussions to establish a commercial court, a first for the Kingdom.

Lou Kim Chhun, head of the listed deep-sea port operator Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), said that in the five years from 2018 to 2022, the traffic of cargo through the port grew by an average of almost 15 per cent annually.

Private logistics players are optimistic that the Cambodian transportation sector will become far more competitive in the coming years, driven by tens of billions of dollars worth of projects underway and in the pipeline, as part of the government’s push for infrastructure optimisation and improved integration into the global supply chain.

Cambodia’s trade volume with the other ASEAN countries was nearly $4 billion in the first quarter of this year, a reduction of 16 per cent compared to the same period in 2022, a Ministry of Commerce report said on April 24.

Cambodia’s trade volume with the other ASEAN countries was nearly $4 billion in the first quarter of this year, a reduction of 16 per cent compared to the same period in 2022, a Ministry of Commerce report said on April 24.

Private logistics players are optimistic that the Cambodian transportation sector will become far more competitive in the coming years, driven by tens of billions of dollars worth of projects underway and in the pipeline, as part of the government’s push for infrastructure optimisation and improved integration into the global supply chain.

Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol has warned at least one company responsible for the construction of the Stung Bot-Ban Nong Ian international border checkpoint that it will be fined if it fails to follow the terms of the contract.