Sihanoukville Autonomous Port Facilities are all modernized.

Lifting Facilities

Work Shifts:
PAS perform its daily operation 07 days a week and divided its work shifts as follows:
* Administrative hours:

The movement of globalization is the process of national and international economic currents. The cargo traffic is becoming increasingly activated, while Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) is playing a dominant role in serving a comprehensive range of service operation. PAS has been taking step to be a leading " Logistic and Distribution Center" which is an effective movement of the present economic current.

The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) is the sole international and commercial deep seaport of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

At present, the total operational land area of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port is around 124.76 ha.

The Koh Kong provincial port is really a system of three ports. Vessels entering Cambodia from Singapore, Malaysia or Thailand call first at Paklong, on the Gulf of Siam about 15 km from the Thai border, for customs clearance and other formalities. Up to 300-tonne capacity boats can be accepted, or 500 tonnes at anchorage. The 300-tonne boats can then proceed across the bay to Koh Kong town for unloading or transhipment to smaller vessels if required.

Koh Kong is a small provincial capital with no road access to the rest of Cambodia. Road 43 can only be used (with difficulty) by motor cycles at present. Thus after clearance most boats proceed to another provincial port al Sre Ambel, at an inlet the Kompong Som Bay near Road 4, some 170 km from Phnom Penh. Sre Ambel can only accept 120-130 tonne boats, however. Traffic that arrives at Koh Kong in larger boats has to be transhipped between vessels at Paklong or Koh Kong town.

In 1993 Slhanoukville port suggested the concept of an inland clearance depot ('dry port') in the Phnom Penh area. Containers arriving in Sihanoukville could be taken by road or rail to the dry port for customs clearance, saving time and reducing inconvenience for customers based in Phnom Penh. In October 1994, it was announced that the project would go ahead under a join venture agreement with a private Singapore company.

Phnom Penh Port is located where the Mekong, Bassac, and Sab Rivers meet, the Port of Phnom Penh is the capital and main city of Cambodia. It is an important political, cultural, industrial, commercial, tourist, and historic center for Southeast Asia. Called the “Pearl of Asia” in the 1920s, the Port of Phnom Penh is well known for the French-style and traditional Khmer architecture. The richest city in Cambodia, the Port of Phnom Penh is undergoing an economic boom with new restaurants, bars, hotels, and residential buildings blossoming every day, making it one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations.

The Cambodia's main internationl sea port of Sihanoukville, situated in the Bay of Kompong Som, is the principal and only deep-water maritime port of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Kompong Som's natural advantages include deep water inshore and a degree of natural protection from storms provided by a string of islands across the mouth of the bay. The port was built in 1959 with a total capacity of 1.2 million encompassing the old french-built wharf and adjacent new facilities. The capacity of Sihanoukville port, in its present condition, is estimated at about 950,000 tonnes per year, excluding POL which has separate facilities. This is about twice its present traffic. The port can accommodate ships of 10,000 - 15,000 tons deadweight.

Cambodia's official imports and exports in 1993 probably amounted to some 1.4 million tonnes. Of this volume, about 1.1 million tonnes used one of the three international ports: Sihanoukville on the Gulf of Siam (43% of the total port tonnage in 1993), Phnom Penh on the Mekong river (46%), or the provincial port of Koh Kong (11%).

Sihanoukville is the main international deep sea port. It was constructed in the 1950s and 1960s. Phnom Penh depends on access via the Mekong through the delta area of Vietnam. Koh Kong is situated near the Thai border and is used by small boats, below 500 dwt. The characteristics of each port are discussed briefly below.

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RFC) has solved many problems related to the business and investment climate in Cambodia such as the reimbursement of value-added tax for exported goods, extension of tax holidays for garment factories, requirements for bank licensing, and the extension of accommodation tax exemption for the tourism industry. It is the policy of the Royal Government to increase access to international markets by integrating the Cambodian economy into the regional and world economy; rehabilitate and develop roads, airports, ports and other infrastructure including water supply, electricity distribution and telecommunication networks; and strengthen the legal framework, institutional capacity, investment and business facilitation.

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RFC) recognises that Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Cambodia are an important part of the country's economic development because they bring infrastructure, jobs, skills, enhanced productivity and not least the prospect of poverty reduction in rural areas.

Location of the SEZs are vitally important so that the benefits in terms of increased employment and poverty reduction can be shared throughout Cambodia.

It is the policy of the Royal Government to lay production foundations in regions other than Phnom Penh in order to build economic linkages between urban and rural areas.