Cambodia’s city port reports 34 pct rise in shipments in first five months

PHNOM PENH, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Container traffic through Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased by 34 percent in the first five months of this year versus the same period last year, showed the port’s statistics on Friday.
   From January to May this year, the port has received 28,144 twenty-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs, up 34 percent from 20,997 TEUs (standard-sized containers) at the same period last year, said the report.
   Common goods have been exported through the port are garment products and agricultural products, and imported products via the port are construction materials, agricultural machinery, raw materials for garment production.
   Hei Bavy, the port’s director general, said that the rise is due to the increasing imports and exports as the economic situation is recovering well.
   “Also, we have observed that the country's rice exports are on the rise constantly,” he said.
   The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port is the Kingdom’s second largest port, linking with Cai Mep deepwater port in southern Vietnam.
   The goods shipped from the port will be unloaded at Cai Mep port and then sail directly to Europe and the United States and other destinations. (Nguon Sovan)