DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Cambodia's 2nd largest port records 7.5 pct rise in shipments in 8 months” plus 1 more

DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Cambodia's 2nd largest port records 7.5 pct rise in shipments in 8 months” plus 1 more

Cambodia's 2nd largest port records 7.5 pct rise in shipments in 8 months

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:13 PM PDT

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Container traffic through Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased by 7.5 percent in the first eight months of this year versus the same period last year, hitting the port's record on Tuesday.

During the January-August period this year, the port had received 57,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs, up 7.5 percent from 53,000 TEUs (standard-sized containers) at the same period last year, the report said.

Common goods go through the port, including garments, agricultural products, construction materials, agricultural machinery, raw materials for garment production and consuming products.

Hei Bavy, the port's director general, said the rise was due to the increasing import and export activities as the economic situation was good.

The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, the Kingdom's second largest port, links 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.

In March last year, to meet with the increasing demand of shipments, the port has begun to build a container terminal with the total capacity of 120,000 TEUs per year under the China's concessional loan of 28.2 million U.S. dollars. The construction of the new terminal will be completed in late 2013.

ASEAN Energy Ministers gather in Cambodia for talks on energy cooperation

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:17 PM PDT

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The 30th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting was held here on Wednesday, aiming at discussing and seeking further cooperation in energy sector.

The meeting was under the theme "ASEAN Green Connectivity."

Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen highlighted the significance of the theme "ASEAN Green Connectivity," which focuses primarily on the energy production and consumption that minimizes impacts on surrounding atmosphere.

"The meeting will further enhance solidarity and commitment among ASEAN member states to work together to achieve the region's joint goal," he said. "It is also contributing to expedite the full integration of ASEAN in 2015."

He said that energy security is still one of major challenges for the bloc, urging the ASEAN Energy Ministers to focus on developing renewable energy such as hydropower, wind power, solar energy, biomass energy and biogas energy as well as biodiesel energy in order to build a green energy region for ASEAN.

"Civilian nuclear energy is also an important source of energy, but such energy needs broad promotion about evolution, technology, advantages, and risks to prevent possible dangers that cause by disasters," he said.

The premier added that coal is also playing important role in supplying energy need at the present and in the future, but this energy also needs high technology to minimize environment impacts.

In his welcoming speech, Suy Sem, Cambodian Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, said that in addition to the 30th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting, there will be the ASEAN Ministers on Energy meeting with International Energy Agency, the 9th Meeting of Energy Ministers of the ASEAN Plus Three countries (ASEAN, China, Japan and South Korea), the 6th East Asian Summit Energy Ministers Meeting, and the ASEAN Energy Business Forum.

He said the two-day meetings would help expedite the implementation of the ASEAN Plan of Actions for Energy Cooperation (2010-2015) including ASEAN Power Grid, Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline, Coal and Clean Coal Technology, Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Renewable Energy, Regional Energy Policy and Planning, and Civilian Nuclear Energy.

Founded in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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