Ports report remarkable surge in revenues

Ports report remarkable surge in revenues

The increase in container throughput reflects the growth of trade activities in the Kingdom.

Cambodia’s two state-owned ports, Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) and Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), reported significant growth in revenue in 2025`, a report from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport showed yesterday.

The PAS, the Kingdom’s largest seaport, handled a total container throughput of 1.34 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units), up 30.5 percent from 1.03 million TEUs in 2024, stated the report, adding that the seaport handled 12.3 million tonnes of containerised cargoes last year, a year-on-year increase of 25 percent.

In its business operation in 2025, the listed seaport earned unaudited revenue of $151 million, up 35 percent from $112 million in the year before, the report stated.

Meanwhile, PPAS, the country’s river port in Kandal province, recorded a surge of container throughput of 600,023 TEUs, up 25 percent from 480,200 TEUs in 2024.

The listed river port handled 5.6 million tonnes of containerised cargoes last year, an increase of 15.5 percent compared to 2024 with unaudited revenues of $53.3 million, up 21 percent from $43 million.

Addressing the Conference on Summarising the Results of 2025 Work and Setting the Direction for 2026, Minister of MPWT Peng Ponea said, “The transport of containerised goods through the country’s two main ports — Sihanoukville Autonomous Port and Phnom Penh Autonomous Port in 2025 — increased significantly compared to 2024.”

Ponea also outlined the ministry’s key priorities to ensure that waterway transport is connected to land and railway transport through building more infrastructure to support and enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of the transport and logistics sectors.

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