Introduction to PPAP
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port is an international port which is under the supervision of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Ministry of Economic and Finance. It is located 2km from the Chak Tomouk confluence, on the latitude 11o35’N and longitude 104o55’E. The access distance to the port is about 332km from the Cuu Tieu entrance mouth, part of South China Sea, and about 100km from Kaam Samnar, Cambodia-Vietnam border gate. The access channels to the port taken by the Bassac/Hau Giang and Mekong/Tien Giang River. The port’s commercial zone covered from Phnom Penh to Neak Leoung (part of Lower Mekong River) and Phnom Penh to Tonle Bet (part of Upper Mekong River), which is stipulated by the sub-decree number 1 dated on the 5 January 2009.
Port Zone
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port has covered many provinces along the Mekong river to do its business and to distribute goods to other provinces in Cambodia. The port commercial zone map has been connected from Neak Leung to Thbong Khmoum province. Phnom Penh Autonomous Port has the main container terminals, which are connected to all the domestic ports along the main rivers in other provinces. Phsar Krom Port in Kompong Chhnang province(100km), Chong Kneas port in Siem Reap province(251km), Tonle Bet in Thbong Khmoum province(106km), Stung Treng Port in Stung Treng province(301km), Kratie port in Kratie province(221km), distributing goods and commodities and collecting other agricultural products for exporting to oversea. The port regularly maintains the access channel to keep the navigation possible for year round.
