Cambodia Maritime Transport Profile 2026
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CAMBODIA
MARITIME TRANSPORT PROFILE
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Maritime assets
Port area in 2025
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Ships built by country of building, annual
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Merchant fleet by country of beneficial ownership, annual
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Trade - Navigation total
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Water transport employment
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Activity
Container port throughput
Port call and performance statistics
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Trade mode share
Port Activity
Trade openness index
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Seafarer supply
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Top 10 Freight Transport Expenditure in USD (Import)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Top 10 Freight transport work in thousand ton-km (Import)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Top 10 Freight Transport Expenditure in USD (Export)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Top 10 Freight transport work in thousand ton-km (Export)
Source: UNCTAD & World Bank. (n.d.). TransportCosts. UN Trade & Development Data Hub - Trade-and-Transport Dataset, Annual, 2016 Onward. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.TransportCosts
Connectivity and performance
LPI
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Liner shipping connectivity index
Port liner shipping connectivity index
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Bilateral liner shipping connectivity index
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Trade cost
Container port performance index
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Remoteness index
Sustainable freight transport index
Percent of firms identifying transport as a major constraint
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Shipping emissions
EDGAR GHG 2025
Transport energy consumption
EDGAR AP 8.1
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GAINS emissions
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Adaptation and resilience
Average annual loss
Port risk
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Investment on ports
Development financing
Private participation in infrastructure
Policy Targets
Policy Measures
| Cambodia's Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | Enhance efficient and low-carbon waterborne transport through Funan Techo Canal The Funan Techo Canal, Cambodia's largest inland waterway, will connect the Mekong to the sea via a 172 km route, cutting freight trips by up to 80 km and reducing costs, fuel use, and emissions. It also supports water management, agriculture, flood control, and tourism. | 2025 |
| Cambodia's Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) | Reduction of transport/ logistics costs | Enhance efficient and low-carbon waterborne transport through Funan Techo Canal The Funan Techo Canal, Cambodia's largest inland waterway, will connect the Mekong to the sea via a 172 km route, cutting freight trips by up to 80 km and reducing costs, fuel use, and emissions. It also supports water management, agriculture, flood control, and tourism. | 2025 |
| Comprehensive Master Plan on Cambodia Intermodal Transport and Logistics System 2023-2033 | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | The main waterway corridors, such as Tonle Sap and the Mekong River will be used for transporting goods across the border, and the seaport covers a coastal area used for import and export goods and international tourists. | 2023 |
| Comprehensive Master Plan on Cambodia Intermodal Transport and Logistics System 2023-2033 | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | The maina waterway corridors, such as Tonle Sap and the Mekong River will be used for transporting goods across the border, and the seaport covers a coastal area used for import and export goods and international tourists. The waterway system, planned to be built, has a total length of 930 km, including 500 km of Mekong River, 260 km of Tonle Sap Lake and Tonle Sap River, 96 km of Bassac River, and 74 km of Steung Sangke. | 2023 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Capacity building - General | Continuing to strengthen institutions through training human resources and recruiting the staff with quality and transparency. Continuing to strengthen technical and institutional capacity in environmental management. Establishing a training center for crews, disseminating and providing skills trainings to staff responsible for the port security. | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Data collection and repositories - General | Developed and used the port data exchange system. Studied the data producing maps for navigational routes in rivers and seas. | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Development of shipping/ maritime/ inland water transport (IWT) plan/ policy | Continuing to implement the National Port Policy and develop a Master Plan on Port Development and promoting the development of ports in accordance with the correct technical standards. | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Driver licensing | Law on Roads introduced in 2014 and Law on Traffic introduced in 2015 Prakas on procedure for ship entry at the Cambodian ports in 2017 Prakas in 2017 on (1) port security in Cambodia, (2) procedure of the issuance of driving licenses and scorecards, | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Private sector cooperation | Developing draft Sub-decree and Sub-decree on Registration of the Ships with Cambodian Nationality and reviewing draft Sub-Decree on Establishment of National System for the readiness to respond to spill oil and cooperation. Strengthening ship management and registration as well as relevant work at the Department of Public Works and Transport. Strengthening the delivery of public services on logistics, inspection and technical checkups, boats, driving licenses and other related services, and promoting the development and management of ship workshops. Continuing the cooperation to develop coastal ships of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam Strengthening ship and crew management and related work. Collaborating with the private sector and development partners to ensure sustainable port development, along with modernization of port operations such as the preparation of a port data exchange system. Continuing to collaborate with relevant institutions, the private sector, CSOs on the implementation of road traffic safety. | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Reduction of transport/ logistics costs | ▪ Preah Sihanouk Autonomous Port reduced 10% and Phnom Penh Autonomous Port reduced 5% of container lifting services fee at the container terminal ▪ KAMSAP reduced 10% of container service over-time recording fees and additional 10% of container controling fee when loading on board. ▪ Cambodia Cargo Transport Association reduced US$10 per container for 40 feet and US$5 per container for 20 feet. | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Shipping improvement - General | Developing draft Sub-decree and Sub-decree on Registration of the Ships with Cambodian Nationality and reviewing draft Sub-Decree on Establishment of National System for the readiness to respond to spill oil and cooperation. Strengthening ship management and registration as well as relevant work at the Department of Public Works and Transport. Strengthening the delivery of public services on logistics, inspection and technical checkups, boats, driving licenses and other related services, and promoting the development and management of ship workshops. Continuing the cooperation to develop coastal ships of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam Strengthening ship and crew management and related work. Collaborating with the private sector and development partners to ensure sustainable port development, along with modernization of port operations such as the preparation of a port data exchange system. | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Shipping improvement - General | Formed a tripartite cooperation to develop coastal ships of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Promoting the development of the Tbong Khmum Port Project Studying and designing projects on public passenger boats, construction of smallscale ports and docks in some districts and areas of the Mekong River. Constructing the tourist port in Kep and coastal areas. Studying and developing the navigation signs boats and rehabilitating the navigation, Vaico River, Angkor Borey canel and other parts of the Mekong River. Measuring the water depth and producing electronic navigation maps in the seas and other areas of the Mekong River. Preah Sihanouk Autonomous Port • Constructing a container port of 350 meters, a depth of 14.5 meters, a container terminal and shipyard rehabilitation with a depth of 14.5 meters. • Studying the development of a storage space for goods and containers covering more than 54 hectares. • Studying the plan for upgrading the international cruise terminal at the old port. Phnom Penh Autonomous Port • Continuing to push forward for the development Phase III on an area of 5.5 ha. which has the capacity to load up to 200,000 TEUs per year. • Continuing to promote the development of the UM2 harbor and to build a satellite port along the river and to build the dockyard near the LM17 container terminal. • Continuing to promote the establishment of port supporting areas, dry warehouses and cooling warehouses, and developing a goods collection and distribution service center. • Continuing to modernize and expand TS1 Passenger and Tourist terminal. | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Studied the project for construction of Sambo port of Kratie, Sa Ang port, Prek Koy commune, Sa Ang district and Kampong Luong commune port, Ponhea Leu district, Kandal province and Banlung town port, Rattanakiri province. Studied on the project of the construction of Tbong Khmum Multi-Purpose Port Studyied the depth of water and marking the navigation lines in the Bassac river from Phnom Penh to the Chrey Thom border of Cambodia-Vietnam. • Completed a 240m container terminal at 11.5m depth and expanded an additional 160m container terminal. • Completed the development of a 330 meter, 13.5 meter deep multi-purpose terminal and a base serving logistics for oil exploration with 200 square meters, a depth of 7.5 meters and restored ship parkings the a depth of 12 meters. • Constructed the new LM17 container terminal, 25km from Phnom Penh, with the capacity to handle 300,000TEUs per year. | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Technical standards for general transport infrastructure | Continuing to finalize the necessary policies and regulatory frameworks for managing and developing transport sector and standards related to setting standards for road construction, land transportation and waterway transport. Measuring for port construction and setting up technical standards for ports and waterways. Oversee the implementation and standards for existing and new airport construction projects, study the location and process (including materials and equipment), engineering work and maintenance. | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Transport Laws and Regulations- General | Continuing to finalize the necessary policies and regulatory frameworks for managing and developing transport sector and standards related to setting standards for road construction, land transportation and waterway transport. Identifying and developing draft Law on Ports, Law on Water and Maritime Transport, Law on Land Transport Business, Law on Multi-Transportation, Law on Logistics and Dry Ports, Law on Sewage Treatment, Law on Highways and huge bridges and related regulations, including the encouraging of approval, strengthening management, and enforcement. Finalizing Sub-Decree on Registration of Vehicle Identification and Plate Number Continuing to organize and disseminate some priority laws, especially Traffic Law, Road Law, both at national and sub-national level. Developing Sub-decree, Prakas, inter-ministerial Prakas and regulations required ss defined in the Law on Road Traffic. | 2019 |
| National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 | Transport Laws and Regulations- General | Law on Roads introduced in 2014 and Law on Traffic introduced in 2015 Prakas on procedure for ship entry at the Cambodian ports in 2017 Prakas in 2017 on (1) port security in Cambodia, (2) procedure of the issuance of driving licenses and scorecards, (3) procedure of the providing vehicle plate number and deleting from the vehicle list, checking the technical specifications of all types of vehicles, (4) of conditions and procedure permit issuance to the individual for inland transportation business, (5) of conditions and procedure permit issuance to the vehicles for inland transportation business, (6) adjusting the Prakas on establishment and functions of the technical departments, technical units and capital and provincial department of public works and transport. | 2019 |
| Logistics Master Plan | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | Inland Water Transport Improvements | 2017 |
| Logistics Master Plan | Shipping improvement - General | Introduction of Port EDI Port Management System Enhancement | 2017 |
| Logistics Master Plan | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Sihanoukville Port Development Phnom Penh Port Development | 2017 |
| Cambodia Industrial Development Policy 2015-2025 | Shipping port infrastructure improvements | Develop waterway transport networks which have potential to reduce logistics cost especially for transporting agricultural products through the development of peripheral ports along the Mekong River for ease of loading and unloading. The upgrading of new ports in Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville will also help facilitate larger volume of shipping; | 2015 |
| National Traffic Safety Plan | Inland waterways (IWT) improvement - General | Establishment and standardization of the water transport system for the first and last tim | 2014 |