Port signs new deals with Vietnamese companies
The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port announced a new partnership on Tuesday with Vietnamese company Viet Sac Port Service to set up local maintenance and repair service of shipping containers at its new LM17 container terminal located 30 kilometres south of Phnom Penh in Kandal province. Hei Bavy, chief executive of PPAP, said on October 12 that the state-run port was looking to partner with shipping firms that could handle maintenance services for a long time, due to the ports insufficient in-house capabilities. While the port did in fact offer repair services in the past, the quality was not recognised by clients and forced them to send containers to Thailand or Vietnam for lengthy repairs. “Container owners always demanded that we have maintenance services in our port,” he said, adding that most ports internationally carry that service. “Now, if the container is broken in our port, we can provide standard quality repairs, saving time and money for clients.”
