[PHNOM PENH POST]
FREIGHT shipments passing through Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP)
jumped nearly 7 percent year-on-year through the first seven months of
2011, according to official figures released yesterday.
Total
freight shipments through July reached 135,324 TEUs (twenty-foot
equivalent units), up 6.75 percent from the same period last year. At
the same time, total tonnage increased 13 percent to 1.4 million tonnes.
SAP Deputy Director General Ma Sun Hout said yesterday there
were large increases in garment products, vehicles, machinery, coal and
other commodities.
“During this period, we saw shipments across
the board push higher. We hope that shipments through the port will
continue to increase for the rest of the year,” he said.
Coal
shipments soared 54 percent to just under 110,000 tonnes, according to
Ma Sun Hout. Oil shipments climbed 2 percent to about 382,000 tonnes, he
said.
Ma Sun Hout also singled out shipments of acacia wood, a
fine wood often used in furniture and other products. About 10,000
tonnes of acacia wood were sent to China each month during the period,
he said.
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