A container barging line between Viet Nam and Cambodia was inaugurated by the Newport – Cypress Co at Phnom Penh Port last Saturday.
The launch was attended by Cambodian Deputy Minister of Transport and Communication Suon Rachna and Vietnamese ambassador in Phnom Penh, Ngo Anh Dung.
Two barges, each with a capacity of 128 twenty-foot-equivalent units, or TEU, will operate twice a week in either direction.
Containers are trans-shipped at the Tan Cang – Cai Mep Terminal in southern coastal Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province for onward shipping to the US and Europe.
Newport – Cypress is a joint venture between the Hong Kong-based Sun Cypress Shipping Co Ltd and the local Sai Gon Newport Corp.
It was set up last April and currently exploits the container barging service in Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta along with SNP’s subsidiaries like Tan Cang – Cat Lai Terminal, Tan Cang – Cai Mep Terminal, and Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (Cambodia).
The new service will help meet the rising demand for cargo transport between Viet Nam and Cambodia, the joint venture said.
Newport – Cypress will also begin maritime routes linking SNP’s subsidiaries to ports in Da Nang and Hai Phong.
This will benefit customers and improve the commercial relationship as well as friendship between Viet Nam and Cambodia, the company said.
