Firstly build in 1956, the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) resumed its business operation after 1979 from a small base utilizing direct labor forces, human resources, minor equipment and machinery to perform its cargo and container handling operation and transport. From then on, thanks to the continuous studies and improvements as well as technical assistances from various development agencies and other fraternal countries the port has grown and moved forwards constantly.
To keep up with the increasing volumes of cargo throughput during the early 1990s, the port upgraded its transport means from small packaged to larger containerized cargoes, In order to be more convenient and effective, a need of container terminal development was then realized and with the assistances from The Royal Government of Cambodia and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the said container terminal was constructed in and was launched for operation in 2017.
While Cambodia continuously achieved the economic growth, PAS constantly developed its capacity as well. The Japanese government continued financial support for PAS’s developments. As a result, PAS constructed Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in 2009 and commenced for operation in 2012. This SEZ has the size of 63.2 hectares, located next to container terminals. Subsequently, PAS built Multi-Purpose Terminal in 2015 and inaugurated for operation in 2018. This Multi-Purpose Terminal has two functions such as berth for general cargo and berth for bulk cargo. Afterwards, PAS renovated a General Cargo Terminal into a 253-meters Container Berth in 2023 and launched for operations in 2024.
