Construction of Cross-Docking and Cold-Storage Facility Begins in Kandal Province
The facility will support Cambodia’s growing import and export industries through international standard cold-storage services located near a port, and provide value-added services targeted at helping small-and-medium enterprises enter the trading market.
22 March 2022, Kandal Province – Today, Private Infrastructure Development Group Company InfraCo Asia, Khmer Cold Chain Company Limited (KCCC) and Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) announced the commencement of construction of a controlled-temperature cold storage and cross-docking facility, located in the Kien Svay District of Kandal Province, Cambodia. A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the facility site in Kandal Leu Village, attended by dignitaries from the Cambodian government and the governments of United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Singapore.
The Kandal Cold Storage project is an initiative by InfraCo Asia, through Khmer Cold Chain Company. The project has been developed by Infunde Development, InfraCo Asia’s dedicated developer team for Southeast Asia. Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) is a partner in the development and operation of the cold-storage and cross-docking facility.
The facilities will include a 50-foot cross-dock, which will serve Cambodian and regional farmers, agribusinesses, food processors, pharmaceutical companies, food retailers and hotel/restaurant catering (HORECA) businesses. According to the project’s feasibility study, an additional 140,000 cubic meters of capacity must be added to Cambodia’s existing cold storage volume to meet its supply chain needs by 2030. The new Khmer Cold Chain Company facilities will supply 36,205 cubic meters– filling more than 25% of the current gap – to meet this increasing market demand.
The cross-docking facility will also include a dedicated space for value-added services catering to smaller agricultural producers and distributors. The space would include facilities such as pre-cooling, co-packing and labeling, sanitary and phytosanitary services (SPS), picking, and direct store delivery. These services will help increase Cambodia-based small-and-medium enterprises’ (SME) ability to access higher-value domestic markets.
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For more information, please contact
InfraCo Asia
Aditi Sridhar
Communications Manager
Email: aditi@infracoasia.com
Phone: +65 9829 3087
Khmer Cold Chain Company
Email: admin@khmercold.com
Phone: +855 11 388 399
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port
Hun Sokhalay
Head of Planning/Marketing Department
Email: hun_lay@yahoo.com
Phone: +855 10 444 358
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1. InfraCo Asia Development Pte Ltd (InfraCo Asia) is a commercially managed infrastructure
development and investment company of the Private Infrastructure Development Group
(PIDG).
2. Headquartered in Singapore, InfraCo Asia catalyses greater private sector investment in
infrastructure across South and Southeast Asia by providing funding and development
expertise. InfraCo Asia funds early-stage development activities to realise socially
responsible and commercially viable infrastructure that contributes to sustainable and
inclusive economic growth.
3. InfraCo Asia is currently funded by four members of PIDG – the governments of the United
Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Australia.
For more information, please visit www.infracoasia.com
About Khmer Cold Chain Company
Khmer Cold Chain’s vision is to be the leading third-party provider of temperature-controlled logistics, delivering international quality services to the Cambodian and regional farmers, agribusiness, food processers, pharmaceutical companies, food retailers and hotels, restaurants and caterers/institutional (HORECA/HRI), at competitive prices. Khmer Cold Chain is a project company of InfraCo Asia Development Pte Ltd (InfraCo Asia), on behalf of which Infunde Development is developing the project. Headquartered in Singapore, InfraCo Asia is a commercially managed infrastructure development and investment company of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG). InfraCo Asia invests and develops sustainable infrastructure projects that contribute to economic growth, social development and poverty reduction. InfraCo Asia is currently funded by four members of PIDG – the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (DGIS), the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), and the Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Infunde Development provides project development and pre-services to InfraCo Asia in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
For more information, please visit: https://khmercold.com/
About Phnom Penh Autonomous Port
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (“PPAP”) is a port operator in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The company was founded in 1905 and became a listed company in 2015. PPAP currently offers services such as pilotage and berthing, tug-boat assistances, general cargo handling, stevedoring, storage, stuffing/unstuffing, lift on/lift off, consolidation/deconsolidation, reefer container, logistics, dredging and surveying, container maintenance and repair, inland container depot, passenger and tourist terminal, and weight station. PPAP is creating a network of ports along Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers to promote Inland Waterway transportation and collect agriculture products to be shipped directly to overseas or via Container Terminal LM17.
For more information, please visit: https://ppap.com.kh/
