📋 Tender Overview
The rehabilitation and dredging of Bassac river connecting to the sea in Kep province with a length of 180km, including dredging a new route connecting Prek Takeo, Mekong River to Prek Ta Hing Bassac river and extending to the sea of Kep province.
• 3 canal locks is to be constructed in Prek Takeo (Kean Svay district, Kandal province), Svay Daun Keo city (Takeo province), and Damnak Chang Er (Kep province)
• 2 strategic ports are to be constructed in Takeo city and Damnak Chang Er district (Kep province) which are a logistic center area, the exchange of multimodal transport, and 4 feeder ports located in Kampong Trach, Angkor Chey, Angkor Borey, and S' ang district which play the roles as support and warehouse to stock and distribute goods for the surrounding area. 2 main roads are planned for construction along this waterway and some bridges along the waterway from Kean Svay district to the sea in Kep province.
It will employ up to 10,000 workers, mostly Cambodian, along with Chinese engineers. Feasibility studies suggest that it will consume just 0.053 per cent of the flow of the Mekong River. The project will link the coastline at Kep province with the Bassac River, one of the Mekong’s tributaries. The project will be a public-private partnership through Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT) investment by the company, so it does not require investment by Cambodia.
