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Cambodia negotiating powership contract with Karadeniz
Amid a severe power shortage across the country, the head of Cambodia’s Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) has flown to Turkey to negotiate a long-term charter of one of Karadeniz’s powerships, a series of converted capesizes that have been turned into floating power stations.
“Mr Keo Rattanak will immediately fly to Turkey to bring a ship with a 200MW capacity to supply [us]. If a price is agreed upon, we’ll hire [the ship] to supply Phnom Penh’s needs for a few years, initially,” Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen said yesterday, addressing growing concerns about blackouts the country is experiencing.
How much do these ships usually cost to hire?