Posted on 01 July 2013. Tags: Break Bulk, Container Terminal, Container Trade, Containers, Exhibition, Foot Equivalent Units, Globe, Logistics Forum, Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Midst, Northport Malaysia Bhd, Poo, Port Klang Authority, Ports, Preferred Choice, Teus, Trade Connections, Westports Malaysia
Port Klang will have the capacity to handle almost 20 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers by 2016 as both Northport Malaysia Bhd and Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd are undergoing expansion plans.
Port Klang Authority Chairman Datuk Dr Teh Kim Poo said the authority was also in the midst of obtaining relevant approval to deepen the existing channels to 18 meters.
“This will make Port Klang competitive and a preferred choice to our customers,” he said at a logistics forum and exhibition here Monday.
Earlier, he said Northport would be able to handle 5.6 million TEUs this year after the conversion of Wharf 8A.
Northport was also in the process of expanding its break bulk and dry bulk handling facilities towards the North of Wharf 25.
Meanwhile, Wesport can handle 14 million TEUs after container terminal (CT) six is completed this year.
“Today, Port Klang handles almost 50 per cent of Malaysia’s sea-borne container trade,” Teh said, adding that, ports in the country handled about 20 million TEUs last year.
Port Klang has trade connections with over 120 countries worldwide and dealings with more than 500 ports throughout the globe, Teh added. BERNAMA
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Posted on 26 September 2011. Tags: Cabinet Approval, Cabinet Nod, Catering, Closing Ceremony, Golden Jubilee Celebrations, Northport, Poo, Port Authority, Port Expansion, Port Klang Authority, Port Users, Ports, Predecessors, Private Land, Proposals, Westports
KLANG: The proposed third port, to complement the existing Northport and Westports, is currently awaiting cabinet approval, Port Klang Authority chairman Datuk Dr Teh Kim Poo said.
Teh said the facility will help accommodate the growing demand.
“The existing North and West ports are capable of catering to port users until 2016. The establishment of a third port will greatly help these two,” he told reporters at the closing ceremony of Port Klang’s golden jubilee celebrations here, on Friday.
Teh said the third port is expected to be built on a private land, unlike its two predecessors, which are located in the land owned by the Port Klang Authority
The Port Klang Development Master Plan, completed in April this year, outlines a new site for port expansion as well as proposals on the redevelopment of its third port, Southpoint.
Northport and Westports are currently the two main ports in Port Klang, ranked among the world’s top 20 ports in the world.
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