Hamburg SUd, the 12th largest container carrier in the world, is the latest shipping line to make Westports Malaysia in Port Klang its home. Its vessel “Cap San Marco”, with capacity of 9,600 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) and one of 12 units between 8,500 TEUs and 9,600 TEUs deployed in the South America Service (ASIA […]
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World’s 12th Largest Container Carrier Hamburg Sud Calling Westports Home
Posted on 22 July 2013.
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Wharf 8A To Be Operational In September – Northport
Posted on 02 July 2013.
NCB Holdings Bhd expects the construction of Wharf 8A in Port Klang by its subsidiary Northport (Malaysia) Bhd to be operational in September this year. NCB Holdings chairman Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid said Northport would be able to gradually handle close to 5.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers once the wharf is […]
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Port Klang Has Capacity To Handle Almost 20 Million TEUs By 2016
Posted on 01 July 2013.
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 […]
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Port Klang May Have Third Port In 5-6 Years
Posted on 01 July 2013.
Port Klang, which is projected to handle 10.4 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) this year, may have a third port in the next five to six years to help meet the growing demand, Deputy Minister of Transport Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said. Currently the existing port operators, Northport and Westports, are still able to meet […]
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Westports looks beyond Malaysian waters
Posted on 23 December 2012.
PORT KLANG: Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Westports), operator of the country’s busiest port, is looking at the overseas market to expand its business beyond Malaysia via partnerships. Its chief executive officer, Ruben Emir Gnanalingam, said Westports was looking at a few potential markets particularly South East Asian countries and India to expand its container business. […]
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Westports sees boom in 2013
Posted on 19 November 2012.
WESTPORTS Malaysia Sdn Bhd, operator of the country’s busiest port, expects to see growth in its business for next year despite the gloomy global economy. Its chief executive Ruben Emir Gnanalingam said despite the global economic crisis and news of the European economy in recession, consumption worldwide is increasing. He said Westports’ cargo volume is […]
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Westports container volume jumps
Posted on 16 January 2012.
PORT KLANG: Container volume moving through Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd rose by 15 per cent or 6.4 million twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) last year, compared with 5.6 million TEUs in 2010. In a statement, Westports said the better-than-expected container volume throughput comes from both transhipment and indigenous boxes, registering positive increases of 22 per […]
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Union likes standardised rates at Port Klang
Posted on 27 December 2011.
PORT KLANG: The implementation of standardised rates for lashing and unlashing services at Port Klang will help attract more local workers and curb the unhealthy trend of undercutting by contractors, according to the Union of Employees of Port Ancillary Services Suppliers. Its secretary, A. Balasubramaniam, said the new rate of RM4 per container came into […]
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PKA awaiting cabinet nod for third port
Posted on 26 September 2011.
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 […]
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CMA-CGM hopes fora repeat performance
Posted on 17 January 2011.
The CMA-CGM Group expects to grow its container volume in Port Klang between 12 per cent and 13 per cent again this year, if everything goes reasonably well. “It’s very difficult to predict. We don’t want to be too optimistic and tempt fate, because there is still a lot of uncertainties in the European and […]
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