July 05, 2008

PTP builds four more berths - Report

Sea Trade Asia reported that the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia will allocate MYR 400 million to build four berths and a 1.44 hectare wharf to increase its capacity.

Mr Datuk Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman chairman of Port of Tanjung Pelepas said that berths 11 and 12 as well as the wharf will complete constructions in the second quarter of 2009 and the construction of berths 13 and 14 will begin in 2009 and should complete in the first quarter of 2010.

He added that the annual handling capacity of Port of Tanjung Pelepas will rise to 12 million TEU after the expansion.

Port of Tanjung Pelepas handled 5.5 million TEU in 2007 and wants the 2008 throughput to reach 6.5 million TEU. The throughput hit 1.3 million TEU by late April 2008.