The Star - March 27, 2000

Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates states liner and container trade is expected to pick up following strong recovery particularly among the Asian economics.

"The growth projections for major container trade, especially that of Intra-Asia trade in the region of 7.5 million TEUs, would lead the pack consisting of Trans-Pacific, Europe/Asia and Trans-Atlantic routes."
Ben Hackett (WEFA's Senior Vice Presidents International Consulting)

Malaysia Sea Freight

In Malaysia, gross output of shipping companies exceeded RM 4.5 billion TEUs, increase of over 30 percent the past year, strong indication of the upturn in the country's manufacturing and industrial secotrs and a buoyant growth in imports. Malaysia now ranked 19th among top 20 nationalitise of parent owners of total fleet in liner service, with total 53 container ships and over 51,000 TEU slot capacity.

Lloyd's Maritime Information Services Malaysia

Port Authorities
Governed by eight port authorities / operators, five of which directly under the purview of the Ministry of Transport
1. Port Klang Authority
2. Penang Port Commission
3. Johor Port Authority
4. Kuantan Port Authority
5. Bintulu Port Sdn Bhd

East Malaysia Sarawak State Government
1. Kuching Port Authority
2. Rajang Port Authority

Sabah State Government
1. Sabah Port Authority

Malaysia Port Facilities	2000
Port Capacity	314.3 (million tones)
Number of Berths	223
Number of Cranes	110
Ship Calls	87.1
Volume Cargo	209
General	27.1
Liquid Bulk	90.1
Dry Bulk	26.3
Container	65.2

Port Klang
Ranked 21st among the world container ports in 98 then 14th in 99. Attained world class reputation in terms of size, facilities and service. Obtained double digit growth since 90s, recorded 2.5 million TEUs, up over 40 percent from previos year largy attributed to transshipment traffic ( over 38 percent of total traffic ).

Transshipment of Cargo in Port Klang

Cargo	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
TEUs	31,000	146,000	227,120	435,854	966,000

The Future
By 2000, Port Klang would handle over 75 million tones of cargo, reaching over 80 million by 2010. Klang Container Terminal (KCT) ranked highest share of container throughput at 24.4 percent compare to Klang Port Management (KPM) at 19.7 percent.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has attracted more cargo to Port Klang. Port Klang Community System (PKCS) build on SMK-Dagang.Net helps to link port users with other permit issuing government agencies. For example, electronic system for the port FREE Commercial ZONE (FCZ-EDI) allow users to submit their free zone declarations electronicaly.

Port Klang is divided into three areas of operations, namely North Port, South Port and West Port.

North Port
North Port Consists of 18 berths stretching a total quay length of 4 kms. Covering an area of 248 hectares. operates 426 metres of berth for containers. Gazetted as a free commercial zone since April 93 under the administration of Klang Port Authority. Provides terminals for container, breakbulk, liquid bulk and dry bulk cargo. Activities carried out

1. Direct transshipment
2. Consolidation of cargo
3. Value adding
3. Regional distribution
4. Trading

South Port
With its 10 berths, cover over 48 hectares. Handle mainly liquid and dry bulk cargo and domestic trade. Allowing vessels up to 40,000 displacement tonnes to berth.

West Port
Situated on the island Pulau Indah, expanded to 14 berths, then 18 by 2005. Gateway for handling iron, steel, sugar, cereals, fertilisers, petrochemicals, cement, LPG, and containerised cargo. Empty Container Handling Frontlifts enable it to achieve optimum Fastport performance and high productivity efficiency.

North Port Technical Details

Berth	No	Length(m)	Depth Alongisde(m)	Berthing Capacity
Break	5	991	9.0-11.5	30,000-60,000
Liquid	2	426	11.5	60,000
Dry Bulk	2	426	10.1-11.3	25,500
Container	9	2144	10.5-13.2	40,000-80,000

South Port Technical Details