Port Klang aims to be one of the world’s busiest by 2016

The Port Klang Authority (PKA) is gunning to break the Top 10 list of the world’s busiest ports in two years’ time, driven by the expansion of its two terminal operators and the support of the controversial Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ). 

Port Klang is currently ranked 12th on the list of the world’s busiest ports, based on a metric of 10.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of volume last year, an increase of 3.5% over 2012. 

From this total  volume, Westports handled 7.5 million TEUs while Northport took on 2.9 million TEUs. 

PKA general manager Datuk David Padman told AsiaOne both Westorts and Northport were going through capacity expansion at the moment that will attract more ships to berth with them by 2016. 

“We project Port Klang’s volume to increase to 10.8 million TEUs this year and 11.7 million TEUs in 2015. I believe Port Klang will manage to break into the Top 10 list of the world’s busiest ports in 2016.

“However, what I would like to stress is that PKFZ has really taken off, as it has recently been fully taken up and is slowly building itself up as a catalyst to Port Klang’s growth. About 95 per cent of the 1,000-acre area has been leased to reputable companies. Just recently, we broke into the polymer market with two anchor tenants from the Middle East and Singapore,” Padman said. 

 



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