18 April 2012
The 23rd ASEAN Maritime Transport Working Group Meeting (23rd MTWG) was held on 19 -21 March 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar. Some 50 delegates from ASEAN countries, dialogue partners and maritime associations’ representatives have congregate in Yangon for three days for the 23rd ASEAN Maritime Transport Working Group (MTWG) 2012. The meeting discussed the development […]
01 March 2012
ASEAN Strategic Transport Plan (ASTP) 2011 -2015, aka Brunei Action Plan (BAP) 2011-2015 is a successor to ASEAN Transport Action Plan (ATAP) which expired in 2010. “Brunei Action Plan” (BAP) was presented and adopted during the 16th ASEAN Transport Meeting in November 2010. It was discuss at the 21st Maritime Transport Working Group (MTWG), March […]
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 […]
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 […]
22 November 2011
A very good morning. First & foremost on behalf of ASEAN Ports Association, Malaysia, allow me to record our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the secretariat & all of the member of ASEAN Ports Association for giving our country Malaysia the honour to host the 37th ASEAN Ports Association Main Committee Meeting. ASEAN Ports Association […]
22 November 2011
SPEECH BY THE HONOURABLE DATUK HAJI ABDUL RAHIM BIN BAKRI DEPUTY MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, MALAYSIA AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 37TH ASEAN PORT ASSOCIATION MAIN COMMITTEE MEETING 22 NOVEMBER 2011 (TUESDAY) A very good morning First and foremost, I would like to thank the organizing committee, Kuantan Port Authority for inviting me […]
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 […]
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 […]
29 November 2010
Malaysian ports handled 16.6 per cent more containers in the first 10 months of this year compared with the same period in 2009, reflecting a recovery in both domestic and transhipment cargo. Container traffic at the 11 major ports rose to 15.3 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) from 13.1 million in the periods reviewed. In […]
06 October 2010
Port confident of achieving 8% growth this year GELANG PATAH: Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) expects a healthy and sustainable growth this year despite operating in a challenging business environment. The positive outlook is based on the port’s outstanding performance in the first half of 2010 when it registered 13% growth compared with the same […]
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