29 June 2012
AN automotive logistics hub to be built on mainland Penang for RM630 million is set to raise Penang Port’s profile as a transportation and logistics hub. The Penang Port will be boosted further with the construction of a RM200 million Boon Siew Honda Sdn Bhd facility in Batu Kawan, Seberang Prai. The port’s shipment volume […]
25 June 2012
AWAITING CLEARER PICTURE: Management goes ahead with expansion plans and moves to improve net profit WHILE the cloud of uncertainty continues to hover over the fate of Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB), it’s business as usual for the management of the country’s oldest port. “We are just as anxious as you are about the new […]
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 […]
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