Other nominees for the category were China's Dalian Container Terminal and Westport. This is the first time ever that a Malaysian port has won any award at the ceremony.

Maersk Sealand. PTP's partner, also shared the honours by winning the Best Main Line award.

The Lloyd's List Maritime Asia Awards is organised by Lloyd's List Maritime Asia, a trade journal published by world-renowned shipping daily, Lloyd's List.

PTP, Southeast Asia's newest deep-draft container terminal, was officially opened on March 13 by the Prime Minister.

Last August, it changed the tides of transhipment when Maersk Sealand, the world's largest shipping company, agreed to shift its entire transhipment hub from Singapore to PTP.

PTP is now the largest hub in Maersk Sealand's global network. The shift guarantees PTP an annual volume of two million TEUs from next year.