PTP sees 4.5 million TEUs capacity
New Straits Times Online
Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas in Johor is pushing ahead with its effort to further enhance its capacity.
Last week, PTP, one of the world’s fastest growing port, took delivery of a further fleet of five rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes – the workhorse deployed for landside operations – to bring the total deployed at the container yard to 52.
The new cranes raise the capacity of Malaysia’s showpiece port closer to 4.5 million TEUs. Full capacity will be achieved later this year with the delivery of the remaining landside RTGs and shoreside super post panamax gantry cranes.
PTP’s Chief Operating Officer Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman said the latest delivery of the RTGs increases the port’s yard planning and terminal efficiency.
The five unit of the RTGs are the second batch of the 15 cranes ordered by PTP from Noell Crane Systems of Italy. The first batch of five RTG cranes were received in January this year along with two units of the super post panamax quayside cranes. The RTGs have a capacity of one over five high, with a width of seven containers across.
Five more RTGs from Noell will be delivered by end of the second quarter this year. Another 15 units will be acquired by year end to make the total number for PTP’s Phase One operation to 72.
PTP has developed and implemented an electronic and paperless Vessel Clearance System (VCS) for obtaining port clearance for vessels calling at PTP. Shipping agents can submit applications online and all respective authorities will receive the necessary information pertaining to the area of responsibility simultaneousl