PTP to double capacity by 2005, says Dr M
The Star
THE fast-growing Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Johor will more than double its capacity by 2005, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“By 2005 we would have sufficient new capacity of up to six million TEUs (20ft equivalent units),” he told a news conference in the course of a visit to Pasir Gudang, Johor, yesterday. That would raise the container port’s capacity from 4.5 million TEUs, a figure that had been built from nothing when it began operations in October 1999.
“PTP has got to expand. They have to increase their wharfage, and that is what we are doing. We will begin work next month,” Dr Mahathir said. . – Reuters