PTP chief executive officer Mark Hardiman said any recovery in trade flows is positive for the industry. However, any increase in transshipment activity will depend on how shipping lines restore...
Transport Minister throws down the gauntletin the tug of war for Taiwan shipper's business, saying Malaysia will do 'everything possible'
Malaysia will do everything in its power to bring Evergreen to Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) a minister said today while urging ports to plan for 7% regional growth.
THE Government is going to assist the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in its pursuit of Taiwanese shipping giant Evergreen Marine Corp.
MALAYSIA remains confident of luring Evergreen away from Singapore despite renewed offers by PSA Corp and is factoring it into a huge leap in national container growth for this year.
Malaysia's southern port of Tanjung Pelepas says it wants to work with neighbouring Singapore ports to develop a competitive advantage over other regional ports.
Port in Malaysia are on course to replace Singapore as the main focus for southeast Asian regional transshipment traffic, according to Malaysian transport minister Dr Ling.
Since beginning operations on October 10, 1999, Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has surged ahead in attracting regular main line services.
The growing Singapore rival has ordered five of the super post panamax quayside cranes along with 15 more rubber tyred gantry cranes from Italian supplier Noell the remainder due for delivery in 2002.
Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Southeast Asia's fastest-growing transshipment hub, added two super post-Panamax quay cranes to its dockside fleet.
The port in Johor neighbouring Singapore is just over two years old and volumes increased nearly fivefold from 418,000 teu a year earlier.