Port of tanjung pelepas (PTP), malaysia starts operations in october 1999 and aspires to be the region's premier transshipment hub. The port is located at the confluence of major shipping routes at the southern tip of johor west in malaysia. Being only 45 minutes from the confluence of the world's busiest shipping lanes,the PTP has steadily attracted the world's leading main shipping lines which include maersh sealand in 2000 and evergreen marine corporation in 2002. Port traffic statistics show that 3,368 vessels had stopped at the PTP and brought 5,600,000 TEUs of container traffic to the port in 2008. This put the port into the 18 place in the world ;and 12 place in Asia just behind port kelang. Factors that have contributed to rapid growth in the PTP are its excellent port facilities and infrastructure, supported by a state of the art integrated information technology systems and highly trained staff,which enabled high efficiency and productivity to be achieved. The 15 meters naturally sheltered deep-water port also boosts of its excellent connectivity via road ,rail,air or sea.
PTP currently has 12 berths and a terminal-handling capacity of 10 million TEUs. Under the existing expansion plan,the port would build eight new berths and include land reclamation and dredging. The long-term plan is to have 95 berths such that capacity will reach 150 million TEUs.
Port of tanjung pelepas (PTP), malaysia starts operations in october 1999 and aspires to be the region's premier transshipment hub. The port is located at the confluence of major shipping routes at the southern tip of johor west in malaysia. Being only 45 minutes from the confluence of the world's busiest shipping lanes,the PTP has steadily attracted the world's leading main shipping lines which include maersh sealand in 2000 and evergreen marine corporation in 2002. Port traffic statistics show that 3,368 vessels had stopped at the PTP and brought 5,600,000 TEUs of container traffic to the port in 2008. This put the port into the 18 place in the world ;and 12 place in Asia just behind port kelang. Factors that have contributed to rapid growth in the PTP are its excellent port facilities and infrastructure, supported by a state of the art integrated information technology systems and highly trained staff,which enabled high efficiency and productivity to be achieved. The 15 meters naturally sheltered deep-water port also boosts of its excellent connectivity via road ,rail,air or sea. PTP currently has 12 berths and a terminal-handling capacity of 10 million TEUs. Under the existing expansion plan,the port would build eight new berths and include land reclamation and dredging. The long-term plan is to have 95 berths such that capacity will reach 150 million TEUs.
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