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Reflecting on the expanding opportunities in the transshipment trade between
Malaysia and Indonesia, a total 15 weekly services now serve between
Northport, Port Klang and various ports in Indonesia.
The wider feeder connectivity has not increased the service frequencies at
Port Klang but has also created wider options for Malaysian shippers to
reach Indonesian market.
The increase in the connectivity of shipping services between Malaysia and
Indonesia is reflected in the increase in lifting of containers that rose 30
per cent in the first five months period of this year at Northport.
The connectivity has also increased the attraction of Northport Port to
mainline service operators (MLOs) as base to transshipment containers to
regional and international markets.
The new services include regular sailings offered by between the Sea
Consortium, PIL, NYK Line, China Shipping, Interasia Line and PT Djakarta
Lloyds, Regional Container Line, Excel Shipping, PACC Line, China Puhai
Sipping, Hanjin Shipping and Cosco Line.
The latest to serve the trade is Interasia Lines with the arrival of
234-teus Mv Zhe Hai 316 on last Saturday (July 1, 2006).
The weekly call started by Interasia Lines under Indo Malaysia Express (IMX)
which sailed from Port Klang - Belawan - Penang - Port Klang.
This fixed day service is expected to call Port Klang on every Monday and
Thursday, Belawan every Saturday and Penang every Wednesday. According to
Interasia Lines official the trade to/from Belawan, Indonesia had been
increasing and the insertion of the new IMX service is to cater to the
requirements of the market condition.
Earlier PT Jakarta Lloyds (Persero) Medan has initiated a new container
service linking Northport at Port Klang and Belawan, Sumatera effective 20th
June 2006.
This is a joint operation between lltizam Suci Services Sdn Bhd and Jakarta
Lloyds Persero Medan.
Meanwhile the managing director of lltizam Suci Services Sdn Bhd, Mohd Azman
Salim said the service has good support from the main line operators calling
at Northport to feed their cargo via our service to reach Indonesian market.
Currently the full rotation of the 208-TEU MV Semarang Caraka Jaya III
covers Port Klang-Penang-Port Klang-Belawan and Port Klang. The new service
offers one of the best transit times between Northport and Belawan sector
said Azman.
“Our 12 hour streaming time between the sectors will become a plus-point to
attract more shippers to use our service. We have set-up extensive marketing
network in the central and northern region of Peninsula Malaysia and in the
Indonesia, Jakarta Lloyds Persero Medan will link this service with their
other domestics’ network in the Archipelago.
He said the demand for the first service on 20 June has been very
encouraging and hoped the common feeder service between Port Klang and
Belawan would be well receive by shippers from Malaysia and Belawan.
Speaking after presenting a memento the Captain of MV Semarang Caraka Jaya
III, the deputy chief executive officer of Northport, Haris Abul Aziz said
Northport at Port Klang value each and every feeder operators as they are
playing important role in feedering regional traffic via mother vessels
calling at our terminal.
The arrival of feeder common feeder operators like PT Djakarta Lloyds is
very significant in our efforts to attract to more mainline operators at
Port Klang, said Haris. |
