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Southpoint, is all set to emerge as
a focal point into a regional
conventional transshipment hub at
Port Klang with its enhanced and
refurbished facilities and as it
awaits its designation as a free
zone.
Owned at operated by Northport
(Malaysia) Bhd (NMB), the on-going
developments at Southpoint is
turning the older entity of the port
that has traditionally served as a
coastal terminal to handle the trade
between Peninsular Malaysia and
Sabah/Sarawak, into regional staging
point in the distributive trade.
Northport said Southpoint was
expected to play a niche role in the
expanding intra-ASEAN trade,
especially in the light of the
"trade creation" effects of the
entry of AFTA.
There are nine berths totaling 1,182
metres at Southpoint which can serve
the requirement of the short-sea
trade in the handling of break-bulk,
bulk cargoes and barge operation
from Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar,
and Vietnam.
With aggressive marketing and
promotional effort, there are
regular sailings to more than 11
major ports in Indonesia namely
Banjarmasin, Belawan, Jambi, Makasar,
Palembang, Dubai, Betung, Tanjung
Balai, Pekan Baru, Buatan and
Semarang.
Cargo handling consolidation
activities are also expected to link
up with more than 20 minor ports
around the Indonesian Archipelago.
Of recent, shippers from the
Indonesian archipelago have started
to ship palm oil traffic using
barges to Southpoint which offers a
more economical choice of transport
from shallow river ports.
Southpoint also offers dedicated
facilities for containerized cargo,
which can be packed, unpacked and
stored, for distribution via
Northport's container terminals at
CT1 & CT2 for worldwide connections.
There are a total of eight liners
offering regular services to four
major container handling facility
namely Jakarta, Surabaya, Semarang
and Belawan. The regular service
mounted by Advance Container Line,
PT Pilindo Mega Selatan, RCL, TSK
Line, Hub Line, QC Container Line
and Malaysia International Shipping
Corporation Bhd are expected to
expand their services further.
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