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Northport,
Port Klang continues to enjoy growth in
the container volume handled through the
terminals. Both terminals in Northport,
Klang container Terminal and Klang Port
Management, remained ahead of all its
peers in terms of the total volume
recorded by Northport for the first
quarter of the year. The throughput
volume recorded by Northport for the
first quarter was 531,131 TEUs, a 15%
growth in comparison to the same period
last year.
In
terms of traffic profile, Northport
handled a total of 246,262TEUs of
indigenous traffic during the first
quarter in comparison giving it a strong
grip on local volume with 73% market
share of Port Klang ‘s traffic in his
category. Northport’s volumes grew
from 241,735TEUs in 2000 to 246,262TEUs
in year 2001.This was in line with the
overall growth in h Klang. Imports
volumes recorded strong growth.
Northport experienced a 10% growth
from a throughput of 105,645TEUs to
116,651TEUs for the period in mention.
The
volume of transshipment containers in
Port Klang continued to record strong
gains. Within Northport’s own sphere
of activities, the volume of
transhipment containers grew by 43% from
a throughput of 146,894TEUs to
210,379TEUs for the first quarter this
year. Northport continues to play a
vital role in contributing to the
country’s vision of making Port Klang
the hub centre for transhipment
trade for the region. In terms of market
share, Northport leads, handling more
than 55% of the total transshipment
volumes in Port Klang.
Based
on current indicates, Northport is
confident that they are able to sustain
the growth, through expansion of
indigenous trade as well as regional
transhipment trade.
There
were more than 10 new direct services
introduced by Northport’ existing
customer for the year 2000. Northport
also saw an increase in the number of
feeder services hubbing in Port Klang.
This trend has translated into
continuous improvement in terms of he
average number f containers exchanged
per vessel.
With
KCT and KPM now operating in unison, the
Company is now more confident of its
ability to render improved services to
customers with the enlarged range of
resources and greater flexibility. With
the inherent strengths of both
companies, there will be tremendous
opportunities to offer the clients a
service profile that best fit their
requirements.
Northport
completed the year 2000 as the terminal
with the largest market share in terms
of the volume of containers handled both
in Port Klang and in Malaysia. Total
Local laden containers handled in
Northport was 1,373,191TEUs which was
74% of the total volume handled in Port
Klang. Port Klang recorded a
throughput of 1,856,269TEUs.
Whilst
for transhipment container, Northport
recorded a high growth of 45% in
comparison to the year 1999. For the
year 2000, Northport recorded a
transhipment throughput of 806,756TEUs,
again leading with a market share of
60%, Transhipment volume for Port Klang
was 1,350,484 which was the first year
the volume surpassed the millionth TEU
mark.
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