Port of Tanjung Pelepas has announced measures to move on aggressively to market its facilities and services to shippers in the country and overseas despite a setback it received last week with the loss of APL’s West Asia Express service.

The port, which has breached the total traffic it handled last year with the estimated 540,000 TEUs handled in the first four months of this year, is targeting shippers in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Far East including Indo-China, the Indian sub-continent and Southeast Asia.

PTP said shippers using the from/to U.S. will enjoy fast transit time benefits of a minimum of 16 - 17 days while the transit time from/to Europe via PTP will be a minimum of 16 days with the direct services provided by mainline operators.
 

Locally, the campaign will target local shippers in Johor who will gain from the direct calls to U.S. and Europe as an alternative to the double handling and feedering costs to regional ports, it said

PTP’s chief executive officer Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman said that " We are a relatively new port, reaching out to shippers directly will also guarantee maximum exposure for the port and the lines utilising PTP. This is also aimed at thrusting PTP to be South-east Asia's leading transhipment port."

Markets targetted in this area include Indo China, Indian Sub Continent and South-east Asia. PTP's increasing feeder connections, which stands at 16 connections per week by MCC Transport, Sembawang Kimtrans, Bayswater, QC Line, Orient Express Line (OEL), Bengal Tiger Line (BTL) and Bangladesh Shipping Corp (BSC) will be an important factor in attracting more shippers.