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Liquid
bulk traffic has emerged as the
single largest type of cargo at
Johor Port.
The
director of port operations of Johor
Port Bhd, Dr Lim Meng Soon said
based on the throughput handled in
the first eleven months of last
year, the growth in liquid cargo has
been encouraging.
The
port at the south-eastern tip of
peninsular Malaysia, handled a total
of 10.32 million tones of liquid
bulk traffic in the January-November
period of this year.
Liquid
bulk traffic posted 35 per cent
growth compared with the volume of
liquid bulk traffic handled previous
corresponding period.
This
is the first time liquid bulk
traffic crossed the 10 million tonne
threshold.
The
huge surge in liquid bulk throughput
the share of liquid bulk of the
total traffic by 7.82 per cent point
to 43.04 per cent in 2001.
Palm
oil shipment constituted the largest
volume of liquid bulk cargo handled
at Johor Port.
The
cargo is handled at a dedicated
specialised 657 metre twin-berth
jetty which is rated as one of the
world’s most efficient vegetable
oil handling facilities.
The
port remained as the world's largest
centre for the export of palm oil
and is confident of handling higher
volume with the aggressive marketing
drive undertaken by the Felda Johor
Bulkers, the largest and most
advanced vegetable oil tank farm
operator in Malaysia located at
Johor Port.
The
completion of the dangerous cargo
jetty also significantly contributed
to the increased handling of growth
of liquid bulk traffic at the
dedicated terminal in Johor Port.
However,
the volume of containers, which
dominated the traffic scene at Johor
Port for more than a decade recorded
reverses for the first time.
The
port handled 587,547 TEUs in the
first eleven months of this year
after years of sustained growth.
Despite
the setback, Lim said the port
remains confident of a better
performance in 2002.
“Being
a multipurpose port we are in better
position to provide total package
solution to port users,” said Lim.
Total
traffic Johor Port rose by 11 per
cent to 24 million fwt in the
January-November period of 2001
compared with 21.67 million tones
during the corresponding period of
last year.
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