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The
new source of growth at Port Klang
is expected to be fuelled by
transshipment according to one of
the world’s largest liner
operator which makes regular
direct call at the premier
Malaysian port.
Noting
that transshipment recorded 46 per
cent growth at the port in the
first six months of this year, the
managing director of P&O
Nedlloyd Agencies M A Sdn Bhd
Patrick Lim Keng Lee said
transhipment would be the next
driver of growth for Port Klang
which could help position the
position to be amongst the top ten
container ports in the world in
the near future.
In
the first six months of this year
the total volume of container
throughput at Port Klang rose by
18.2 per cent to 1.75 million TEUs.
The volume of transshipment
relayed via the two terminals at
Port Klang – Westport and
Northport – rose by a hefty 46
per cent to 850,000 TEUs in the
first half of this year.
Lim
said P&O Nedlloyd, is the
largest customer for Northport,
was proud to have been able to
help contribute to this and in
particular to have taken a
positive and leading role.
Lim
expressed delight over the
delivery of first of Northport’s
new post panamax cranes which
offers an outreach the 17 rows of
containers across to handles
vessels such as “P&O
Nedlloyd Houtman” which marked
its maiden call at Port Klang on
20 July 2001.
The
6,802 TEUs container ship, named
after Cornelis de Houtman, the
sixteenth century Dutch explorer,
is 300 metres long, 43
metres wide with a service speed
of 24.5 knots and flies the Dutch
flag.
The
vessel, deployed in the Europe Far
East service which calls Port
Klang every week.is the third of
the company's four
"whale" class vessels to
enter service this year and also
called at Port Klang.
Lim
said P&O Nedlloyd has launched
a full suite of e-commerce
products in the internet providing
fully interactive shipping just a
click away.
“Users
of www.ponl.com
can now query our port-to-port
schedules online, book their cargo
with online bookings, register
their shipping instructions with
bill registration, print their
bills of lading at their own
premises, track their cargo by
bill number or container number
and follow our ship movements with
our advanced vessel tracking.
The
maiden call of the vessel P&O
Nedlloyd Houtman was also a
farewell tribute to the Dutch
ambassador, Conrad van Tooren who
returns home after a long posting
in Malaysia.
The
event was also attended by the
general manager of Port Klang
Authority, Datuk Paduka O C Phang.
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