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With
the increasing number of calls from
medium and handy sized clean product
tankers at the Kuantan Port, KPC has
decided to upgrade existing Palm Oil
Berth.
Work
on the upgrading work is progressing
well and is expected to be completed
soon.
The
completion of the upgrading work on
the berth will allow two
medium-sized tankers to berth at the
outer berth of the port
simultaneously compared with the
present berthing of one larger size
carriers of 54,000 displacement
tonnes.
The
outer berth draws 250 metres and has
a natural depth of 11.5 metres.
Meanwhile,
the inner palm oil berth at Kuantan
Port designed to handle smaller
carriers of 8,000 displacement
tonnes.
Of
recent, the 150-metre berth has been
congested with increasing number of
smaller carrier in the palm oil
trade.
The
completion of Palm Oil Berth will
further reduce vessel stay at the
port and also improve the turnaround
time for clean product tankers
calling at Kuantan Port.
Last
year the Palm Oil Berth at Kuantan
Port handled 265 ships and
contributed 43.47 per cent of the
liquid bulk cargo throughput handled
at Kuantan Port.
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