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The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), South East Asia's fastest growing
transhipment hub created history again by winning the prestigious "Best
Emerging Container Terminal Award" for a second time in a row. PTP won the award based on its phenomenal growth in volume, despite the economic slowdown and the ability to maintain high service level and productivity, stated the organizers for the award.
Held in Hong Kong, the third Lloyd's List Maritime Asia Awards 2001 is organised by Lloyd's List Maritime Asia, a trade journal published by the renowned shipping daily, Lloyd's List. More than 500 guests attended the event from the international shipping and maritime community.
Readers of the trade publication were asked to vote for the top performers in 10 maritime-related categories, including Best Terminal, Best Main Line Operator, Best Intra-Asian Operator and Best Ship Finance Bank, among others. The three companies / organisations with the highest number of
votes in each category proceeded to the finals, where an international panel of judges decided on the eventual winner in each category. The final 3 ports selected for the "Best Emerging Container Terminal Award" category were
PTP, Fuzhou Container Terminal Limited, China and Vietnam International
Container Terminal (VICT).
PTP, officially opened in January 2000, won the same award last year where the award ceremony was held in Singapore. PTP is the first port in
Malaysia to win the award.
On winning the prestigious award, Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman, PTP's Chief Executive Officer said, "To win an award is only the first step and this
PTP did last year. Since then, PTP has made significant improvements in productivity and efficiency. The award this time around is recognition of the high efficiency and growing volumes at
PTP."
Only in its second year of operations, PTP has handled 1.6 million TEUs from January to October 2001.
PTP was initiated in March 1995 following a privatisation agreement with the government of Malaysia that set in motion the development of
PTP.
Construction of the first phase of the port began in mid 1997. Early
project objectives set were always in focus to provide for a high-efficiency common-user terminal that would be recognized as South-east Asiašs premier transhipment hub. The first phase envisaged a total of 6 berths of 360 metres in length thereby offering a linear wharf length of 2.16 km. The container yard also has a large storage area with capacity for approximately 110,000
TEUs.
Since PTP's official launching on 13 March 2000 by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, PTP has surged ahead in the handling of container volumes.
In a dramatic move that changed the face of the entire
transhipment business in South-east Asia, PTP attracted Maersk Sealand's entire transhipment hub to
PTP.
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