Malaysian ports rise container throughput by 10% in Q2

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31 Jul 2009

Malaysian ports handled 10 percent more containers in the second quarter of the year compared to the first, reflecting a recovery in both domestic and transhipment cargo, the Business Times reported. Container traffic at the 10 major ports rose to 3.79 million TEUs from 3.44 million in the periods reviewed.
Transhipment traffic, comprising almost two-thirds of the total, was up 11 percent to 2.48 million TEUs from 2.22 million.
Export containers showed a 10.2 percent increase to 670,718 TEUs, while import traffic rose 4.4 percent to 640,469 TEUs.
In the January-June period, however, container throughput fell 7.7 percent to 7.24 million TEUs from the first half of last year. Cargo tonnage was down 11.6 percent to 168,806 tonnes.
Port Klang, comprising Northport and Westports, solidified its position as the largest container port in the country.
Its container throughput rose 7.8 percent in the second quarter compared to the first three months. It moved 1.73 million TEUs against 1.6 million before.
Transhipment volume was 996,508 TEUs, up 4.6 percent from the first three months, and 57.7 percent of Port Klang's total throughput.
The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Johor continued to be the second largest container port, handling 1.47 million TEUs in the second quarter.
It recorded 17.6 percent growth from 1.25 million TEUs in the first quarter, with 94.4 per cent of all volume coming from transhipment.
Bintulu Port saw 16 percent growth to 57,895 TEUs from 49,875 in the first quarter.
Johor Port handled 216,744 TEUs in the second quarter, up 7.3 percent from 201,915 in the first.
Penang Port was the only port to record a decline in the quarters reviewed, down 24.2 percent to 151,165 TEUs from 199,391.

Source: cargonewsasia