Port Klang aims to be top 10

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Port Klang aims to be among top 10

Extracted from The Star, 25^th March 2000 , by Loong Meng Yee

Port Klang, currently ranked 14^th among world container ports – has a chance of making it to the top 10 list by the year’s end, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik.

“I am a little bit ambitious. Seeing the good performance in the past, the hard work put in by all concerned parties, and the growing numbers of main liners wanting to call at our port, we can make it,” he said yesterday.

Dr Ling said this port had, over the years, jumped from 56^th placing in the world to 21^st in 1998, and to 14^th placing in 1999.

If this port was capable of scaling seven notches up between 1998 and 1999, Dr Ling said the national port could be pushed further to be among the top ten ports in the world in several months’ time.

“Moreover, we are continuing to see growth in our port. Throughout the first two months of 2000, it rose 20% compared with the corresponding period in 1999,” he said during a press conference, after witnessing the signing of a co-operation agreement between China Shipping and West-port.

Also present were China’s ambassador Guan Deng Ming; China Shipping (Group) president Captain Li Ke Lin; Klang Port Authority (KPA) chairman Senator Datuk Michael Chen; and KPA general manager Datin O.C. Phang.

Dr Ling thanked China Shipping, a world-renowned main liner, for its decision to call direct at West-port here.

“Port Klang’s evolution into a transshipment centre in the region and the ambition to be among the top 10 ports are further enhanced with support from main liners, such as China Shipping,” he said.

With the direct call at West-port, China Shipping is able to offer Malaysian shippers services to most of the main destinations in the Mediterranean in 15 to 20 days.

Earlier, Captain Li said in his speech that China Shipping chose Port Klang because the national port was located on the main Asia-Europe international trading route.

He added that Dr Ling had led a delegation to China last month and visited China Shipping Group.

That was when both sides reached the agreement for China Shipping’s Mediterranean service to call here.

China Shipping group is one of the main shipping companies in China. The company operates 91 container ships of various sizes, with total slot capacity of 110,000TEUs.

In 1999, China Shipping group inaugurated four long-haul container services, namely the Far East-Europe, Far East-Mediterranean, China-Australia, and Far-East-US West Coast.

Captain Li said China Shipping’s HSH Kusu, a 2,500TEU marine vessel, would call at West-port from March 31 to provide fast, direct line-haul shipping service for Malaysian customers to Mediterranean and Chinese ports.

“Shippers can also utilise China Shipping’s feeder service network in South-East Asia and ship the South-East Asia cargo through Port Klang to the Far East and Europe,” he said.

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