Port of Tanjung Pelepas
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The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (abbreviation: PTP) is a port for container ships located on the eastern mouth of the Pulai River in south-western Johor, Malaysia. Receiving its maiden vessel on 10 October 1999 on a three-month trial operation, it set a world record as the fastest growing port with 1 million TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) of containers handled after 571 days of operations. The good performance sealed the port's fate, and it was officially launched by then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, on 13 March 2000.
[edit] Growth
The port continues to register spectacular growth. At the end of 1999, the terminal handled 20,696 TEUs, which rose to 418,218 TEUs in 2000, 2.05 million in 2001, and 2.66 million in 2002, 3.87 million TEU in 2003 outstripping Port Klang and thereby establishing itself as Malaysia's largest port. In 2004, it registered a 15.2% increase to 4,020,421 TEUs, and came in as the world's 16th busiest container port. In 2005, PTP handled 4.2 million TEU, and 2006 an estimated 4.7 million TEU.
This accelerated growth hinges on the ports proximity to the busy sealanes on which the Port of Singapore derived its growth and sustainability from for nearly two centuries. Positioning itself as a choice alternative to Singapore's terminals, it highlights its proximity to the Tuas Second Link which leads to Singapore. Sustained growth after 2000 was also largely possible as Maersk Sealand, the world's largest container ship operator, took a 30% equity stake in the port's holding company, Seaport Terminal in a deal concluded on 17 August 2000, effectively shifting all of Maersk's operations to the new port from the Singaporean port by the end of that year. Maersk was once the largest operator in Singapore, and the shift represented a 10% drop in business there.
In 2002, Evergreen Marine Corporation, then the world's second largest shipping company after Maersk, also shifted its operations to PTP from Singapore. This event raised alarm bells in the Singaporean port, with widespread speculation in the shipping community that Evergreen's endorsement of PTP demonstrated that Maersk's move may not be an isolated one. Other lines have since also started direct services at PTP.
[edit] Facilities
The current port offers 10 berths totalling 3.6 km of linear wharf length, and a container yard of over 150,000 TEU in storage space. The berths are serviced by 27 Super Post-Panamax quay cranes, 13 of which have a 22 box outreach and twin lift. The total capacity of the port today is over 6 million TEU per year.
The port has a naturally deep harbour with a draft of 15 - 19 metres, and its turning basin of 600 metres allows for ships of any size to turn easily.
The entire master plan of the port envisages over 75 berths making it the only port in S.E. Asia with long term potential to handle increasingly growing container traffic.
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