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Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd
has achieved a strong 19% throughput growth to a
total 1.16 million TEUs (20ft-equivalent units)
for the first quarter (Q1) ended March 31
against the same period last year.
Westports said in a statement that it achieved
976,832 TEUs during the corresponding quarter
last year.
The port also handled a throughput of 421,637
TEUs last month, the highest ever achieved in a
single month to date.
This bodes well for the port to achieve its
targeted figure of five million TEUs by
year-end.
In the three-month period, the handling of local
boxes also grew impressively from 266,693 TEUs
in Q1 last year to 351,624 TEUs in the period
under review, reflecting a 32% growth.
The statement said Westports had targeted to
achieve a volume of 1.5 million local containers
this year.
Transshipment activities from January to March
reached 730,101 TEUs, up 13.6% from 644,449 TEUs
achieved during the corresponding period last
year.
Westports' container volume last year totalled
4.3 million TEUs, including 1.3 million local
boxes.
Current market share for Westports at Port Klang
is 62%.
Executive director Ruben Emir Gnanalingam said
in the statement that the first quarter
achievement reflected the support of all the
company’s shipping line customers.
“We are delighted with the current buoyant
performance and the 19% overall growth in the
first quarter of 2008,” he said.
“Additionally, our determination to meet our
customers’ expanding needs has driven us to
continuously upgrade our infrastructure,
increase the capacity of the terminal yards and
supply them with modern machinery.
“This is meant to efficiently handle our
customers’ cargo as well as efficient services
required by the new-generation mega-sized
vessels,” he added. |
