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The Port Klang
Authority (PKA) maintains its target of a 10 per
cent decline in container throughput this year,
despite seeing a much worse 15.4 per cent fall
in the first half of the year.
Northport (Malaysia) Bhd and Westports Malaysia
Sdn Bhd collectively handled 7.9 million
twenty-foot equivalent units in 2008.
PKA general manager Kee Lian Yong said this is
due to the improved container throughput numbers
that the ports in Port Klang have been seeing in
the last two months.
"With the indication of some economic recovery
and the gradual upturn in the shipping industry,
we expect to recover from this downturn and fare
better next year as the overall global economic
trend changes for the better," Kee said.
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