Port Klang South Channel to be dredged to 18m
Malaysia's major gateway Port Klang is gearing up for the mega-boxship wave with the Port Klang Authority (PKA) deepening the South Channel entrance at Pintu Gedong from its current depth of 16.5m to 18.0m local reports said.
General manager David Padman was quoted as saying that the dredging project would be undertaken by Integrated Marine Works Sdn Bhd, the government appointed concessionaire company for dredging works in the major federal ports. "Internal funds will be used to carry out the capital dredging project, which is expected to be completed by April 2015," he said.
Padman noted that the two terminal operators, Westports and Northport, have made investments in deep water berths and high capacity quay cranes and the dredging of the South Channel would also help Port Klang receive mega-vessel calls from mainline operators.
There has been speculation of the effects on Port Klang of the loss of traffic from the P3 network which will move operations to Port of Tanjung Pelepas to the south. P3 partner Maersk is the biggest operator of Ultra Large Container Ships (ULCS) with its 18,000 teu Triple E Class ships. However other lines such as CSCL and UASC have also ordered megaships around the 14,000 teu level.
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