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Lumut planning to build new port to boost capacity to 7m tonnes

The Lumut Maritime Terminal (LMT), which is owned by Perak Corp and Malaysian utility provider Tenaga Nasional, plans to build a new port on the shores of Sungai Dinding near Sitiawan, ceo Mubarak Ali Gulam Rasul was reported by local media as saying.

Vincent Wee, Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

May 26, 2016

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He said LMT was still conducting feasibility studies to determine if the port could be built on a 46ha site. “Facilities at the port will include a vessel pier, mechanical cargo handling at the berth barge and larger storage area.

“With another port, we can handle 7m tonnes of cargo compared with 3m tonnes handled now and we can also separate clean cargo such as limestone, fertilisers, sugar, wheat and other grains,” he said.

On the development of the Lumut Port in Kampung Acheh into a modern port, Mubarak Ali said expansion plans, at a cost of MYR300m ($73.6m), was now underway including the construction of a new berth barge.

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Vincent Wee

Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

Vincent Wee is Seatrade's Hong Kong correspondent covering Hong Kong and South China while also making use of his Malay language skills to cover the Malaysia and Indonesia markets. He has gained a keen insight and extensive knowledge of the offshore oil and gas markets gleaned while covering major rig builders and offshore supply vessel providers.

Vincent has been a journalist for over 15 years, spending the bulk of his career with Singapore's biggest business daily the Business Times, and covering shipping and logistics since 2007. Prior to that he spent several years working for Brunei's main English language daily as well as various other trade publications.

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