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Westports on track to up capacity to 13m teu by 2017 with completion of CT8

Westports Malaysia will boost cargo handling capacity to 13m teu from 11m teu, with the completion of its Container Terminal 8 (CT8) by mid-2017, local reports said.

Vincent Wee, Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

June 5, 2015

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Ceo Ruben Emir Gnanalingam added that Westports was also building a new container gate for local cargo as well as other back of terminal support facilities to keep pace with the development of the new terminal.

“Our focus is always skewed towards a supply-driven approach to meet our customer demand. With CT8, we will be able to handle big vessels while continuously maintain the highest level of productivity and all other service strings,” he was quoted as saying.

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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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