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Malaysian ports handled 10.5 per cent more containers in the first six months of the year, said Transport Minister Kong Cho Ha, reported Bernama Daily News.
He said 9,856,859 TEUs were handled between January and June against 8,921,113 TEUs registered in the same period last year.
"This reflected a booming container handling business in the country," he said.
Kong said the encouraging performance indicated that Malaysian ports were strategically located to handle containers to and from abroad.
He also disclosed that Port Klang and Port of Tanjung Pelepas last year succeeded in retaining their 13th and 17th position in the top 20 list of container ports in the world.
The ministry said Port Klang handled the largest number of containers in the first six months of the year. Westports and Northport together handled 4.7 million TEUs of containers against 4.3 million TEUs registered in the same period last year.
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