Port Klang dredging to finish by December

9/9/2009 10:31:22 AM

The dredging of the south channel in Port Klang is expected to be completed in December this year, reported The Business Times.   The south channel, which will be 16.5m deep and 500m wide once completed, is now between 60 and 70 per cent done.   "Initially, the plan was to deepen it to 17.5m but due to a constraint in funds, it is only being dredged to 16.5m from 15.5m, and widened to 500m from 365m," PKA assistant general manager David Padman said.   He said the government was only able to allocate US$28.41 million for the dredging project.   The widening of the channel will enable the largest super post panamax container vessels of drafts exceeding 15m, to pass one another safely while transiting the 8km channel.   Cargonews Asia

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