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for North Malaysia and Southern Thailand. The three cargo terminals
- North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT), Butterworth Wharves Cargo Terminal (BWCT) and Prai Bulk Cargo Terminal (PBCT) - link Penang to more than 200 ports worldwide. All are conveniently located
for Penang International Airport and the North- South Expressway, while NBCT has a direct rail link to KTM’s West Coast Line with onward connections
to Thailand and Singapore. The Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal can handle the largest vessels afloat, with
a capacity of over 1 million passengers per year.
Lumut Port
Lumut Maritime Terminal Sdn Bhd
Lot 1, Lumut Port Industrial Park Mukim Lumut, Jalan Kampung Acheh 32000 Sitiawan, Perak
T (05) 698 3333
W lumutport.com
Lumut Port, on the coast of Perak facing the Straits of Malacca, handles dry bulk, break bulk and liquid bulk cargoes within Southeast Asia and between the Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, Atlantic Basin, China and Australia/Pacific regions. It comprises two terminals: Lekir Bulk Terminal (LBT) which can handle ships in excess of 180,000 DWT and caters for the TNB Power
Plant in Teluk Rubiah;
and Lumut Maritime Terminal (LMT) in Kampung Acheh, which handles
A busy day at Lumut Port’s Lumut Maritime Terminal, Kampung Acheh, with four vessels being worked simultaneously.
liquid bulk, dry bulk and break bulk cargo and can accommodate vessels up to 35,000 DWT.
Lumut Port currently handles around 17 million tonnes of cargo per annum, 13 million by LBT and 4 million by LMT.
Port Klang
Port Klang Authority
Mail Bag Service 202
Jalan Pelabuhan Utara 42005 Port Klang, Selangor T (03) 3168 8211
W pka.gov.my
Northport (Malaysia) Bhd
Jalan Pelabuhan Pelabuhan Utara
42000 Port Klang, Selangor T (03) 3169 8888
W northport.com.my
Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd
P.O. Box 266, Pulau Indah 42009 Port Klang, Selangor T (03) 3169 4000
W westportsholdings.com
Port Klang is located on
the west coast of Selangor directly facing the Straits of Malacca, 40km southwest of Kuala Lumpur. Formerly known as Port Swettenham, it is Malaysia’s largest port
The four dedicated container terminals at Port Klang’s Northport achieve high throughput thanks to their use of state-of-the-art container handling systems.