Malaysia’s state government has reportedly scrapped a MYR43bn ($10.5bn) port project off the coast of Melaka due to delays in reclamation works. Lee Hong Liang | Nov 23, 2020 In a letter by the Melaka government dated 16 November and seen by Singapore’s The...

Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has posted a record throughput of 9.8m teu in 2020, despite the global economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Lee Hong Liang | Jan 26, 2021 The figure represents an increase of more than 8% from...

ISKANDAR PUTERI (Jan 7): Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) will invest RM750 million to expand its capacity this year, its chief executive officer Marco Neelsen said. Spurred by the double-digit growth last year, he said the port, currently with a capacity of 11.5 million...

PETALING JAYA: Major Malaysian ports ended 2021 on a high, with new milestones notched at Johor’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), which became the first container terminal in Malaysia to surpass 11 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) throughput in a year,...

KUALA LUMPUR: Floods that resulted from torrential rain in many states of Peninsular Malaysia over the weekend exposed the reality of extreme weather patterns caused by climate change, according to environmental experts interviewed by CNA.  With such events...

The Honorable Minister of Transport Dato Seri Ir. Wee Kah Siong, accompanied by the Chairman of MASA in a ceremony to commemorate Malaysia’s 50th Anniversary as an IMO member. The event took place at the High Commision of Malaysia in London. In the picture from the...

PUTRAJAYA: The anti-graft agency has assigned its number two in command to lead a task force to investigate the Customs Department’s failed project fiasco. The team is to start work immediately to probe the millions of ringgit that have been paid by the department for...

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 13): Bursa Malaysia’s Transportation & Logistics Index was lifted to a record high on Wednesday, as shipping container rates and energy prices, including liquefied natural gas prices, soared while economies around the world strive to recover from...

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 13): Malaysia has not been spared by the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on supply chains worldwide, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that the global supply chain disruptions were expected to last until at...

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Malaysia's logistics performance has been declining, according to the World Bank, and this has more to do with the country’s inability to update the regulatory environment in the sector to international best practices. According to the World...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Shipowners’ Association (Masa) hopes that Budget 2022 will provide financial assistance for the shipping industry and tax rebates for vessels built in local shipyards. It also hopes for grants to comply with the International Maritime...

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): The Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) will invoke its enforcement power to determine whether there are cartels formed in the port logistic ecosystem and motor vehicle warranty, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — The company behind the Ubiquitous Customs (uCustoms) system has come out to deny the negative portrayal of the project as reported within the Auditor General’s Report (LKAN) Year 2019 Series 2, asserting it was an operational system raking in...

PETALING JAYA: After eight years, an ambitious RM397.43 million computerised Customs information system scheduled for completion in 2015 has yet to get going, although RM272.99 million has been paid out to suppliers and project managers. The “uCustoms” system was one...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 — The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has recently extended, for the second time, the exemption period for freight forwarders to meet the requirement of 51 per cent Bumiputera equity participation until December 2022. Finance Minister Datuk Seri...

Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has posted a record throughput of 9.8m teu in 2020, despite the global economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Lee Hong Liang | Jan 26, 2021 The figure represents an increase of more than 8% from...