2020-01-22
As we all know, in the long history of economic development, ports have always played a very important role in the economic development of a country. Transportation has connected the world, and ports are an indispensable link in transportation, developed countries in the world generally have their coastlines and more complete function of the port. There are so many ports in the world, let's have a good look at them.
Now, Micro Shipping encyclopedia introduces you to The Port of Tanjung Pelepas, the port of the world.
The Port of Tanjung Pelepas, or PTP for Short, is located at the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia, just off the coast of Singapore, the throat of world shipping. Port of Tanjung Pelepas is now the gateway to southern Malaysia as its hub port business moves away from Singapore. As a free trade area, the port is an ideal hub for goods entering and leaving Malaysia, bringing together many port-related industries as well as logistics parks and other storage development sites.
The Port of Tanjung Pelepas was completed and fully operational by the Malaysian government on October 10, 1999. Today, the Port of Tanjung Pelepas has 10 container berths with a water depth of-19 meters that can accommodate large ships of 250,000 tons. With an annual container handling capacity of more than 8 million TEU and a total of 27 ultra Panamanian container ship cranes with an overhanging distance of 18 boxes, the Port of Tanjung Pelepas is capable of handling the world's largest Knock Nevis berthing operation, that can double-lift 40-foot containers. The efficiency of the bridge crane has reached 33 trips per hour. The PTP shoreline is 3600 meters long and the storage capacity of the PTP exceeds 156,000 TEU. The PTP covers an area of 1.2 million square meters.
