Sites for third Port Klang terminal identified

The five options for expansion are Pulau Che Mat Zin, Klang Bar Channel, Old Klang Bar Channel, Carey Island and Kampung Batu Laut.

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Kuala Lumpur: The Port Klang Master Development Plan for the next 20 years has identified five possible locations for a third terminal. The report lists five options for expansion - Pulau Che Mat Zin, Klang Bar Channel, Old Klang Bar Channel, Carey Island and Kampung Batu Laut. According to an industry source, despite the distance from the current ports Northport and Westports, Pulau Carey and Kampung Batu Laut locations are the most viable for expansion plans. "The other locations are very much limited in scope when it comes to breakwater and it will also involve a lot of costs," he said. According to media reports less than two weeks ago, Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairman Datuk Teh Kim Poo announced that PKA will develop a third terminal for Port Klang. He said the third terminal was necessary to accommodate growth in container throughput for the port. Northport and Westports are expected to be fully utilised by 2016. They handled 8.9 million twenty-foot equivalent units in 2010. Pulau Che Mat Zin is located on the north western bank of the existing channel for Port Klang, opposite Westports. Klang Bar Channel is an extension of the Westports expansion over the channel bar, east of the existing bar. Old Klang Bar Channel is similar to Klang Bar Channel but in this case, the bar channel is moved further north to its original alignment on a straight continuation of the river channel. The alternative at Carey Island will require a new terminal to be constructed in the open sea outside the Klang River Estuary to the south of Carey Island. As for Kampung Batu Laut, it would require the construction of a new port area, about 40km to the southeast of Port Klang. "This is outside the consultancy remit but cannot be ruled out as an option at this stage," the report said.