An alliance between six Malaysian and 11 Chinese ports is to be stepped up and could trigger a new port, Malaysia’s Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said.
“The port alliance agreement between six Malaysian ports and 11 Chinese ports will fuel the development of shipping, logistics and related industries in both countries,” Liow said in a speech on to the Malaysia-China Business Dialogue.
“With this alliance, studies are now underway to develop a third deep-sea port at Port Klang,” he added without elaboration.
The government is keen to further develop the six Malaysian ports in the alliance and their surrounding areas, the national news agency Bernama reported him as saying. The six are Penang, Port Klang, Kuantan, Malacca, Tanjung Pelapas and Bintulu.
“We hope these six ports can be developed quickly and if we succeed at this, the number in the co-operation network with China will be increased,” he told Bernama.
