Maritime Transportation In Malaysia

Malaysia is a country surrounding by the ocean and it is no surprise that most of the international trade is done through the maritime transportation. International maritime transportation is the main platform to export and import good and cargo as well as the mobility through the ocean or waterway internationally. According to the statistics, there are 95% of the Malaysia international trade is being carried through the international sea transportation. It is important and has contributing a lot of benefit toward Malaysia, not only in term of economic but also contribute knowledge, investments as well as job opportunity.

International maritime transportation has generate tremendous economic benefit to the country. International trade contribution

Development is related at improving the well-being of a society through relevant social, political and economic conditions. The expected outcomes are quantitative and qualitative improvements in human capital and physical capital. In term of human capital development, the education and income level of the country have increasing. According to the Report of Household Income and Basic Amenities Survey (2014) shown that the average monthly income of the Malaysian was increased from year 2012 to 2014 with the amount from RM 5000 to RM 6141 per capita. Moreover, the development of the physical capital such as infrastructures. In the year 1980 and 1990, the Malaysia port went through intensive growth and extensive development during the rapid growth of the international trade in the South East Asian region. Due to that, the infrastructure development policies had been approved of the government to bring a well-developed transportation infrastructure and facilities such as airports, railway and highway as well as the ports

The job creation not only in the port and shipping sector but the employment of the related businesses also increasing. There are many other sector that are slightly interrelated with maritime transportation including the ship building and repairing sector, education sector as well as the linkages sector such as the steel, glass, logistics, storage, break bulking, financing and other more. First, the ship building and repairing sector is create a lot of job opportunity to the citizens in the producing and repairing of the vessels. A large number of employee needed to build up a small and big ship. Second, the increasing in the international trade by using ocean transportation was indirectly rise up the job opportunity in the maritime education such as the Malaysian Maritime Academy (ALAM) from MISC Corporation. Thirdly, the steel, glass, logistics, storage and other sector have directly affected by the maritime transportation. According to the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) Malaysia Investment Performance (2011) stated that a total investments of RM2.31 billion had been approved to undertake shipbuilding and ship repairing and this projects had create a number of 797 job opportunities. Moreover, the Malaysia Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industry Strategic Plan 2020 estimate to create a marginally 55,500 jobs for the country by