Port In Malaysia Essay

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Malaysia is one of the Southeast Asian country which located on strategic sea-lane that exposes it to global trade and foreign culture. Peninsular Malaysia reached its era as a maritime power in the 15th century, the crucial point for both local and international trade is the port in Melaka. The strategic position in the middle of seaborne trade routes from the Indian Ocean to East Asia encourage the commercial importance of the port.
The Melaka port increasingly lost its status as a powerful trading port after the fall of the Melaka Sultanate to Portuguese in 1511. Under British regulation in the 18th century, the Straits Settlements including of three ports in Penang, Melaka, and Singapore was established. These 3 ports were administrated by British India Company as commercial outposts. 6 Ports in Penang and Klang (known formerly as Port Swettenham) flourished within the …show more content…

The country’s ports, have implicit a critical role in the overall pattern of transport and trade which providing a link between the inland transport system and the shipping service. Malaysia’s ports nowadays, presenting world-class facilities, performance as crucial points of interface with other transport methods for instance road, rail, river and air. (Khalid, N., 2005)

2.2 MAJOR PORTS IN MALAYSIA
Ports in Malaysia are either under the competence of the Federal Government or the State Government. Those managed by the Federal Government, under the authority of the Ministry of Transport, can be classified into major and minor ports. Currently the seven major federal ports are Kuantan Port, Port Klang, Penang Port, Johor Port, Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Bintulu Port and Kemaman Port. All major central ports, with the exception of Kemaman, have been privatized. Furthermore, there are around 80 minor ports or jetties under the instruction of the Marine Department. (Khalid, N., 2005)

2.2.1 Port

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