Kuantan Port (Latitude 3°58'N, Longitude 103° 26'E) is a multipurpose port in the East Coast Region of

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

, situated about 25 km to the north of

Kuantan Kuantan ( Jawi: ) is a city and the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia. It is located near the mouth of the Kuantan River. Kuantan is the 18th largest city in Malaysia based on 2010 population, and the largest city in the East Coast of Penin ...

city and facing

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...

. Previously run by Kuantan Port Authority, it has been privatised since 1998 and is currently operated by Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd. The port is part of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.The Maritime Silk Road in South-East Asia.
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History

* 1974 Kuantan Port Authority established * 1976 Construction of Kuantan Port started * 1979 Construction completed * 1980 Partial operation * 1984 Full operation * 1998 Privatised and managed by Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd since * 2001 Phase II Expansion (Inner Basin Project) completed * 2003 Dedicated Container Berth operational

Berth Facilities

Containerised Cargo Handling

Kuantan Port has containers handling equipment and machineries such as container gantry cranes,

rubber tyred gantry crane A rubber tyred gantry crane / RTG (crane), or sometimes transtainer, is a wheeled mobile gantry crane operated to ground or stack intermodal containers. Inbound containers are stored for future pickup by drayage trucks, and outbound are stored f ...

reach stacker A reach stacker is a vehicle used for handling intermodal cargo containers in small terminals or medium-sized ports. Reach stackers are able to transport a container short distances very quickly and pile them in various rows depending on its acce ...

s, container trailers and

forklift A forklift (also called lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various c ...

s. It provides a container freight station of 9,600 square metres for the stuffing and unstuffing of containers and a container yard with 1,500 ground slots and 168 reefer points. Kuantan Port container yard offers one of the longest ''free storage period'' in Malaysia. Kuantan - Kerteh Railway System (KKRS), a 75 km

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

line, provides daily service between Kuantan Port and

Kerteh Kerteh (est. pop. (2000 census): 3,064) is a mukim in Kemaman District, Terengganu, Malaysia. Economy Kerteh is the base of operations for Petronas in Terengganu, overseeing the oil platform operations off the state's coast as well as petroc ...

's Petrochemical Complex.

Gallery

Image:Kuantan Port Container Berth.JPG, Kuantan Port Container Berth with gantry crane Image:Kuantan Port Container Yard with Rubber Tyre Gantry.JPG, Kuantan Port Container Yard with RTG (Rubber Tyre Gantry) crane Image:Kuantan Port with Reach Stacker (View 1).JPG, Kuantan Port with ''Reach Stacker'' in operation Image:Kuantan Port Container Yard (View 3).JPG, Kuantan Port Container Yard Image:Kuantan Port Container Yard with REEFER Service.JPG, Kuantan Port Container Yard with Reefer Service Image:Kuantan Port Container Yard (ISO Tank).JPG, ''ISO Tanks'' stored at Kuantan Port Container Yard Image:Kuantan Port Container Stuffing at CFS.JPG, Container stuffing at Kuantan Port ''Container Freight Station (CFS)'' Image:Kuantan Port Container Yard with Rubber Tyre Gantry (View 1).JPG, ''Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG)'' in operation at Kuantan Port Container Yard Image:Kuantan Port Container Yard with RTG & Reach Stacker.JPG, Reach Stacker in operation at Kuantan Port. Rubber Tyred Gantry visible at the background

References

External links

Location of Kuantan Port (zoom-in view)

Satellite Image of Kuantan Port

Kuantan Port Consortium

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