Situated about 25 KM to the north of Kuantan city and facing South China Sea, Kuantan Port (Latitude 3°58'N, Longitude 103° 26'E) is a multipurpose all-weather port with excellent and well-developed infrastructure, complemented by an excellent road and rail networks that make it the leading maritime trade and logistics centre and also the only port that has container handling facility in the East Coast Region of Peninsular Malaysia. Location in Malaysia Coordinates: Country Malaysia State Pahang Establishment 1851 Mayor Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar Area    - City 2,453 km²  (1,410. ... The South China Sea, showing surrounding countries and neighbouring seas and oceans The South China Sea is a marginal sea south of China. ... Look up Logistics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... East Coast can refer to: East Coast of the United States East Coast hip hop East Coast Park East-coast liberal East Coast Railway East Coast Akalat East Coast bias East Coast Music Awards East Coast Bays East Coast Main Line East Coast Greenway East Coast Parkway East Coast Swing... Map of Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia (or Semenanjung Malaysia in the Malay language) is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula, and shares a land border with Thailand in the north. ...

Kuantan Port handles various kind of cargoes including containerized cargo, bulk cargo (dry & liquid) and break bulk. It has been privatised since 1998 and is currently managed and operated by Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd. In year 2006, it handled more than 10,650,000 tonnes of cargo. Shipping containers at a terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. ... Bulk cargo is cargo that is unpacked (un-bundled or un-bound) and is of the same or a similar kind or nature (homogeneous). ...

History

Berth Facilities

Kuantan Port is currently building a new berth dedicated to the handling of palm oil and biofuel. It is expected to be operational by June, 2007. It will have a length of 240 metres and a draught of 11.4 meters. This new biofuel berth can accommodate vessels of up to 40,000 DWT with maximum displacement of 53,000 tonnes. Look up berth in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The draft of a ships hull is the vertical distance from the bottom of the hull to the waterline. ... Tonnage is a measure of the size or cargo capacity of a ship. ... Tonnage is a measure of the size or cargo capacity of a ship. ... Shipping containers at a terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. ... Palm oil from Ghana with its natural dark color visible, 2 litres Palm oil block Palm oil is a form of edible vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree. ... Palm oil from Ghana with its natural dark color visible, 2 litres Palm oil block Palm oil is a form of edible vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree. ... MTBE is highly flammable and is widely used as an oxygenate. ... Palm oil from Ghana with its natural dark color visible, 2 litres Palm oil block Palm oil is a form of edible vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree. ... Biofuel is any fuel that is derived from biomass — recently living organisms or their metabolic byproducts, such as manure from cows. ... The draft of a ships hull is the vertical distance from the bottom of the hull to the waterline. ...

Containerized Cargo Handling

Kuantan Port Container Yard offers the longest free storage period in Peninsular Malaysia

Kuantan Port has an array of containers handling equipment and machineries such as container gantry cranes, rubber tyre gantry cranes, reach stackers, container trailers and forklifts. 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. In year 2006, Kuantan Port handled 125,000 TEU of containers. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Map of Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia (or Semenanjung Malaysia in the Malay language) is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula, and shares a land border with Thailand in the north. ... Container ship Rita being loaded at Copenhagen by a portainer crane A portainer (also known as a gantry crane, container crane, container handling gantry crane, quay crane, ship-to-shore crane, STS crane or a dockside crane) is a very large crane used to load and unload container ships, and... US airman operates forklift at a truck A forklift is a powered industrial truck used to hoist and transport materials by means of steel forks inserted under the load. ... Containers loaded on a container ship with the refrigeration units visible A reefer is a refrigerated container used in intermodal freight transport for transportation of temperature sensitive cargo. ... Shipping containers at a terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. ...

Kuantan - Kerteh Railway System (KKRS) provides daily service between Kuantan Port and Kerteh. Kerteh is a main town in Terengganu, Malaysia. ...

Container Shipping Weekly Service

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Gallery

Kuantan Port Container Berth with gantry crane Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 307 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...	Kuantan Port Container Yard with RTG (Rubber Tyre Gantry) crane Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1342 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...	Kuantan Port with Reach Stacker in operation Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1421 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...	Kuantan Port Container Yard Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1255 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
Kuantan Port Container Yard with Reefer Service Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1388 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Containers loaded on a container ship with the refrigeration units visible A reefer is a refrigerated container used in intermodal freight transport for transportation of temperature sensitive cargo. ...	ISO Tanks stored at Kuantan Port Container Yard Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1438 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...	Container stuffing at Kuantan Port Container Freight Station (CFS) Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1275 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...	Rubber Tyre Gantry (RTG) in operation at Kuantan Port Container Yard Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1375 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
Reach Stacker in operation at Kuantan Port. Rubber Tyre Gantry visible at the background Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1577 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...

External links

• Satelite Image of Kuantan Port
• Kuantan Port Consortium
• Kuantan Port Authority