Westports retains growth momentum with more mega boxship calls
Following a 16% rise in throughput for the first nine months of the year to 8.04m teu, Westports is on track to meet its target of 10m teu for 2019. Port Klang’s main terminal operator attributed the gains to positive growth in the intra-Asia sector and additional calls by ultra-large container vessels
More than half the volume was transhipment boxes and Westports said it is supporting the trend towards bigger containerships with handling capacity expansion plans