KLANG: The Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) has shown improvement in terms of the number of investments, jobs provided and total cargo moved.

According to statistics released together with the PKFZ chronology yesterday, the zone has shown a 30% increase in proposed investments over the past six months from RM720mil to RM916mil.

This figure is derived from an increase of 18 clients from 40 to 58 and has led to greater rental revenue and the creation of 687 more jobs.

“I can still remember when I first set foot in the area. People said this was a ghost town,” Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said during a press conference here yesterday.

As for the total cargo moved, there was a growth of 6,668 TEUs (container units) and an increase of about 227,000 freight weight tonnes over the past six months.

Ong, who fielded questions about the chronology, said it was in this context that allegations of the RM4.6bil soft loan for PKFZ being wasted were off-target.

“Whether or not the project was handled professionally, cost-effective or exorbitant, that is what I’ve been harping on and it is what will appear in the PriceWaterhouse-Coopers (PWC) report,” Ong said.

PWC had been appointed by the Port Klang Authority (PKA) in October to audit the PKFZ project.

Ong said people sometimes hit at the wrong target and that the argument that all the money was given out without any returns being realised was inaccurate.

“Collection of rental for the leasing of buildings obviously gives returns.

“However, the cost of the interest is indeed a big burden to the Government,” he said.

PKA general manager and chief executive officer Lim Thean Shiang said the RM4.6bil was given in intervals of 10, 15 and 20 years.

Asked to clarify whether the amount of interest being paid would be in the range of RM1.3bil, Lim said that the interest rate was 4% per annum over 15 years.

Lim was also asked why events surrounding the entry and exit of Jebel Ali Free Zone in the PKFZ project was not included in the chronology.

To this, Ong said it would be in the PWC report as it fell in the area of project governance.

Lim also clarified that Jebel Ali and PKA had terminated their agreement mutually after both parties realised that Malaysian policies would not allow Jebel Ali to manage PKFZ the way it wanted to.

The PKFZ was set-up in a joint venture with Dubai-based Jebel Ali Free Zone International (Jafza).

PORT Klang Free Zone Sdn Bhd (PKFZSB), the manager and marketer of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) in Pulau Indah, Selangor, said it is still continuing its search for a managing director vacated by Noel Gulliver William.

The post has been vacant for 10 months, ever since Gulliver’s return to Dubai in April last year.

Gulliver was seconded by Jafza International to PKFZ in 2006 to establish its mega distribution park. However, Jafza pulled out of a 15-year contract to manage the free zone in July 2007.

PKFZSB director Tengku Datuk Zainal Rashid, who participates in the selection process, said the company had recently posted an advertisement for the post after it failed to identify any suitable candidates the first time.

“I have not seen any of the applicants yet, but we are looking for a new managing director,” he told Business Times in an interview.

Tengku Zainal said the post does not necessarily have to be filled by a Malaysian, as long as the candidate “has got the right experience and qualification”.

“We have not established a timeframe, although we would like to fill the post as soon as possible. That’s because in any organisational structure, you need a managing director,” he added.

In the meantime, PKFZSB chairman Datin Paduka O. C. Phang will continue to head the company until the post is filled.

SYARIKAT asing hanya mengambil masa kurang seminggu untuk menyelesaikan pelbagai urusan bagi memulakan operasi di Zon Bebas Pelabuhan Klang (PKFZ), sekali gus menolak dakwaan pihak tertentu bahawa urusan memulakan operasi di zon bebas itu membabitkan banyak birokrasi.

Pengalaman itu dialami dan diakui sendiri pengarah syarikat pembekal peralatan paip untuk industri minyak dan gas, KGT yang berpangkalan di Dubai, minggu lalu.

“Dalam masa enam hari segala-galanya siap… pejabat berdaftar dengan talian telefon dan faksimili serta akaun bank. Malah, saya juga mendapat satu set kad perniagaan juga siap tertera nama KGT Sdn Bhd.

“Adalah mudah untuk berniaga di PKFZ. Cuma pengkhabaran ini belum tersebar luas ke dunia luar,” kata Heidar Jouyaeyan dalam satu temu bual di Pulau Indah, Jumaat lalu.

Hadir sama Pengurus Besar Pembangunan Perniagaan Port Klang Free Zone Sdn Bhd, Chia Kon Leong, serta Pengurus Besar Pemasaran dan Komunikasi Korporatnya, Helen How Mei Leng.

Jouyaeyan berkata, kakitangan syarikat itu dari Dubai akan ditempatkan ke PKFZ dua minggu lagi.

Katanya, KGT memerlukan tapak perniagaan di rantau ini, susulan peningkatan permintaan terhadap peralatan paip minyak dan gas di Asia Barat, memandangkan satu daripada pembekal utamanya berpangkalan di Jepun.

Selain Malaysia, beliau berkata, syarikat juga meninjau untuk bertapak di kawasan berhampiran Jepun, khususnya China, tetapi akhirnya memilih PKFZ.

“Salah satu faktor pendorong ialah kami melihat kejujuran dan komitmen tinggi yang ditunjukkan kakitangan pengendali PKFZ…Kejujuran amat penting bagi orang Arab,” katanya.

Mengenai Zon Bebas Jafza di Dubai, Jouyaeyan berkata ia sudah menjadi terlalu kompetitif berdasarkan senarai menunggu yang panjang untuk memulakan perniagaan di sana.

Sementara itu, Chia berkata, walaupun hanya memulakan operasi 1 November tahun lalu, PKFZ berjaya menarik 39 pelabur dengan nilai pelaburan RM729 juta dan menawarkan 888 peluang pekerjaan.

Pelabur terbesar ialah Aker Kvaerner, pengeluar peralatan laut dalam dengan pelaburan kira-kira RM400 juta.

Beliau berkata, indeks prestasi utama (KPI) PKFZ memberi sasaran mampu berdikari selepas tiga tahun beroperasi dengan menjana pendapatan RM40
juta setahun dan melebihi operasi sekitar RM22 juta.

“Sasaran kami ialah 80 peratus kawasan di PKFZ seluas 400 hektar akan dihuni dalam tempoh lima tahun dengan pendapatan tahunan RM88 juta,” katanya.

THE Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project is a fait accompli. Its physical development was completed and it started operation in November.

Hence, there is no point to go on a witch-hunt or to blame someone.

Any shortcomings should have been dealt with by the authorities and agencies at each phase of the project cycle, from feasibility study to design, tendering and construction.

All these would have been done to the highest level of professionalism, especially when it involved huge sums of money.

What is critical now is to make sure that the project is successful and viable. We have had enough of big projects that fail to perform or continue to survive only because of public funding.

I do not think taxpayers want to see it share the same fate as other failed projects.

The new management of the PKFZ, following the withdrawal of the Dubai-based Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, should market this project aggressively to attract foreign and local investors to set up operations in the area.

The numbers provided by the port authority during its press conference on the project’s status are not impressive although it is too early to judge.

But one thing is certain. If the PKFZ is to become a cost-effective logistic and manufacturing hub to rival China and Singapore (as envisaged by its promoters), it would require all the resources it can command, including the best management and marketing skills to drive it.

The PKFZ will also have to face internal competition from hubs, such as the Iskandar Regional Development Area in Johor, where there are two major ports, and the Northern Corridor Economic Region, which is the hinterland of Penang port. Both hubs are also vying for foreign and local investors.

The government has provided a soft loan of RM4.6 billion to the Port Klang Authority to enable it to meet its financial obligations under this project. This is a necessary but not sufficient condition for its success.

The new management must assume responsibility for its success, otherwise we will be throwing good money after bad.

PORT KLANG: Port Klang Free Zone aims to have an 80 per cent occupancy rate, equivalent to housing between 650 and 700 companies, by 2012.

However, PKFZ, after more than nine months in operations, has only signed up 30 companies, or a 12 per cent occupancy rate.

It has attracted investments of more than RM700 million, comprising customers taking up 16 units of light industrial units, 30.8ha of open land, and 449 sq m of office space.

PKFZ business development general manager Chia Kon Leong said: “When our customers sign up with us, they have the option to take up more land. The actual numbers will be much more once they exercise the option.

“Besides, we are also in talks with other companies. The take-up rate will be fast after the first two years.”

To achieve the goal, Chia said PKFZ would go on an aggressive promotion.

“Twenty per cent of our expenses will go to marketing and promotions. Our annual working capital is between RM12 million and RM16 million. We are working to be operationally self-sustaining in three years.”

Chia said the company expected to generate RM80 million when it hit the 80 per cent occupancy rate.

However, he did not say when PKFZ would recover its multi-billion ringgit investments.

He said there would be economic and spillover benefits when PKFZ became a success.

“When we hit our 80 per cent occupancy rate in 2012, we can expect to generate between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs.”

He said the exit of Jafza International would not affect its operations and goals.

“Port Klang Authority has the capability to do it (manage PKFZ).

“We have Malaysians who are capable of doing it.”

PKA, which owns PKFZ, signed a 15-year contract with Jafza International in 2004 to manage and market its free zone.

Under the agreement, Jafza International was to partner PKA in conceptualising the development and marketing of PKFZ.

These included management, administration, marketing and sales.

However, last month Jafza International, operator of Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone, pulled out of the 15-year contract.

Zon bebas perindustrian dan komersial bersepadu pertama di Malaysia itu juga dijangka menarik RM91 juta pelaburan asing tidak lama lagi.

Pengurus Besar PKFZ, Noel Gulliver, berkata tapak industri seluas 21.2 hektar sudah diperuntukkan kepada sebuah syarikat berpotensi.

Syarikat terbabit, katanya, turut diberi pilihan untuk menyewa kawasan seluas 10.4 hektar lagi.

Beliau berkata, PKFZ juga menawarkan empat kompleks pejabat lapan tingkat yang lengkap dengan kemudahan seperti bank, pejabat pos, tempat makan dan ruang letak kereta mencukupi kepada pelabur.

“Kami sedang berunding dengan 10 pelabur yang berminat menyewa bangunan pejabat bagi perniagaan mereka.

“Pelabur terbabit meliputi syarikat yang menyediakan perkhidmatan
‘penyumberluaran’, pemprosesan data, pengurusan perisian, logistik, juru ukur, perdagangan dan perkhidmatan lain,” katanya dalam kenyataan di Kuala Lumpur, semalam.

Baru-baru ini, PKFZ menyerahkan tanggungjawab penguatkuasaan peraturan kastam kepada Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia, bagi memastikan penguatkuasaan peraturan Kastam Malaysia.

Sebagai simbolik kepada penyerahan itu, Gulliver menyerahkan replika kunci kepada Pengarah Kastam Selangor, Datuk Abdul Razak Yaacub.

Hadir sama, Penolong Pengurus Besar (Pentadbiran) Lembaga Pelabuhan Klang, Salihuddin Yussuf; Ahli lembaga PKFZ, Tan Sri Prof Dr James Alfred A David dan Pengarah Kastam Kastam Diraja Malaysia, Datuk Ismail Ibrahim.

PKFZ yang dimiliki Lembaga Pelabuhan Klang, diuruskan syarikat profesional dalam pengurusan pelabuhan, Jafza International, yang berpengalaman 20 tahun dalam industri berkenaan.

Jafza International adalah Bahagian Perundingan dan Pengurusan Lembaga Zon Bebas Jebel Ali (JAFZA) di Dubai.

Sehingga kini, sembilan syarikat sudah beroperasi di tapak seluas 29.6 hektar dengan pilihan menyewa dua hektar lagi dan lima bangunan industri ringan siap bina dan gudang dengan pilihan menyewa empat bangunan.

THE Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) in Pulau Indah is expected to bring in another 20 to 25 investors in the next couple of months, investing more than RM100 million in the area.

PKFZ general manager Noel Gulliver told Business Times that the project is on schedule and that there is a healthy interest from investors to set up there.

“I think we’ll get past 20 investors quickly,” Gulliver said.

The free zone’s customs checkpoint is also to be fully operational soon, with the key handing over ceremony to customs officials happening this week.

“It is a small but important milestone as this would be the point where investors’ interest in the free zone will accelerate,” Gulliver said.

He said so far PKFZ has signed up seven new tenants, bringing the total to eight.

The seven have taken up 28.4ha of land, and ten warehouses.

Industry sources have said that operations in the free zone have been slow and investor interest waning.

Gulliver said there had been a minor glitch in the lease agreement that the free zone had rectified and expects to come out with by today.

The revised lease agreement leaves out a paragraph which Gulliver said the free zone was not very comfortable with. He did not elaborate.

He also said some of its clients like Aker Kvaerner have even started shipping containers in and out of the free zone bearing its equipment.

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker Kvaerner was the first company to take up a lease at PKFZ.

Gulliver said the free zone has seen increasing interest from the oil and gas industry as well as trading companies.

He said even warehousing and storage is starting to pick up.

Port Klang Authority, the sole owner of the free zone, has allocated RM2.2 billion for the development of the free zone.

PKFZ is the first free zone in Asia-Pacific to be managed by Jafza International, the consulting and management division of Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority in Dubai.

Jafza International will manage the free zone for 15 years in which time PKA hopes to develop the right local expertise to take over the management of the free zone.

HE soon-to-be opened Port Klang Free Zone, based on the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai and recognised as the most successful free zone in the world, will boost Westports’ volume growth. CHONG POOI KOON writes.

WESTPORTS executive chairman Tan Sri G. Gnanalingam is optimistic that the group will gain from the soon-to-be opened Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), which will help Port Klang to double its volume growth from six million to 12 million TEUs in the next five years.

This is in line with the Government’s call for the growth of containers from 12 million TEUs to 18 million under the 9th Malaysian Plan.

The zone, a 405ha international cargo distribution and consolidation centre adjacent to Westports, will be fully operational by year-end.

Owned by Port Klang Authority, the free zone is modelled on Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, recognised as the most successful free zone in the world and home to over 5,000 companies from over 120 countries.

PKFZ is managed and marketed by Jafza International, the manager of Jebel Ali Free Zone.

PKFZ is the Government’s second biggest investment in the port industry since 1990s and is developed as the country’s first fully-integrated free commercial and industrial zone.

Transport Minister Datuk Sri Chan Kong Choy said during a roadshow in Dubai recently: “PKFZ will be the Jebel Ali Free Zone of Malaysia and Southeast Asia as it is the only one being designed and developed with the expertise of Jafza International.”

He was leading a mission to Dubai earlier this month to promote logistic opportunities in Westports and PKFZ. The function was attended by over 400 shipping and maritime industry leaders there, including Salma Hareb, chief executive officer of Jafza.

Other members of the mission included Gnanalingam, Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairman Datuk Yap Pian Hon, PKA general manager Datin Paduka O.C. Phang and PKFZ managing director Noel Gulliver William.

The aim of this mission was to attract investors, manufacturers and shipping liners to come to Port Klang and be a part of PKFZ as well as participate in Malaysia’s halal initiatives in Port Klang and other parts of the country.

Chan said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had committed to formulating policies to ensure the most competitive business environment existed for PKFZ, and this meant PKFZ would mirror the incentives and privileges of Jebel Ali as closely as possible.

The Government recognised that the success of Jebel Ali Free Trade Area was due to the fact that it had autonomous power in all areas and aspects of operating the zone, including approvals concerning investors’ business operations.

He said the Government had agreed to explore the possibilities of replicating the system of the Jebel Ali One Stop Agency model for seamless trade facilitation.

Chan said: “If we have to relook at certain aspects of the service delivery system within the Government, we will do it. If we have to amend laws to realise this objective, we will make this happen.

“We are working in a whole new range of incentives and privileges to raise PKFZ to a level unseen before in Malaysia.”

The Government wants to simplify and speed up business procedures at the zone for a more efficient and seamless trade facilitation.

“Making a fast decision is vital,” he said.

“If foreign investors want to come in and they have to go to one department, waiting for an approval for three months and then go to another department for two months, that is frustrating.

“Making a fast decision is one area we are looking at seriously.

“We want to make sure PKFZ will be a new free zone experience for investors, both local and foreign, and we will make sure the public delivery mechanism lives up to these new expectations and standards.’

He said as PKFZ was a project of national interest, it had been given top priority by the Government and Selangor Government.

He said the Government was exploring the possibility of creating a one-stop agency, replicating Jebel Ali’s model, for seamless trade facilitation.

However, this did not mean that foreign companies coming to PKFZ could skip approvals from the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority for Foreign Investment Committee.

“PKFZ will not be identical to Jebel Ali, but will be as closely as possible. Today, we have with us here officials from the company registrar office, Mida, and Matrade. They have all been given a briefing and this information will be taken back to Malaysia and to the Prime Minister on how Jebel Ali is operated.

“We won’t change things for the sake of changing. Some of our incentives for Foreign Direct Investment under Mida, for example, are competitive and we will keep those.”

PKFZ ’s William said PKFZ had promoted the area, having signed a Norwegian firm and putting over 40 others on hold to deliberate on some issues. He said PKFZ was competing on location. “Company tax is not the real incentive here. It’s the location that makes sense.”

The zone aims to have 500 to 600 companies within seven to 10 years, creating 20,000 to 25,000 jobs.

Meanwhile, Jafza’s Hareb said the company would sell PKFZ to its over 5,000 customers.

“The partnership with PKFZ completes our network around the globe. The customers trust us and we in turn trust our partner to take good care of the customers.”

THE Government wants to simplify and speed up business procedures at the up-and-coming Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) for a more efficient and seamless trade facilitation, Transport Minister Datuk Sri Chan Kong Choy said.

“Making fast decisions is vital,” he said. “If foreign investors wants to come in and they have to go to one department, wait for approval for three months and then go to another department for two months again, that it is really frustrating. Making fast decisions is one area we are looking at very seriously,” Chan told reporters in Dubai last week.

He said as PKFZ is a strategic project of national interest, it has been given top priority by both the Federal as well as the Selangor State Government.

PKFZ, a 405ha international cargo distribution and consolidation centre adjacent to Westport, is the Government’s second biggest investment in the port industry since 1990s and has been developed as the country’s first fully integrated free commercial and industrial zone.

Owned by Port Klang Authority, the free zone is modelled after the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, widely recognised as the most successful free zone in the world.

PKFZ is managed and marketed by Jafza International, the manager of Jebel Ali Free Zone and it will be fully-operational within this year.

Chan said the Government is exploring the possibilities of creating a one-stop agency, replicating Jebel Ali’s model, for seamless trade facilitation. This is because the Government recognises that the success of Jebel Ali Free Trade Area is largely due to the free zone authority having autonomous power in all areas and aspects of operating the area, including all approvals concerning investors’ business operations.

However, this does not mean that foreign companies coming into PKFZ could skip approvals from relevant authorities like Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Mida) or the Foreign Investment Committee. “PKFZ will not be identical to Jebel Ali, but will go as closely as possible,” Chan said.

Chan led a mission to Dubai last week to promote logistics opportunities in Westports and PKFZ in Port Klang. Other members of the mission included Westports executive chairman Tan Sri G. Gnanalingam, Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairman Datuk Yap Pian Hon, PKA general manager Datin Paduka O. C. Phang and PKFZ managing director Noel Gulliver William. The function was attended by over 400 shipping and maritime industry leaders. Also present was Salma Hareb, chief executive officer of Jafza.

The mission’s aim is to attract investors, manufacturers and shipping liners to come to Port Klang and be a part of PKFZ as well as participate in Malaysia’s halal initiatives in Port Klang and other parts of the country.

The free zone aims to have 500 to 600 companies within seven to 10 years, creating 20,000 to 25,000 jobs in total.

Meanwhile, Jafza’s Salma said the company will sell PKFZ to its over 5,000 existing customers.

“The partnership with PKFZ completes our network around the globe. The customers trust us and we in turn trust our partners to take good care of the customers,” Salma said.

Misi itu bertujuan menarik pelabur, pengilang dan syarikat perkapalan untuk datang ke Pelabuhan Klang dan menjadi sebahagian daripada keluarga Zon Bebas Pelabuhan Klang (PKFZ).

Misi yang di sokong Kementerian Pengangkutan itu juga bertujuan menarik pelabur, pengilang dan syarikat perkapalan menyertai inisiatif Halal Malaysia di Pelabuhan Klang dan di beberapa bahagian lain negara ini.

Menteri Pengangkutan Datuk Sri Chan Kong Choy akan mengetuai misi itu.

Turut serta Pengerusi Lembaga Pelabuhan Klang (PKA), Datuk Yap Pian Hon, Pengerusi Eksekutif Westports Malaysia, Tan Sri G Gnanalingam, Pengurus Besar PKA, Datin Paduka OC Phang dan Pengarah Urusan PKFZ, Encik Noel Gulliver William.

“Objektif misi ini untuk menarik pelabur UAE datang melabur dan menjalankan perniagaan di Malaysia.

“Misi ini juga merangkumi program padanan perniagaan dan ia sudah tentu meningkatkan lagi profil peniaga Malaysia kepada pelabur asing.

“Kami berhasrat membawa 100 ahli perniagaan tempatan untuk mengukuhkan kerjasama perniagaan antara sektor swasta Malaysia dan UAE”, kata Chan.

Beliau berkata, misi itu juga bertujuan meningkatkan perdagangan dua hala antara Malaysia dan UAE.

Antara industri Halal yang berpotensi diceburi anggota delegasi ialah produk makanan seperti tenusu, minuman dan makanan, produk manisan dan sajian makanan selain produk bukan makanan seperti farmaseutikal, herba tambahan, produk penjagaan kulit, kosmetik dan kelengkapan dandanan diri.

Forum Halal Dunia yang diadakan di Kuala Lumpur baru-baru ini merintis jalan bagi Malaysia untuk menjadi Pusat Kecemerlangan Halal.

“Kami mahu membantu ahli perniagaan Malaysia, terutamanya perusahaan kecil dan sederhana (PKS) memanfaatkan sepenuhnya potensi pasaran untuk pengeluaran produk halal, makanan dan bukan makanan”, katanya.

Chan berkata, misi Dubai anjuran Westports itu juga bertujuan menambah bilangan dan rangkaian produk yang mendapat pensijilan Halal di pasaran global.

Mengikut perangkaan Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri, eksport Malaysia ke Asia Barat bernilai RM1.65 bilion pada Mac 2006, melonjak 51.7 peratus daripada RM1.09 bilion bulan sebelumnya.

Semua pasaran di rantau ini mencatatkan peningkatan dalam eksport dengan UAE, Arab Saudi, Turki, Yaman dan Iran mencatatkan pertumbuhan paling ketara.

Chan dijadualkan berucap kepada 500 pemimpin dan penggiat sektor industri perkapalan dan maritim serta sektor swasta semasa misi di Dubai itu nanti.

Westports turut mengaturkan pemadanan perniagaan bagi membolehkan ahli perniagaan Malaysia yang turut serta, terutamanya PKS Bumiputera, mengambil peluang sepenuhnya daripada pertemuan itu selain meninjau sebarang peluang usaha sama dengan bantuan Perbadanan Pembangunan Perdagangan Luar Malaysia (Matrade).

Westports juga tertarik dengan prospek mendapatkan lebih banyak pengendali syarikat perkapalan Asia Barat singgah di pelabuhannya memandangkan kapasiti semasa pelabuhan itu ialah enam juta TEU (Unit Persamaan Dua Puluh Kaki) serta mempunyai kapasiti pengendalian sehingga 10 juta TEU dalam tempoh lima tahun akan datang.

Peningkatan ketara perdagangan antara Malaysia dan Asia Barat baru-baru ini mencerminkan pertumbuhan kukuh kontena dari syarikat perkapalan Asia Barat seperti United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) dan Simatech Shipping (Simatech) yang semuanya adalah pelanggan utama Westports.

Sementara itu, Westports mempelawa ahli perniagaan Malaysia terutamanya PKS Bumiputera, yang mahu menyertai misi ke Dubai supaya menghubungi talian 03-31694025 untuk mendapatkan maklumat lanjut.

Terletak dalam kawasan seluas 480 hektar di pantai barat Semenanjung Malaysia di Pulau Indah, Westports adalah sebahagian daripada Pelabuhan Klang.

Ia mempunyai sembilan tempat persinggahan kapal kontena dengan dermaga sepanjang tiga kilometer.

Pelabuhan semula jadi itu berhasrat memanjangkan dermaganya sehingga enam kilometer menjelang 2010.

Westports dikendalikan Kelang Multi Terminal Sdn Bhd dan adalah satu daripada lima pelabuhan terbaik dunia dalam produktiviti pemunggahan hingga ke pengagihan.