KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — Malaysia will host the inaugural Asean Future of Maritime Conference this week, a high-level gathering aimed at charting a greener, safer, and more inclusive maritime future for Southeast Asia.

LOS ANGELES, July 12 — American seaport operators are asking for extra time to implement pending tariffs on towering ship-to-shore cranes as they expect United States President Donald Trump’s administration to follow through on a promise to essentially ban that vital cargo-handling equipment.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Malaysia’s maritime sector, including its ports, is not immune to the fallout from the tariff war, which can potentially deal a death blow to small companies if the cost of shipping cargo increases exorbitantly.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — The Transport Ministry (MOT) is drafting the national action plan on reduction of greenhouse gas emission from ships and ports to strengthen efforts in decarbonising the maritime sector.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — The greening of Malaysia’s port sector needs more than policies for green port and sustainable practice transformation, said Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager K.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — Northport (Malaysia) Bhd has completed its latest container yard, Block K, adding 662,256 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to its capacity, based on a five-day dwell time.

KLANG, Sept 27 — Port infrastructure and ecosystems must be continuously streamlined nationwide to reduce congestion, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KANGAR, June 5 — The Perlis Customs Department stopped a trailer bearing the logo of an Israel-based shipping company, which was transporting a container from a neighbouring country, from entering Malaysia via Padang Besar on Sunday.

JOHOR BAHRU, June 4 — The Transport Ministry (MOT) must ensure no containers of Israeli-based shipping companies dock at ports in the country.

BAGAN DATUK, June 2 — The investigation into the alleged presence of a container bearing the logo of the Israel-based shipping company, ZIM, at a port in Iskandar Puteri must be expedited, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Stakeholders in the maritime sector have urged the government to reassess the implementation of a 6 per cent service tax on the ship maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) segment to safeguard the local marine industry.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 23 — Port Klang recorded the highest container handling volume in its history at 14.06 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2023 compared to 13.22 million TEUs in 2022, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The impact of the Red Sea crisis on Malaysia’s shipping and ports is minimal compared to European countries, which depend heavily on Asian exports, thus they need to bear the brunt of higher shipping costs, said Maybank Investment Bank (Maybank IB).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has called upon Malaysian shippers to brace for prolonged disruptions in the Red Sea, following the escalating security crisis unfolding in the region which has forced shipping firms to divert vessels to a much longer route.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 21 — Israeli-based shipping company ZIM needs to remove 4,000 transhipment containers still stranded in the country, especially at Port Klang, soon, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 —  Malaysia Shipowners’ Association (MASA) expressed anticipation of the Transport Ministry’s proposed funding to aid decarbonisation in the shipping industry.

PETALING JAYA, Sept 6 — Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) and Malaysian National Shippers’ Council (MNSC) organised a Global Shippers’ Roundtable — Navigating the Waves of Unpredictability: Building Shippers’ Resilience for the Next Normal at One World Hotel, Petaling Jaya, on Sept 5, 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — Port authorities will bear development costs of the Maritime Single Window (MMSW) database, said the Transport Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 — Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) has maintained its neutral call on Malaysian shipping and ports despite the recent strength in container freight rates.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — CGS-CIMB expects Westports Holdings Bhd’s container volume to moderate in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, falling to an estimated 2.57 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) against 2.77 million TEUs registered in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020.