Penang Port Key Logistics Gateway to Thai Border

JELEBU: Penang Port continues to play an important role as a logistics gateway for southern Thailand by handling container and cargo movements between the neighbouring country and Malaysia, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

He said the port is handling a large number of containers to and from southern Thailand, thus strengthening its role as a regional logistics hub.

“We do handle a lot of containers to and from Thailand, so Penang Port is now a gateway to southern Thailand.

“The cargo is transported by containers via train from southern Thailand to Penang Port and vice versa,” he said after meeting residents in Pekan Titi here yesterday.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim recently asked the Transport Ministry to discuss the use of ports on the Malaysia-Thailand border as well as in Penang to strengthen the development of infrastructure and logistics networks.

Anwar said transportation were among the matters discussed with his Thai counterpart Anutin Charnvirakul during the leader’s recent official visit to Malaysia.

Meanwhile, Loke said the effort was not new because it was being actively implemented, including the development of the Perlis Inland Port (PIP) as a support centre for logistics operations.

“PIP is being developed as a place for storage, warehousing and container storage.”— New Straits Times Online