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The best endorsement that one could expect from an exacting a customer, especially with global standards and requirements, is not just being happy with the level of service provided but willing to provide even more business to the port.
 
The high level of service at Northport, which is served by more than 123 shipping lines, could not have been better acknowledged than one coming from the world’s No 1 shipping line – Maersk Line – with service covering nearly 100 ports in more than 50 countries worldwide.
 
“Maersk Line is happy with the performance of Northport,” said Kim Hansen, the Managing Director of Maersk Malaysia Sdn Bhd, and adding a strong note of approval, “the volumes that we handle via Northport is steadily increasing and we are also putting more mainline calls into Northport”.
         

Reaffirming the global shipping line’s faith in Northport, Hansen said: “Moreover, we have shifted transshipment volumes exiting Vietnam, to be handled at Northport.”
 
Maersk initiated seven new services in 2007 from Northport and among the services include the North Vietnam Service 2 and followed by the inauguration of Straits Shuttle Service with two weekly sailings.
 
Maersk Line, which is represented in Malaysia by Maersk Malaysia Sdn Bhd, is one of the world largest container shipping lines with a fleet of 550 container ships and a capacity to carry 1.9 million containers.

Maersk, through its wholly owned subsidiary, APM Terminals, operates/manages more than 60 port terminals in 31 countries, including at Port of Tanjung Pelepas, started calling at Northport in 2005.
  
Asked to compare Northport’s service level with other ports in Maersk’s service strings, Hansen said the current good productivity performance of Northport

and the continuous pursuit to improve port efficiency are some of the key considerations for Maersk Line vessels to call at Northport.

“Maersk Line strives to achieve maximum productivity in all its ports of call. Our customers are increasingly looking to optimizing their supply chains and delivery of cargo. It is therefore extremely important for us as a carrier to maintain schedule reliability, which in turn calls for our time at ports to be limited and for ports to be productive,” said Hansen.
 
Commenting on Northport’s record-breaking performance at shipside achieving 586 moves on a Maersk operated vessel Hansen said it is a win-win solution and the preferred way of doing business.
 
“By continuously investing in equipment and improving productivity Northport is able to market itself better among carriers, while we as a carrier look to working with ports that offer speed, efficiency and consistent service levels, all of which are synonymous with Northport,” he noted.
 
Over the recent years Northport has been very focused on enhancing productivity and injecting greater efficiencies in the various areas of operations in an attempt to foster greater logistical integration at the port.
 
Noting of the improvements, Hansen said: “As a carrier, we cannot stress enough the importance of consistently improving efficiency and productivity at ports”.
 
“Port productivity increases flexibility and in return allows ports such as Northport to handle more business with the same cost base, and carriers will always look to work with ports that are committed to continuously improving performance, as is the case with Northport,” he stressed.

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Transhipment traffic growth at Northport

The increasing range of shipping services and geographical coverage of ports worldwide from Northport is viewed as a major boon for shipping lines to mount more regional services linking local and regional ports.
 
This has created opportunities for more dedicated and common feeder service operators to transship container from Northport to their final destinations.
 
This is evident from the increasing volume of transshipment boxes handled in 2007. Transshipment volume handled during the year was 1.04 million TEU’s, higher by 84,116 TEU’s or 8.8 per cent compared with year 2006 volume of 958,245 TEU’s. Transhipment volume made up 37.1 per cent of the total volume handled by Northport in 2007, indicating a marginal increase compared with the previous year’s level of 36.0 per cent.
 
Overall, Port Klang handled a transshipment volume of 4.12 million TEU’s, with the volume serviced by Northport making up 25.3% of this total.
 
The transshipment volume has strengthened with the inauguration of several new services over the past one year, including new services by MCC Transport, the feeder arm of Maersk.

The dedicated feeder carrier started dedicated services linking regional ports in Indonesia and Vietnam in 2007. The twice

weekly Indonesian service started with the    

arrival of Sea Navigator on April 3, 2007 connecting Northport (Port Klang) with Belawan Port in Indonesia.
  
MCC Transport has also strengthened Malaysia-Vietnam shipping connectivity by inaugurated a direct weekly service to the Northern Vietnam Service.The weekly service has enhanced its connectivity to the rapidly expanding Vietnamese market.
  

MCC Transport offers two weekly sailings, namely the South Vietnam Service linking Ho Chi Minh and other seaports in Vietnam namely Hi Phong, Qui Nhon and Nhatrang. The southbound service links Northport, Penang, Tanjung Pelepas, Hi Phong, Qui Nhon, Nhatrang and Port of Tanjung Pelepas while the northbound includes Port Klang and Penang.
 
CNC Line has also contributed to transshipment with its the intra Asian liner service known as Thailand Malaysia Jakarta Service.

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