Port of Tanjung Pelepas
Coordinates: 01°21′58.85″N 103°32′54.12″E / 1.3663472°N 103.5483667°E
The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP, UN/Locode: MYTPP) is a container port located in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia, and is part of the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network, which holds a minority share in the joint venture. Receiving its maiden vessel on 10 October 1999 on a three-month trial operation, it set a world record as the fastest growing port with 1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of containers handled after 571 days of operations. The good performance sealed the port's fate, and it was officially launched by then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, on 13 March 2000.
The port itself is situated on the eastern mouth of the Pulai River in south-western Johor, Malaysia.
The port continues to register spectacular growth. At the end of 1999, the terminal handled 20,696 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), which rose to 423,710 TEU in 2000, 2.05 million TEU in 2001, and 2.67 million TEU in 2002, and 3.48 million TEU in 2003 outstripping Port Klang and thereby establishing itself as Malaysia's largest port. In 2004, it registered a 15.3% increase to 4,020,421 TEU, and came in as the world's 16th busiest container port. In 2005, PTP handled 4.2 million TEU, and 2006 an estimated 4.6 million TEU. In 2007, PTP handles a further 5.5 million TEU, a growth of 14.5 percent compared to 2006. In 2008 PTP handled 5.6 million TEU and PTP closed 2009 with a container throughput of 6.02 million TEUs which was 7.5% higher than 2008. For year 2010, the port handled 6.5 million TEU a total growth of 8% from 2009 and in 2011, PTP handled 7.5 million TEU with a growth of 15% from 2010. In 2012, PTP’s container throughput rose from 7.5 million to 7.7 million TEU with a growth of 2.4%. set a world record as the fastest growing port with 1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of containers handled after 571 days of operations. The good performance sealed the port's fate, and it was officially launched by then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, on 13 March 2000.
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