On Jan 8, 2007, Westports won the prestigious BrandLaureate Awards 2006-07 for emerging as the best brand in Asia Pacific in the Ports/Terminal category. Westports is the first local port to be presented with this inaugural regional award, which recognises it as a strong brand with unique appeals as well as branding excellence for innovativeness, creativity and ethical business practices. The BrandLaureate Awards programme is conferred on the best brands in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific.
MELAKA, (Bernama) -- "The training here, besides requiring physical and mental endurance, demanded us to take risks including that of life-threatening in nature," said Che Fatin Ezzaty Johan, a woman graduate of the Malaysian Maritime Academy, also known as ALAM.
Port of Tanjung Pelepas,
South East Asia’s fastest growing transshipment port. Being awarded a number of
independent awards throughout the years including
recently the Container Terminal of the Year 2006 at the
Lloyd’s List Maritime Asia Awards, Partnerships in
Environmental
SINGAPORE, March 11 (Bernama) -- Singapore has extended the 10 per cent port dues concession for all ocean-going ships with a port stay of not more than 10 days and 20 per cent port dues concession for harbour craft engaged in commercial activities within its port waters for another six months from April 1 to Sept 30.
PUTRAJAYA, March 10 (Bernama) -- The United States Government wants to continue providing assistance to littoral states to secure the Straits of Malacca.
IPOH, March 9 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained two oil vessels and its crew, off Pulau Pangkor waters near Lumut, about 100km from here, for illegally dumping oil residual.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) -- MISC Bhd has introduced a direct weekly liner shipping service, Siam Singapore Shuttle Service, between the port of Bangkok and Singapore.
