General Description
Location: The Port of Melaka (also known as Malacca) is located on the SW coast of Peninsular Malaysia, facing the Straits of Malacca.
General overview: The Port of Melaka has Tanjung Bruas as the main cargo jetty and loading and unloading are also done by lighters at anchorage.
The CBM just north of the main cargo jetty handles fuel oil for the power station.
The port mainly handles commodities such as animal feed, raw materials like maize, rice bran, wheat bran, soya bean pulp, and tapioca pellets, as well as diesel fuel oil and some general cargoes.
Handling Equipment:
- Multi Purpose Cranes
Storage:
- Oil Tanks
- Warehouses
Traffic figures: Approx. 130 vessels, and 500,000t of cargo handled annually.
Load line zone: Tropical