Wednesday, 14 October 2009 23:33: THE Port Klang Authority is directing all shipping activities from the 5 small private jetties to move to the main jetty managed by the Port Klang Authority. All these small jetties are currently serving the shipment of dirty, loose, large, bulk cargos from the Semananjong to Sabah and Sarawak. The cargos include those items like heavy bulk construction materials, agriculture fertilizers, cement, concrete products, and timber etc.
The move has caused the East Malaysian shipping companies an additional port charge of more than RM20 per meter cube on the cargo handled through the main jetty, the consumers will have to shoulder the additional cost. The many shipping companies had expressed their dismay over the directive to move over to the main jetty.
Their basic complaint is that why should they and the consumers have to spend more by going to the main jetty. A shipment of 5,000 meter cubic may now cost an additional of RM 100,000 or more. This is definitely heavy burden to many Sabahan and Sarawakian. Further more, they have to wait for a longer period for them to queue to load their cargo, due to the jam.
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