The Penang Port Commission (PPC) has joined the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) as a regular member.
Penang Port is an international port strategically located in the Straits of Malacca on the Northwest Coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
Penang Port offers a variety of facilities and modern equipment to handle containers, liquid bulk cargo, dry bulk cargo, and general cargo.
The PPC, established on 1 January 1956, is a Statutory Body under the purview of the Ministry of Transport.
After the amendments of the related Acts, the PPC currently acts as a Port Authority and a Regulatory Authority for port privatisation, a Port Resource Centre for the northern region, and the Administrator of the Free Commercial Zone (FCZ).
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In addition, PPC also acts as a trade facilitator, mediator, and promoter of Penang Port to be the hub port for the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) and the Bay of Bengal.
