Samalaju deepsea port to start ops in 9 months

Mior Ahmad: ‘We have fixed April 1 next year as the date for the full commissioning of the new port.’

KUCHING: The proposed RM1.8bil Samalaju deepsea port, which is designed and built to serve energy-intensive industries in Bintulu’s Samalaju Industrial Park (SIP), is slated for full operations in about nine months.

Bintulu Port Holdings Bhd (BPHB) chief executive officer Datuk Mior Ahmad Baiti Mior Lub Ahmad said physical construction of the entire port project was expected to be completed by the end of this year.