Local ports urged to prepare for larger vessels

KUALA LUMPUR: Local port operators have been urged to upgrade their port capacity and infrastructure to accommodate ultra-large vessels in two years' time when shipping companies are expected to take delivery of these behemoths of the sea.

Through alliances such as Ocean 3 and 2M, the position of international shipping companies that already have ultra-large vessels is expected to be stable until a time when other shipping firms take delivery of their own  ultra-large vessels, Abi Sofian told Bernama when contacted recently.