Penang’s new ferries costing RM72mil have arrived

BUTTERWORTH: It’s the beginning of a new era as four state-of-the-art ferries arrived in Penang to transport passengers and two-wheelers across the channel.

Costing RM18mil each, the ferries – Teluk Kumbar, Teluk Bahang, Teluk Duyung and Teluk Kampi – were carried by cargo vessel MV Happy Star to the Butterworth Wharf from the Haiphong shipyard in Vietnam.