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The '''Port of Tanjung Pelepas''' ('''PTP''', UN/Locode: '''MYTPP''') is a container port located in [[Iskandar Puteri]], [[Johor Bahru District]], [[Johor]], [[Malaysia]], and is part of the [[APM Terminals]] Global Terminal Network, which holds a minority share in the joint venture.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.apmterminals.com/asia/tanjungpelepas/ | title=Important notices | access-date=2012-10-11 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930000234/http://www.apmterminals.com/asia/tanjungpelepas/ | archive-date=2012-09-30}}</ref> The port is currently the [[List of busiest container ports|15th busiest container port in the world]], as well as the fifth most efficient port in the world. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=PTP is fifth most efficient container port in the world |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2024/06/11/ptp-is-fifth-most-efficient-container-port-in-the-world |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=The Star |language=en}}</ref> 

The port is situated on the eastern mouth of the [[Pulai River]] in south-western [[Gelang Patah]], in close proximity to the [[Straits of Johor]], which separates the countries of [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]] and the [[Strait of Malacca]]. Transshipment accounts for over 90 percent of the port's traffic and was constructed in an attempt to compete with [[Port of Singapore|Singaporean ports]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rvo.nl/sites/default/files/2020/10/Port%20Development%20in%20Malaysia%20An%20introduction%20to%20the%20countrys%20evolving%20port%20landscape.pdf |title=Port Development in Malaysia: an introduction to the country's evolving port landscape|website=Netherlands Enterprise Agency |access-date=2021-03-30}}</ref>

==History==
On 13 March 2000, the harbor held its inauguration ceremony, which was officiated by Prime Minister [[Mahathir Mohamad]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year !! TEU million
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| 2001 || 2.0<ref name=transhipmenthub>{{cite web |url=http://www.mmc.com.my/content.asp?menuid=100013&rootid=100001&parentid=100010 |title=Transhipment Hub : Transport & Logistics : Our Businesses : MMC Corporation Berhad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224122337/http://www.mmc.com.my/content.asp?menuid=100013&rootid=100001&parentid=100010 |archive-date=2007-12-24}}</ref>
|-
| 2002 || 2.6<ref name=transhipmenthub />
|-
| 2003 || 3.5<ref name=transhipmenthub />
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| 2004 || 4.0<ref name=transhipmenthub />
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| 2005 || 4.2<ref name=transhipmenthub />
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| 2006 || 4.7<ref name=transhipmenthub />
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| 2007 || 5.5<ref name=stats-2007>{{cite web |url=http://www.mmc.com.my/content.asp?menuid=100041&rootid=100003&MediaId=270 |title=PTP container traffic up strongly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118161801/http://www.mmc.com.my/content.asp?menuid=100041&rootid=100003&MediaId=270 |archive-date=2008-01-18}}</ref>
|-
| 2008 || 5.58
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| 2009 || 6
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| 2010 || 6.5
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| 2011 || 7.5
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| 2012 || 7.7 <ref name=stats-2012>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptp.com.my/media-hub/news/ptp-details-port-expansion-plan|title=Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd. - PTP details port expansion plan}}</ref>
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| 2020 || 9.8 <ref name=stats-2020>{{cite web | url=https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1141110/15-Tanjung-Pelepas-Malaysia | title=15 Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia) | date=15 August 2022 }}</ref>
|-
| 2021 || 11.2 <ref name=stats-2021>{{cite web | url=https://theiskandarian.com/ptp-celebrates-11-million-teus-arrival-in-2021-showing-resilience-despite-the-pandemic/ | title=PTP Celebrates 11 Million TEUs Arrival in 2021, Showing Resilience Despite the Pandemic | date=12 January 2022 }}</ref>
|}
In June 2020, 110 containers of toxic electric arc furnace dust, amounting to some 1,864 tonnes, were found at the port. The Malaysian government said it would work to repatriate the waste.<ref>{{Cite web|last=BERNAMA|date=2020-07-19|title=110 containers with toxic waste from Romania abandoned at PTP|url=https://www.bernama.com/en/general/news.php?id=1862070|access-date=2020-07-21|website=BERNAMA|language=en}}</ref>

== Facilities ==

The current port offers 14 berths totaling 5&nbsp;km of linear wharf length, and a 1.2 million square meters container yard which contains around 240,000 TEU in storage space, 48,374 ground slot and 5,080 reefer points.{{cn|date=February 2022}}

The berths are serviced by 66 Super Post-Panamax quay cranes, 24 (EEE crane) with 24 rows outreach, 11 of which have a 22 rows outreach and dual hoist 40’ pick, 30 with 22 rows outreach and twin 20’ lift. The total capacity of the port today is over 12.5 million TEU per year with 174 rubber tyred gantry cranes and 498 prime movers operates around the container facility.{{cn|date=February 2022}}

In addition to road connectivity, the port is also connected to the peninsula's freight railway system that extends from Johor to the south to southern Thailand to the north, via a 4-track rail terminal. The port development area covers 2,000 acres for the port terminal and 1,500 acres for the free trade zone. The port has a harbour with a draft of 15 – 19 metres, and a turning basin of 720 metres.{{cn|date=February 2022}}

The 2007 master plan of the port envisages over 95 berths with 150 million TEU terminal handling capacity. The berths are expected to extend from the mouth of the [[Pulai River]] to [[Malaysia–Singapore Second Link]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ptp.com.my/masterplan.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230060216/http://www.ptp.com.my/masterplan.html|url-status=dead|title=Port of Tanjung Pelepas Master Plan Page|archivedate=December 30, 2007}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2022}}{{better source needed|date=February 2022}}

==See also==
*[[Iskandar Puteri]]
*[[List of East Asian ports|List of Asian ports]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.ptp.com.my/|PTP official website}}
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070515041621/http://www.xylogue.com/info/train-map/malaysia/port-tanjung-pelepas-front.htm Map of Road from Tanjung Pelapas Port to Senai Airport]}}
*[http://www.stroudgate.net/aps/articles/053.html Shipping Portal: PTP]

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[[Category:2000 establishments in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Ports and harbours of Johor]]
[[Category:South Johor Economic Region]]
[[Category:Container terminals]]
[[Category:APM Terminals]]