In 2024, the port of Tanjung Pelepas recorded a new historical record of annual container traffic and is became the first Malaysian port to have crossed the threshold of 12 million twenty-foot containers handled in a year. After a 2022 in which traffic had fallen by -6.2% on the year previous year and a 2023 with a stable traffic volume, in 2024 the port totalled more than 12.2 million TEU, marking an increase of +16.9% on the previous year, which was was generated by the growth of +22.7% recorded in the first quarter of 2024 over the same period of 2023 followed by increases respectively by +17.0%, +21.3% and +7.9% in the following three quarters.

The previous historical record was achieved in 2021 with 11.2 million TEUs.

We remind you that about 95% of the traffic handled by the port of Tanjung Pelepas consists of containers transshipped from one ship to another, an activity that makes the Malaysian port one of the of the main transhipment hubs in the region.