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Orders for mega vessels with a capacity of more than 20,000 TEUs have bolstered the sector since 2014. Despite the fact that these mega vessels serve to reduce sea transportation costs and increase global trade, they, on the other hand, also need some port infrastructure and container handling equipment adjustments. This will likely produce higher peaks in port container traffic, which will have far-reaching consequences. A number of seaport and terminal industry players have taken the initiative to establish a floating terminal to cater for the demand, since the development of seaport terminals to meet the call of mega vessels has become such a pressing issue for the sector. The container floating terminal (CFT) is a floating infrastructure that has been developed with facilities to transport containers from larger container ships or load other cargoes on a short-stay platform and then transport them to smaller ships for shipment to end-users. Thus, the purpose of this research is to look into the impact of the CFT on the efficiency of Port Klang’s terminal operations and the local freight forwarding business. Using a questionnaire survey that was distributed among Port Klang’s employees and local freight forwarding companies, this study found that there is a relationship between the development of the CFT and the improvement of Port Klang’s terminal operations efficiency and the local freight forwarding industry.
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Azmi, N.A., Md Arof, A. (2022). The Implication of the Container Floating Terminal on the Efficiency of Port Klang’s Terminal Operations and Domestic Freight Forwarding Industry. In: Ismail, A., Dahalan, W.M., Öchsner, A. (eds) Design in Maritime Engineering. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 167. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89988-2_12
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