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The Port of Penang at Weld Quay, George Town in the 1910s. Land reclamation in the 1880s allowed for the expansion of the harbour. An Imperial Japanese Navy submarine at the Port of Penang in 1942. The Port of Penang was established with the founding of George Town by Francis Light in 1786.
The Port of Penang handled 1.52 million TEUs of cargo as of 2017, making it one of the busiest seaports in Malaysia. [7] In addition, the Butterworth railway station , situated adjacent to the town's ferry terminal , is a major Malayan Railway station, with train services operated by both the Malayan Railway and the State Railway of Thailand .
The Port of Penang was declared a Free Commercial Zone (FCZ) in 2021. [226] Formerly a vital British entrepôt, Penang's maritime trade has significantly declined due to the loss of George Town's free-port status in 1969 and the concurrent development of Port Klang near the federal capital Kuala Lumpur. [48]
Penang Port; Port Klang; Port of Tanjung Pelepas; Sapangar Container Port; Malta. ... Kaliningrad Sea Commercial Port; Port of Novorossiysk; Port of Vladivostok, ...
The Port of Penang at Weld Quay c. 1910, photo by C.J. Kleingrothe. Port functions were eventually relocated to mainland Seberang Perai in 1974. [31] As Light intended, George Town grew rapidly as a free port and a conduit for spice trade, taking maritime commerce from Dutch posts in the region.
The state is well-connected by land, air and sea. The Penang International Airport is Malaysia's third busiest by passenger traffic and the busiest by export volume, while the Port of Penang is the main transshipment hub of northern Malaysia.
Penang Island is to the west of the channel, while Seberang Perai, the mainland half of the State of Penang, is to the east. The northern and southern ends of the channel join the Strait of Malacca, one of the world's busiest maritime routes. The strait provides deepwater passage to the Port of Penang, which is located in Butterworth in ...
The Penang ferry service is a public ferry system in the Malaysian state of Penang. It operates within the Penang Strait and connects George Town with mainland Seberang Perai . Managed by the Penang Port Commission (PPC), the service comprises a fleet of four catamarans that operate between the Raja Tun Uda and Sultan Abdul Halim terminals.