BINTULU PORT AUTHORITY

Bintulu Port, one of the most modern and efficient multipurpose ports in South East Asia commenced its operations in 1983. The port is strategically located along the busy sealanes between the Far East and Europe on Latitude 03 degrees 16'N, longitude 113 degrees 04'E in the central west coast of the state of Sarawak, Malaysia.

The Port covers an area of 320 hectres with water limit extends in an arc seawards as far as 18 kilometres. It serves a fast-expanding hinterland that includes the vast economic region under the Bintulu Development authority, in the central Sarawak as well as the outlying regions in the resource rich state of Sarawak and the neighbouring states.

The Port is the only export gateway for the Malaysia's biggest export earner - Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) produced from the Central Luconia field, off the Bintulu coast. In addition, the port handles a growing volume of variety of general cargo, liquid and dry bulk and containerised cargoes. The major types of cargo mix handled at the port includes LNG, crude oil, petroleum products, ammonia, urea, palm oil, glass sand, sawn timber and general cargo.

The Port is well equipped with dedicated berths and state-of-the-art facilities to handle a variety of cargo and ships effectively. The port provides a wide range of cargo handling equipments and ancilliary facilities to meet the expanding and demanding requirements of the trade.

Since the commencement of its operations in 1983, the port has enhanced its operational capabilities considerably to provide greater capacity and efficiency to meet the needs of the port users. Hence, in just over a decade the port has demonstrated its ability, to play an increasingly important role in Malaysia's external trade.

Bintulu port underwent a restructuring exercise in 1993 where as Bintulu Port Authority functions as regulatory body while all port operations and related activities were taken over by Bintulu Port Sdn Bhd, a company licensed to carry out port services operation t Bintulu Port. The exercise came under the government's privatisation policy to enhance the quality of services at the port.