Carey Island, Malaysia could gain new ‘maritime city’

Malaysian port operator MMC Port Holdings will partner with Adani Ports and Sime Darby Property under a memorandum of understanding to study the feasibility of developing an integrated maritime city on Carey Island, Malaysia.    Malaysian port operator MMC Port Holdings will partner with Adani Ports and Sime Darby Property under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to study the feasibility of developing an integrated maritime city on Carey Island, Malaysia.
   According to the three partners, the proposed maritime city would support the development of a new port on Carey Island, 50 kilometers southwest of Kuala Lumpur.
   In addition, MMC Ports and Adani Ports have signed a separate MOU to explore the feasibility of the Carey Island Port Project as an extension of Port Kelang.
   MMC Ports is Malaysia’s largest port operator, owning the Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Terminal, the Johor Port Berhad multi-purpose port, the Northport (Malaysia) Bhd Gateway Terminal, and Penang Port Sdn Bhd. MMC Ports also has an associate stake in the Red Sea Gateway Terminal, the container port terminal in Jeddah.
   Sime Darby Property is a subsidiary of Malaysia-based Sime Darby Berhad, which specializes in industrial equipment, motors, property and logistics; and Adani Ports operates container handling facilities at Mundra Port, Hazira Port, Kattupalli and Gujarat.