PUTRAJAYA: The Transport Ministry will work with the port operators and shipping liners to review some of the procedures so that vessels do not make ports in Malaysia a dumping ground,
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin raised the matter at the Cabinet meeting yesterday and a meeting of all the relevant agencies will be called to review the procedures.
“Surely we do not want our ports to be turned into dumping grounds. We will extend the fullest cooperation because it involves procedures and several regulations concerning various agencies,” he told a media conference at his ministry here.
Loke said vessels cannot be banned from anchoring at the ports because the ministry is committed to making Malaysian ports competitive.
“We will be more careful and will review some of the procedures to ensure that whatever cargo or containers are brought in must be something that is allowable and we cannot make our ports a dumping ground,” he said. –Bernama
