Bigger wharf can now handle 12,000 passengers


Phase 1A of the Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal expansion project has the solid deck wharf of 400m extended by another 220m towards north of the terminal, and the breasting and mooring dolphin increased by 50m and 68m. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

THE upgraded Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal (SPCT) which is now about 30% bigger will be able to handle 50% more passengers once the blanket ban on cruise ships is lifted.

Penang Port Commission (PPC) chairman Datuk Tan Teik Cheng said the wharf capacity could now handle 12,000 passengers from the existing 8,000, adding that the terminal’s berthing area could accommodate two Oasis class vessels at the same time.

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