Ship chandlers & ship supply at Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) MYPKG

The Port Klang Authority puts the port’s best year at 2025: 15.14 million TEU, of which 8,409,621 TEU (55%) was transhipment, 3,407,852 TEU import and 3,321,300 TEU export, against an annual capacity of 20.15 million TEU. It says 37 main-line operators call, Port Klang handles about half of Malaysia’s seaborne cargo, and the port is connected to over 350 ports in more than 130 countries.^[1]

—Two terminal gateways, Westports and Northport; PKA lists container, conventional and cruise operations at the port.^[1,2]

—Port Klang Free Zone: gazetted as an integrated free zone in June 2004 and launched on 2 July 2004, with industrial and commercial zones; PKA reports it handled 441,721 TEU in 2025.^[1]

—The setting: PKA describes the Strait of Malacca alongside as the world’s busiest sea lane, with some 80,000 vessels passing each year.^[1]

Westports’ marine information gives the port limits from 03°07′4″N 101°16′8″E in the north to 02°50′20″N 101°15′03″E in the south, approached by two channels.^[2]

—South Channel (Selat Kelang Selatan): dredged to 18 m over a width of 500 m.^[2]

—North Channel (Selat Kelang Utara): controlling depth 11.3 m at the north-west end of the dredged channel, over a width of 365 m.^[2]

—Anchorage: deep-water anchorage in the northern part of Selat Klang Utara in mud and sand, with a recommended anchorage in 15–22 m. Anchoring within a 1 NM radius of the South Fairway Buoy is prohibited.^[2]

—Westports says it needs only 1 hour’s notice from Pintu Gedung and 2 hours’ notice from Pulau Angsa to bring a ship in.^[2]

—Bunkers: LNG is delivered at the anchorage — Petronas’ first Port Klang LNG operation in July 2021 bunkered the tanker Solar Roma with 865 m³ from the 7,500 m³ Avenir Advantage, finished in under 12 hours from the ship’s arrival. Nominate conventional grades through your agent and compare offers.^[3]

—Ship waste: in April 2023 KA Petra announced a port reception facility at Westports, run by its subsidiary Port Klang Port Reception Facility Sdn Bhd, to process residues, oily waste, garbage and other ship-generated waste under MARPOL on site, instead of trucking it out of the port; the report put Port Klang at about 15,000 ship calls a year.^[4]

—Provisions, deck and engine stores, spares and fresh water are arranged commercially through your agent and licensed suppliers. Post a requirement and suppliers serving Port Klang answer with sealed bids; suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. If you serve Westports, Northport or the anchorages, activate Port Klang.

—This page (MYPKG) covers Port Klang in Selangor. The Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Johor, at the southern end of the Strait, has its own port guide.