Ship chandlers & ship supply at Tanjung Pelepas MYTPP

The Port of Tanjung Pelepas is managed and operated by Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd (PTP), a joint venture of Malaysia’s MMC Group and APM Terminals, which holds 30%. It handled 14,028,375 TEU in 2025 — the first Malaysian container terminal past 14 million a year — up from 12.3 million in 2024.^[1,4,5]

—A single linear wharf of 14 berths, 360 m each, 5,040 m in total. Declared depths: berths 1–4 at 15.3 m, 5–6 at 16.5 m, 7–12 at 18.4 m and 13–14 at 19.0 m (chart datum).^[1]

—Approach from the south through a dredged channel 420 m wide and 3.6 nm long, declared 18.0 m; the Phase 1 and Phase 2 turning basins are also declared at 18.0 m.^[1]

—Annual capacity of 12.5 million TEU, with 58 Super Post-Panamax quay cranes, 16 of them with 24-box outreach for the largest ships; lines calling include Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, Evergreen and CMA CGM.^[4]

—PTP is named a key Asian hub for the Gemini Cooperation, and in its 2025 results reports receiving MSC Gulsun, which it describes as the world’s largest container vessel.^[5]

—Behind the wharf, the Pelepas Free Zone — 1,586 acres in five phases under Malaysia’s Free Zone Act 1990 — handles declarations through its own Free Zone Information Processing System (FZIPS) rather than normal customs formalities. Its 7 million sq ft of warehousing was 98% let in 2025.^[3,5]

Pilotage is compulsory inside the port limit and is provided only by PTP, round the clock. Give Port Control at least 7 days’ notice of ETA, register the call in PTP’s Marine Resource Management System (MRMS), and book the pilot through MRMS at least 3 hours before arrival or departure.^[1,2]

—Pilot boarding area: 01°13.93′N, 103°31.87′E; a ship waiting for the pilot may drift about 1 mile south of it.^[1,2]

—Every movement inside the port limit needs prior permission from Tanjung Pelepas Port Control and is watched by the port’s vessel traffic system (VTMIS), manned 24 hours; working VHF channels are 83 and 76.^[1,2]

—Two designated anchorages inside the port limit: a General Purpose Anchorage and a separate Explosives and Hazardous Cargo Anchorage. Anchoring elsewhere within the limit is not allowed.^[1]

—Towage is PTP-only: tugs of 45–80 t bollard pull with fire-fighting equipment. The master decides the number of tugs on the pilot’s advice, but PTP may set a minimum by LOA and draught.^[1,2]

—Clearances through the agent: ship clearance from the Southern Region Marine Department; port health clearance before cargo work, with information sent at least 24 hours before arrival; crew list and stowaway declaration for Immigration; manifest, personal effects and bond store lists for Customs.^[1]

—Bunkers: fuel oil, marine diesel oil and marine gas oil are supplied at PTP by private companies on request. The port has also carried out LNG bunkering — first on CMA CGM Monaco from Petronas in February 2024 — and its first methanol bunkering, on Antonia Maersk, in November 2024 with the Marine Department and Johor Port Authority.^[1,7,6]

—Fresh water: by pipeline at the berths, arranged through PTP’s Port Police Department; off the berth, from private suppliers.^[1]

—Provisions, stores and spares timed to the berth window: post a requirement and chandlers and agents serving Tanjung Pelepas answer with sealed bids — suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. If you supply ships at PTP, be the first supplier in.