Adani Group eyes global expansion with new container port in Malaysia

APSEZ operates container handling facilities at its flagship Mundra Port as well as Hazira Port

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India's biggest private port operating firm, plans to undertake a feasibility study on building a greenfield multi-purpose port, mainly for handling containers at Carey Island in Malaysia's Selangor state, about 50 km southwest of capital Kuala Lumpur.

The feasibility of developing a mega container handling port project on Carey Island as an extension of the existing Port Klang has been flagged off with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between APSEZ and MMC Port Holdings Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned unit of MMC Corporation Berhad (MMC), a utilities and infrastructure group.

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