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Facilities & Services - Butterworth Wharves and Vegetable Oil Tanker Pier
 

BUTTERWORTH WHARVES

Butterworth Wharves comprise of four berths for handling an array of breakbulk cargo such as palm oil in drums, refined sugar, bag rice, iron and steel products and manufactured goods.

VEGETABLE OIL TANKER PIER (VOTP)

Dedicated to meet the handling of vegetable oil, the Vegetable Oil Tanker Pier (VOTP) is linked via overhead pipelines to facilitate direct loading and discharging of oils to privately owned storage tank farms. VOTP is located at the south of the Butterworth Wharves. Butterworth Wharves and Vegetable Oil Tanker Pier are dedicated installations used to handle this service.

 
   

FACILITY AND CAPACITY DETAILS:

   
BUTTERWORTH WHARVES

VEGETABLE OIL TANKER PIERS

BERTHING
6 berths:   1,000 metres
Depth:   9 metres ACD W3/W4
10 metres BCT - W1/W2
     
STORAGE
3 transit sheds:   9,615 sq. metres
1 storage godown:   1,672 sq. metres
     
EQUIPMENT/CAPACITY PER UNIT
23 forklifts:   3 tonnes
8 prime movers:   16 tonnes
8 trailers:   16 tonnes
2 heavy forklifts:   10 tonnes
BERTHING
1 dolphin berth
Depth: 8 metres ACD
2nd VOTP (W2) 10 metres ACD
 
STORAGE
98 private tanks; total capacity 122,200 tonnes
 
EQUIPMENT/CAPACITY PER UNIT
Pipelines


For further enquiries on conventional cargo services at Butterworth Wharves, please call: Penang Port Sdn. Bhd.

Head - Operations
Tel: +604 310 2223
Fax: +604-332 4414

Head - Customer Services
Tel: +604 310 2202
Fax: +604-332 4414

Executive - Operations
Tel: +604 310 2250
Fax: +604-332 4414

Ship Planning Unit
Tel: +604 310 2224
Fax: +604-332 4414

 
 

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