2016年CRI Chinese companies to help Malaysia build deep sea port

 

PowerChina International, Shenzhen's Yantian Port Group and Rizhao Port Group have been selected to help a Malaysian company build the 1.9-billion US dollar port.

The project itself is part of the larger Melaka Gateway¹ Project that China and Malaysia signed last month, which also includes real estate projects in Malaysia.

Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai says the new port is being built on a critical waterway.

"On an annual basis, over nearly 100,000 vessels² ply³ the Straits of Malacca as its strategic location is part of the east-west maritime⁴ gateway. So clearly, there is a significant opportunity and potential for growth."

The main tender for the port project is Malaysian firm KAJ Development.

Once completed, the company says the port will also contain a liquid cargo⁵ terminal which will be able to hold fuel, chemical products and vegetable oil.

At the same time, as part of the Melaka Gateway Project, a number of Malaysian companies and the Provincial⁶ government in Guangdong are planning on developing the island of Pulau Melaka into a maritime activities center.

It will include a bulk container terminal, ship repair services and a maritime industrial park.

China's ambassador to Malaysia, Huang Huikang, says the joint⁷ project will be a major hub on the "Belt and Road."

"Melaka Gateway and Melaka Maritime Industrial Park could serve as a model for cooperation between China and Malaysia, and for all countries interested in taking part in the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiative."

The development of the Melaka Gateway Project is slated⁸ to be complete by 2025.

The port is due to be operational 6-years earlier, in 2019.

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1 gateway   

n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法

参考例句：

• Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
• A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。

2 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 ply   

v.(搬运工等)等候顾客，弯曲

参考例句：

• Taxis licensed to ply for hire at the railway station.许可计程车在火车站候客。
• Ferryboats ply across the English Channel.渡船定期往返于英吉利海峡。

4 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

5 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

6 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

8 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。