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TinySet compares Southeast Asian ports on volume and expansion. TinyResearch says which are best placed.
TinySet
Dataset · 49 rowsPorts in Southeast Asia, with country, annual container volume, expansion projects and source link
| Port name | Country | Annual container volume | Expansion projects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port of Tanjung Priok | Indonesia | 7.6 | The New Priok Port (Kalibaru) project aims to triple annual capacity from 5 million to 18 million TEUs, under construction. |
| Port of Singapore | Singapore | 37.5 | Tuas Port consolidation: four-phase development under construction, Phase 1 reclamation completed with 21 berths for 20 million TEUs by 2027, full 65 million TEU capacity targeted in the 2040s. |
| Port Klang | Malaysia | 15.14 | Westports 2 expansion is under construction to eventually increase capacity to 28 million TEUs by 2040, alongside Northport upgrades and a planned third terminal on Carey Island. |
| Port of Tanjung Pelepas | Malaysia | 14.03 | PTP is carrying out a capacity expansion programme, including a RM500 million green sukuk completed in October 2025, targeting annual handling capacity of about 15.9 million TEU (under construction). |
| Laem Chabang Port | Thailand | 10.15 | Phase 3 expansion (F1 and F2 berths) is under construction to raise container capacity from 11.1 million to 18 million TEU per year by 2029. |
| Bangkok Port | Thailand | 1.5 | Planned redevelopment of the 2,353-rai Khlong Toei site into a mixed-use Smart Port/Smart Community with cruise terminal, pending a feasibility study on ending cargo operations and shifting them to Laem Chabang (planned). |
| Penang Port | Malaysia | 1.2 | Expansion of cruise terminal facilities to accommodate larger vessels by late 2025 is under construction. |
| Cat Lai | Vietnam | 8.4 | Development of the Cai Mep–Thi Vai port cluster to take over Cat Lai's container traffic is planned, as the urban Cat Lai site has no land for its own expansion. |
TinyResearch
ReportWhich Southeast Asian ports are best placed to take on shifting supply chains, and why?
Southeast Asia is in the midst of a port capacity race driven by converging forces: US-China tariff escalation, China+1 manufacturing diversification, global shipping alliance restructuring, and rerouting caused by the Red Sea crisis and Strait of Hormuz disruptions. The evidence strongly favours five port systems as best placed to absorb shifting supply chains: Singapore (Tuas), Malaysia's Tanjung Pelepas and Port Klang corridor, Vietnam's Cai Mep–Thi Vai cluster, Vietnam's Hai Phong, and Thailand's Laem Chabang. Each has distinct strategic positioning—transshipment hub, gateway port, or deep-water mainline terminal—and each faces specific constraints that decision-makers must weigh. A second tier of emerging and infrastructure-limited ports (Indonesia's Tanjung Priok/Patimban, Philippines' Manila, Cambodia's Sihanoukville, Myanmar's Kyaukphyu) matters for specific sub-sectors but cannot yet match the top five in scale, connectivity, or reliability.
