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Another massive Malacca reclamation project: This time a deep-sea port
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Although there are several port development plans in the southern waters of the peninsula, one developer is still looking to build another deep-sea port at Malacca Central’s shoreline.

Far East (Melaka) Sdn Bhd submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on Dec 21, 2022, proposing to build a port and a cruise terminal covering 481.57ha (equivalent to 899 football fields) near Malacca Central district.

The plan is divided into two parts - the first part is to build a "Deep-sea International Multi-purpose Port" near Alai. The blueprint of the EIA report showed that the deep-sea port will construct a liquid and gas terminal, a bulk cargo jetty and a container wharf... 

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