Port profile · MYPEN
Penang
Penang is a medium natural coastal harbour on the Strait of Malacca, in Malaysia. Its UN/LOCODE is MYPEN. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Penang offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Penang
What members see for Penang, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Penang, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Penang right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Penang day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Penang and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Penang offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Large
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Penang, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Penang
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Penang, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 2.8 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Penang, and what was found.
Ports near Penang
Other Malaysia ports on the same stretch of coast.
- LangkawiMalaysia · MYLGK
- LumutMalaysia · MYLUM
- Port KlangMalaysia · MYPKG
- Kuala TerengganuMalaysia · MYTGG
- Port DicksonMalaysia · MYPDI
- KertihMalaysia · MYKET
- KemamanMalaysia · MYKEM
- KuantanMalaysia · MYKUA
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Questions about Penang
What is the UN/LOCODE of Penang?
The UN/LOCODE of Penang is MYPEN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Penang?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Penang as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Penang?
Yes. Penang offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Penang have a dry dock?
Yes. Penang has a large dry dock and limited ship repairs.
Is Penang a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Penang.
How many port state control inspections are there in Penang?
3 port state control inspections were recorded in Penang in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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