Westports Malaysia, Mangrove Replanting at Port Klang
Westports operates container and conventional cargo terminals at Pulau Indah, Port Klang, the main gateway for central Peninsular Malaysia (Westports, 2026). Mangroves grow naturally between its wharves and the shoreline, and the report cover shows migrating birds stopping over on them (Westports, 2025). The planned Westports 2 expansion affects 97 hectares of mangroves, and the company has committed to replant mangroves to offset this loss (Westports, 2026).
Approach
Tie replanting to the expansion EIA. Westports secured EIA approval to replant 97 hectares of lost mangroves (Westports, 2025). Its 2025 report states it will replant 100 hectares, with over 250,000 trees planned over 25 years (Westports, 2026).
Contract planting in stages. In 2024 it awarded a Letter of Award to plant 3,250 mangrove trees, targeted for completion by April 2025, as the start of the 97 hectare programme (Westports, 2025).
Plant in forest reserves. Four hectares were planted at Compartment 14 of the Pulau Klang Forest Reserve, with 16 more hectares planned at the Kapar Forest Reserve in 2026 (Westports, 2026).
Use several native species. Planting uses six native species, including Bakau Minyak, Bakau Kurap and Api-api (Westports, 2026).
Results
Westports reports 13,250 mangrove trees planted since 2015 across six native species, and 4 hectares planted in 2025 (Westports, 2026). It spent RM51,513 on mangrove planting in 2025 (Westports, 2026). The reports do not give survival rates or monitoring results.
Transferability
DMC ports expanding into mangrove areas can make replanting a formal EIA condition with a set area, tree count and time frame. Staged contracts and planting in gazetted forest reserves give long-term protection to new stands. Using several native species follows good practice. Ports should also publish survival and monitoring data, which Westports reports do not yet include.
Sources
All information used for this case study was based on publicly available resources.