Largest tunnel boring machines in South East Asia for East Coast Rail Link construction in Malaysia
epa09681986 A general view of tunnel boring machine used for China Communications Constructions Company (CCCC) East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project during construction site visit by Malaysia transport minister in Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia, 13 January 2022. The two tunnel boring machines (TBM) that will be used to excavate the twin bore Genting Tunnel portion of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) are the biggest of its kind in South-East Asia, Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said on 13 January. TBM cutter heads are from China, equipped with four torque cylinders and weigh 900 tons each and have an excavation diameter of almost nine meters. EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL
