Port Of Tanjung Pelepas / Malaysia

[Subangite]

Yay for ptp!

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unfair trade practices!!

Originally Posted by SoHo~

[Subangite]

why is it unfair trade practices?

If it was unfair trade practices, Singapore, PSA would be complaining to the WTO!

[nazrey]

PTP goes from strength to strength
Cargonews Asia - October 03, 2005




Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas has undergone one of the fastest container volume increases in the world outside China, but higher oil prices may see earnings remaining flat this year.

With accolades pouring in from various quarters the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), the port’s ambition of becoming Southeast Asia’s “sole hub” looks within reach.

“We cater towards the large hinterland market of Malaysia with rail and road connections: and being strategically located, we are also an attractive transshipment hub of regional connections,” explains Brian Paul who looks after PTP’s business development. Other factors include our ability to expand, being situated in a greenfield site and growth potential.”

Shipping experts agree that PTP has gone from strength to strength. Having begun operations in 2000, PTP has succeeded in getting Maersk Sealand and Evergreen Marine Corp. to shift their hub from nearby Singapore port to PTP within the first two years.

“One of the factors that went in PTP’s favour was its much lower cost of operations and its strategic location within easy reach of Malaysia’s hinterland, Singapore and Indonesia,” said Helmut Ischinger, a German shipping analysts, based near Hamburg, who monitors the Asian shipping sector.

An estimated US$600 million was initially investing the port, earmarked mainly fort the construction of a six-berth terminal with a 110,000 TEU container yard, ancillary facilities, 24 quay and rubber-tyred gantry cranes and a full complement of prime facilities and trailers. “The strategic location of the port amid the world’s busiest confluence of international shipping lanes and a vision and drive to establish PTP as a premier hub in the region were key drivers towards its success,” said Paul.

There are not many ports in the region that can efficiently handle 8,000 TEU+ vessels; PTP was designed to cater to these ships. A strong advantage, as many experts said, is that PTP offers space to grow. “Being a greenfield port, we offer our customers a promise of continuos growth opportunities. The completion of reclamation works for additional berths in the phase two plan offers flexibility where physical construction of these berths can be completed within 12 months,” Paul maintained.

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[SoHo~]

Dawn of new growth phase
The Star - December 09, 2005

IS 2006 going to be a better year for your company, the economy and you personally?

I expect 2006 to be an excellent year for PTP. Our growth from 2000 to 2004 has been astounding; no other port that has grown from zero to four million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) within four years.

Over the last 10 months, we have focused on further improving productivity, enhancing turnaround time and increasing value-added services.

The shipping market is going through significant changes with new vessel deliveries and we should see the larger 9,000-TEU-vessel class being put into operations next year.

The market is also in a busy period of consolidation through acquisitions.

From a South-East Asian terminal viewpoint, the larger vessels and the consolidation will mean greater opportunities for a newly designed port such as PTP.

Today, the liners see PTP as being able to provide easy access to capacity and with much better turnaround time.

Next year will also see PTP growing the terminal business further, with new product offerings and leveraging on the development of our Free Zone.

In terms of growth, Malaysia needs to move away from the traditional model and look for new economic drivers.

PTP and south-west Johor promise to offer this new driver as the area has been marked as an industrial, maritime and logistics centre.

It is thus becoming an attractive investment centre to drive Malaysia into the future.

Personally, 2006 would be an exciting year working with the PTP team to further develop the business and contribute to the industry, community and the nation.

What would be top on your list of priorities for the coming year?

The priority for PTP is to continue to grow as the premier port in the region.

As vessel sizes increase, PTP is well positioned to be the market leader for service delivery such as rapid turnaround time and best in class moves per hour with high berth capacity.

This will provide liners the overall operational efficiency, leading to significant cost savings in terms of vessel operations.

The liners are also aware that PTP has the flexibility to expand and fully meet their future needs.

People are core to the sustainable success of the business and this is the other area we shall focus on.

We will enhance the PTP teamwork further and align everyone to deliver the satisfaction expected by our customers.

Cost management and operational efficiency are also important so that PTP would be able to deliver all the services requested by customers while delivering the expected return on investment to shareholders.

Are you going to invest more in 2006?

We would expand the terminal capacity by another two million TEUs with the completion of berths 9 and 10 in the third quarter of 2006 and the delivery of eight new container quay cranes in 2006.

In parallel, the Free Zone would be further developed with the construction of new plants and warehouses.

Please share some of your plans in relation to energy conservation, which has emerged as a major theme.

There is a need to use energy efficiently and move away from traditional forms of non-renewable energy.

For the latter, there is a need to develop and support alternate fuel sources like natural gas or renewables such as ethanol, biodiesel and hydrogen.

For biodiesel, Malaysia is well positioned with a plentiful source of palm oil as a viable alternative.

We also have plenty of sunshine as a source of solar energy to produce electricity or hot water.

PTP is a large consumer of energy from electricity and diesel, especially in the terminal operations. We have taken steps to reduce energy consumption with the use of more efficient cranes fitted with energy-harmonic filters and training of the crane operators.

On a wider scale, we are evaluating the use of natural gas for air-conditioning and power supply.

Finally, a mindset change is critical for success and we are developing strategies to change the behaviour of our staff with the help of two certified energy managers, who are part of our team.

[SoHo~]

CIBA Vision’s plans in PTP
The Star - November 14, 2005

Late last month an announcement made by an Atlanta based company, CIBA Vision Corp once again thrust the port and its unit the Pelepas Free Trade Zone into the limelight.



CIBA Vision’s plan, involves an investment of some RM500mil over the next eight years for the setting up of an integrated contact lens manufacturing and moulding plant at the Pelepas Free Trade Zone.



Although the new entry, comes after many other renowned names such as Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Schenker Logistics, and Flextronics International Ltd, the new client could make a marked difference, as a result of its strong parentage.



CIBA Vision is a wholly owned unit of Novartis AG, Europe’s second largest drug maker by market value.



Novartis is a giant in the pharmaceutical business and its strength can be gauged from the fact that the company raked in as much as US$5.8bil in earnings from revenues of US$28.2bil last year.



Its market capitalisation exceeds 190 billion Swiss francs (US$144.5bil).



Atlanta-based CIBA Vision, although minute in comparison to its gigantic parent, has revenues of about US$1.4bil per annum, and is a leader in the research, development and manufacturing of optical and ophthalmic products, and is synonymous with the production of contact lenses.



“In terms of making contact lenses, we are the largest in the world. In terms of sales, if you look at the whole of Asia, we are number two, but in Europe and the US we are very well entrenched as the number one. It’s a very competitive market ... making contact lenses is somewhat an art now,” CIBA Vision’s group vice-president global supply chain Mike Dilworth tells BizWeek at an exclusive interview.



His company is currently the second largest in the world in terms of global market share, with a 30% slice of the pie.



The plan



The plan, or the big picture involves strengthening CIBA Vision’s foothold in the Asian region, and possibly taking over pole position in terms of sales in Asia.



CIBA Vision already has two existing facilities in the region, one in Batam, Indonesia and another located in Singapore.



The new facility in Tanjung Pelepas fits snugly into CIBA Vision’s plans. Dilworth elaborates, “It is very important for our facilities to be in close proximity so that any of our associates, especially our management have the opportunity to be in any one of the three facilities within a couple of hours of each other.



“Proximity is also important in terms of the regional build-up that we have, and the synergies and closeness in terms of having a finished product, or a product (which needs) to be finished in multiple areas in the regions.



“With our new plant, we now have two options to distribute, as the new facility is located close to our distribution hub in Singapore. It also allows us to do finishing for our products like O2 Optics in two places, in Batam and now in Malaysia. O2 Optics has been a big winner for us so we want to ensure that there is constant supply,” he adds.



O2 Optix is a breathable contact lens, which is currently CIBA Vision’s ace, and is in hot demand.



These lenses transmit up to five times more oxygen than traditional soft contact lenses resulting in whiter, healthier looking eyes and can even be worn while sleeping for up to six nights of extended wear.



Focus on Johor



The new plant in Johor is currently the object of Dilworth’s focus.



“Although we have two other facilities in the region, in Singapore and in Indonesia, this new facility helps to complement our existing facilities...This is going to be a large operation for us, possibly this is one of the largest facilities that CIBA Vision has.



“Ground breaking hopefully will be in the first quarter of next year. We are in negotiations with contractors to build the new facility. Hopefully by the end of December this year or January next year we will be able to start construction.



“We hope that by the end of 2006 we would have completed the construction of our building and by early 2007 start manufacturing products for sale ... Time is of essence,” Dilworth adds.



Starting off on a 35,000 sq m area, CIBA Vision will build up to some 50,000 sq m, which Dilworth says should take place over the next five years.



In terms of production, the plant would initially make about 300,000 contact lenses on a daily basis and grow to about 500,000 at a later stage.



Dilworth does not discount the fact that there may be more such investments coming PTP’s way, either by CIBA Vision or its pharmaceutical giant parent, but he merely says: “The future will be very bright we hope. We have the option and the land to expand the facility, and knowing that the Asian market is very large, we have the opportunity to expand even further beyond the 50,000 sq m. But as it stands now, this is our intent.”

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The Star Maritime - April 17, 2006

Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) is steaming ahead to increase its capacity to handle eight million TEUs annually once contruction work on berths nine and 10 are completed in the third quarter of this year.

“We will have a 3.6km-long linear wharf formation with improved annual capacity from two million to eight million TEUs by the end of this year,” said PTP chief executive officer Harun Johari.

He said the new berths would have the capacity to handle vessels of up to 250,000 dead-weight tonnes (dwt) and drafts of 19 meters alongside.

“We foresee a healthy growth for the container market in this region which will require a significant rise in operational effectiveness as well as capacity and space to handle more cargo.

“PTP’s investments are gearing to offer just that over the next five years or so. Beyond that, PTP has the ability to be flexible in diversifying our growth and opportunities to suit customers’ demands.

“More berths will be built to cater for any future growth that may come our way,” he said.

He added that PTP was also on the lookout to reclaim additional land for the development of Phase III of the port’s expansion plan beyond 2010.

In terms of value-added services, Harun said the Pelepas Free Zone (PFZ) had over 400ha of land for future development.

“As the south Johor hinterland has been earmarked as the next phase of industrial growth in Malaysia, manufacturers who are looking to locate their distribution hub in this region are aware that PFZ offers the best solution in terms of locality, fast enhancing connectivity as well as space for expansion,” he said.

He said the port not only planned to further grow in its container business but also use the opportunities from diversification of port activities.

“We are also looking to further develop our free zone land to help entice more local cargo and also become the catalyst for growth in south-west Johor.

“The PFZ and the recent agreements signed with three new investors namely Flextronics, JST and CIBA Vision to build manufacturing facilities here will catalyse further growth for the area.

“PTP will indeed be able to benefit directly from the spin-off of local cargo that will inevitably come from these factories,” he said, adding that the current capacity could cater for more than half of the projected growth.

Moving forward, PTP foresees itself as a major transhipment hub as well as building on the local traffic volumes opportunities.

“We are planning to diversify our business to take advantage of the growth potential in the southern area of Peninsular Malaysia as we can already see congestion influencing trade patterns.

“Today, more port capacity is needed than what is already planned and eventually the congestion will lead shipping lines to consider alternative routings.

“Ports like PTP that have available excess capacity will be able to resolve the issue of congestion faced by shipping lines,” he said.

He said the growth in global trade would benefit PTP as the port had ready capacity to accept more containers as well as the ability to handle the biggest vessels.

“We also view the mergers and acquisitions of shipping lines as a positive development for our growth.

“These new lines will undoubtedly require higher levels of productivity, flexibility as well as port capacity to maximise profits which is currently offered here at PTP,” he said.

He said the port served the customers by providing them with excellent distribution capabilities in terms of sea, land, air and rail.

“Our location near the tip of Peninsular Malaysia and at the chokepoint of international shipping lanes has seen our port grow from zero to four million TEUs in barely four years and is an excellent point for a transhipment and distribution hub,” he said.

Meanwhile, PTP chairman Datuk Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman has been appointed as president of the Federation of Malaysian Port Operator Companies (FMPOC).

Mohd Sidik, who is also the CEO for Senai Airport, will hold the post over a two-year term.

The FMPOC membership comprises PTP, Westport, Northport, Penang Port, Johor Port, Kuantan Port, Bintulu Port and Lumut Port.

As FMPOC chairman, Mohd Sidik aims to increase the competitiveness of major Malaysian ports, and ensure a level playing field with regional ports which have strong government backing.

The FMPOC will also discuss common issues affecting all privatised ports and hold regular dialogue with the government.

[SoHo~]

TERMINAL - PHASE 1
Linear berths : 6 berths of 360 metres each (totaling 2.16 km)
Draft alongside : 15 metres
Turning basin : 600 metres

TERMINAL - PHASE 2
Linear berths : 2 berths of 360 metres (totaling 0.72km)
Draft alongside : 16 metres (dredgeable to 19 metres maximum)

CONTAINER YARD CAPACITY
Designed to handle an annual throughput of 4.5 - 6 million TEUs annually
Total Area : 1.2 million sqm
Total ground slots : 22,120 TEUs
Storage capacity : 110,000 TEUs
Reefer points : 2,100 points

TERMINAL EQUIPMENT
Super Post Panamax
Quay cranes : 14 units with 18 box outreach 10 units with 22 box outreach and twinlift spreader
Draft alongside : 16 metres Rubber-Tyred Gantry
(RTG) cranes : 57 units operational, 15 more units on order
Stacking capabilities : 1 over 5 high
Other equipment and services : Prime movers and trailers
Maintenance and repair facilities for containers

GATE SYSTEM
14 lane Single Entrance Exit Point
GCAM-Gate Control Automated Management System
Fully computerized for smooth flow and reduced waiting time

[SoHo~]

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PTP gets world's largest quay cranes
By Siti Nurbaiyah Nadzmi
news@nstp.com.my

May 23 2006

PORT of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) is the first port in Asia to have the world's largest quay cranes to unload containers from commercial vessels.

The gigantic 89m tall structure, which is equivalent to a 26-storey building and the weight of 500 elephants, was successfully installed over the weekend.

The three Super Post Panamax quay cranes, costing RM82 million, were designed and manufactured by a Malaysia-Argentina joint-venture crane fabrication company IMPSA (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd in Lumut.



Executive director Shawaludin Md Din said the installation was done in two phases.

The first phase was setting up the legs of the cranes, which were about 55m high (completed on April 26), while the second phase was lifting the head of the crane and attaching it to the legs.

He said these cranes are of the latest generation and are designed to serve very large vessels.

"These cranes are able to unload two 40-foot containers at once, cutting down unloading time by almost half," he said when met at the installation ceremony in Johor.

The high precision operation was made possible with a full tide to allow the floating skylift crane to lift the upper structure of the quay cranes and position it on the legs. Some 60 workers manned the four-hour operation.

Shawaludin said the crane will boost the efficiency of the port and allow it to be one of the most technologically advanced in the region.

He said so far there were only three ports in the world to have installed quay cranes of this size - two in US and another in Rotterdam.

"We will be installing five more quay cranes at PTP next March," he said.

He said IMPSA will be penetrating the European market by supplying three units of ship-to-shore cranes to the APM Terminal at Port of Algeciras in Spain next year.

Established in 1996, IMPSA has built more than 100 cranes in Malaysia for the local and export markets for the past 15 years.

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PTP Increases Annual Capacity To 6 Mln TEUs
May 22, 2006 21:31 PM

By Minggu Simon Lhasa

JOHOR BAHRU, May 22 (Bernama) -- Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has increased its container annualised handling capacity to six million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) following the addition of three new-generation super post panamax ship-to-shore cranes.

PTP's current annualised handling capacity is five million TEUs, said its deputy chief executive officer Capt Ismail Hashim at a press conference last Saturday before the erection of the 1,200-ton upper structure of the second crane on top of the crane legs.

The contract for the world's three largest cranes is worth RM82 million and the cranes will be operational next month.

PTP has also ordered another five more from IMPSA (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, which manufacture the cranes at its plant in Lumut, Perak.

The new orders are expected to be ready in the first quarter of next year.

The crane is capable of lifting two 40-footer containers at the same time, Ismail said.

Not counting the three, PTP already has 24 super post panamax cranes which can lift up two 20-footer containers at the same time.

Ismail said with the new crane, PTP could now accommodate the bigger container vessels which are currently under construction.

He said PTP is now operating seven berths at its wharf with a ratio of 3.5 cranes per berth.

The new cranes will be located at Berth No. 8.

Ismail said the largest vessels are now about 9,000 to 10,000 TEUs and accommodate up 17 rows of containers across, while the new vessels which are expected to come into operation in the first quarter of next year would be as high as 12,000 TEUs and could carry 21 rows of containers.

The new cranes could serve ships carrying 22 rows of containers compared to existing cranes which could serve ships with up to 18 rows of containers, said IMPSA director of operations Sergio Evan Ciner.

Such ships are still under construction but PTP already has the cranes to serve them, he added.

Ismail said the new crane would also allow PTP to move two containers at the speed of one-and-a-half time that is required to move one container.

According to him, PTP's gross productivity now was about 22 moves per hour.

"The new vessels are going to be bigger and carry more containers but the ship operators still want their vessels to stay at the port at the same length of time as the current vessels," Ismail pointed out.

He said last month, PTP was lifting about 1,400 TEUs of containers per vessel call with about 280 vessel calls per month.

Meanwhile, Ciner said wind was a critical factor in the operation for the erection of the upper structure of the crane on its leg.

The operation was carried out over a period of three nights, from last Friday to Sunday, with one crane per night, he explained.

The operations were carried out successfully.

Ciner said the operations were carried out at night, involving up to 150 people, including 60 from IMPSA, as the ideal time to lift the uppper structure was at high tide.

He said the total height of a completely built-up crane is 89 metres, the equivalent of a 26-floor apartment block with a weight equivalent to about 500 elephants.

The total length of the crane is 150 metres, which is the same as 33 Proton Perdanas lined up back-to-back.

The upper structure was lifted from the barge used to transport it from Lumut using the largest floating crane in Asia, appropriately named Asian Hercules II, and mounted at 55 metres high onto the top of the crane legs.

While on the ground there was not much wind, at 55 metres above ground it could be very windy, Ciner said.

IMPSA has built more than 100 cranes in Malaysia over the last 15 years for the local and overseas markets.

It is the only ship-to-shore crane and rubber tyred gantry crane manufacturer based in Malaysia equipped with full technology.

-- BERNAMA

[Old Folk]

Hmm...

Some feeder lines has ditched PTP for PSA recently

HRC Shipping and Maersk's MCC Transport has some services moved to PSA Terminal in Q2

[SoHo~]

Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas sees 2006 double-digit sales growth

www.forbes.com - August 07, 2006

KUALA LUMPUR (XFN-ASIA) - Port of Tanjung Pelepas expects to see double-digit growth in revenue this year on the back of the completion of two new berths and the opening of the multi-billion ringgit South Johor Economic Region, the New Straits Times newspaper reported .

The paper cited a source as saying that the port is studying possibilities to add more berths and further develop the land in its Pelepas Free Zone, which covers about 405 hectares, over the next several years to support its growth.

Of this, about 162 hectares have been designated as a free commercial zone reserved for distribution, logistics, and warehousing activities ideal for consolidation, international procurement centers, regional distribution centers, and distribution services, it said.

Currently, only 30 pct of the land is developed, housing big firms such as Flextronics Int Ltd (Singapore), JST Manufacturing Co (Japan), CIBA Vision Corp (Atlanta), and German luxury carmaker BMW.

Meanwhile, with 10 berths currently in operation, the port aims to increase its capacity to handle 8.0 mln TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) per year, the report said.

Its two new berths (9 and 10) have the capacity to handle vessels of up to 250,000 tons and offer drafts of 19m alongside.

The port, which is 70 pct owned by MMC Corp Bhd and 30 pct by Maersk Sealand, handled 1.82 mln TEUs for the first five months of the year. It handled 4.2 million TEUs for the whole of 2005.

[SoHo~]

PTP clinches two major productivity awards

www.theedgedaily.com - June 02, 2006

The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has clinched another international award after being named as the “Highest Berth Productivity for 2005” at the recent APM Terminals awards held in Shanghai.

The award follows PTP's overall average berth productivity of 102.40 moves per hour in 2005, which was the highest among all 37 APM terminals and affiliated ports worldwide.

APM Terminals, whose port network spans five continents, bestowed the award on PTP based on the port's cocsistent high performance and service levels over the past year.

“The award reflected the constant dedication and hard work that PTP’s skilled personnel put to ensure efficient and reliable services for shipping lines calling at the ever-improving transhipment hub,” PTP said.

PTP was also recognised as the best terminal for 2005 by Maersk Line, the world’s biggest shipping line after its recent merger with P&O Nedlloyd. This award is given to the port with the highest level of productivity and efficiency serving Maersk Line vessels worldwide.

In another development, PTP said it had recently received delivery of three new Super-Post Panamax cranes from IMPSA. The three cranes, touted as the largest in the world, brings the total number of super post-panamax cranes at PTP to 27 units, of which 13 of these cranes were fitted for twin-lift container operations.

The purchase of these cranes was in line with the port’s Phase 2 expansion plans that include the construction of two new berths to be completed by the end of this year.

Upon its completion, PTP would have a 3,600m linear quay wall with 10 berths and capable of handling up to eight million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers annually.

[nazrey]

Wisma PTP
From : Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd.

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PTP sets up customer service
Aug 15, 2007


THE Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has set up a customer service centre to further facilitate customers' requirements and respond to complaints to ensure it becomes the "Preferred Port of Choice".

Chief executive officer Harun Johari said PTP acknowledges the importance of customers and believes they play an important role in determining the port's success.

"With the existence of the centre, all your queries and complaints will now be immediately responded to, handled professionally and progressively tracked by a focused team until all expectations are met," he said in his speech at PTP's Customer Appreciation Day in Johor Baru today.

The centre has its own dedicated toll-free number and e-mail address.

In addition, Harun said, the team would also provide the latest information required while any repetitive complaints would be analysted to identify its root cause to strategise a permanent solution. - Bernama

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PTP, Johor Port And Senai Offer The Best Connectivity In The IDR


JOHOR BAHARU, (Bernama) -- Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Johor Port in Pasir Gudang and the Senai International Airport offer world class connectivity to investors who come to southern Johor's Iskandar Development Region (IDR), said PTP Chairman Datuk Mohd Sidik Othman.

The two seaports and airport, he noted, are already recognised internationally as a world class transshipment hub for Southeast Asia.

Mohd Sidik, who is also chief executive officer of Senai Airport, said investors in the IDR can rely on the logistics capability of the three facilities to provide an uninterrupted flow of goods in and out of the IDR.

"This logistics combination provides sea-air linkages to the IDR and is one of the major attractions from the logistics angle for investors looking to set up base here," he told a seminar on the IDR in Singapore this week.

All the three logistics hubs in the IDR are majority owned by MMC Corp Bhd.

Mohd Sidik said the IDR is "the first regional growth area being developed by the government, (and) it has tremendous prospects because it is well located, close to Singapore."

"It is supported by good infrastructure, by ports and by (an) airport. If you do it well, if you take care of all the fundamentals like governance, less bureaucracy, I think things will go well."

Mohd Sidik said some Singapore firms have expressed interest in moving into the IDR. They are looking at buying Malaysian products and processing them in the IDR before taking them into Singapore.

He noted that the good cooperation between the Malaysian and Singapore governments bode well for the IDR.

The two seaports and airports jointly organised the seminar with UEM World Bhd, the main developer the IDR.

-- BERNAMA

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PTP Wins Excellence In Logistics Asean Award For Integrated Port
November 13, 2007 22:19 PM


KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 (Bernama) -- Port of Tanjung Pelepas has won the Technology Business Review's (TBR) Excellence in Logistics Asean Award under the "Integrated Port" category.

Its chief executive officer, Harun Johari, said today the port in south-western Johor, has taken a lot of initiatives to build a dynamic and competent workforce.

"The port's commitment to our people is derived from our belief that it is the softer side of the business, the people, who will ultimately produce the results for PTP," he said in a statement here.

Harun said an international selection committee made up of various industry leaders recognised and rewarded PTP based on its financial performance, the new technologies introduced to improve its business processes, customer relationship management programme, human resource initiatives to develop staff and also its corporate social responsibility commitments.

He said that winning the award serves as the best form of tribute to the employees of PTP for all their hard work and commitment shown to deliver results.

Being the only world class port in the Iskandar Development Region which is capable of servicing the new generation of vessels being deployed by shipping lines today, PTP with its state-of-the-art port facilities serves as the international gateway for the southern corridor's new economic growth area.

-- BERNAMA

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PTP gets green light for terminal project
Taken from The Star
13 Nov 07
Story By : ZAZALI MUSA


GELANG PATAH: Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), which has received approval from the Department of Environment for its multi-billion ringgit petroleum terminal storage centre, will begin construction next year.

Chairman Datuk Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman said the terminal, on a 2,200-acre site within the port vicinity, would take about 30 months to complete.

“The terminal will supply petroleum for vessels calling at the port and for our own usage,” Sidik told a press conference on Friday.

Development of the area surrounding the port, he said, complete with marine-related industries, would be crucial.

“The choice to build a second port in Johor at the mouth of Sungai Pulai was not by chance but by choice,” Sidik said, adding that there could not have been a more strategic location to develop a mega port capable of competing with the best in the region other than at the mouth of the river. The Sungai Pulai mouth, located at the southern tip of the peninsula, is at the confluence of international trade, which goes right into the world¡¦s busiest strait, the Straits of Malacca.

Sidik said the success of PTP's project would not only bring revenue and value to Johor but would also contribute to the success of the Iskandar Development Region.

He said to date, PTP had managed to attract more than RM10bil in investments to Johor, specifically at the port and the surrounding areas.

Earlier, Sidik presented a RM60,000 cheque to Malaysian Nature Society Johor (MNSJ) chairman Assoc Prof Dr Maketab Mohamed.

The allocation will be used by MNSJ to collect and document data on the unique ecology of the Sungai Pulai estuary, including its flora, fauna and marine species.

Also present at the event were Johor state tourism and environment chairman Freddie Long Hoo Hin and PTP chief executive officer Harun Johari.