The Eastern Seaboard Hub Port
UNCTAD Port Training Programme Module 7 in Kuantan Port, Malaysia
Jul 30th
From 19 to 23 July 2010, 20 participants from Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn. Bhd., Kuantan Port Authority and Evergreen Marine (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd participated in the delivery of Module 7 of the UNCTAD TrainForTrade Modern Port Management course in Kuantan Port. The module was delivered by the UNCTAD instructor, Dr.Benedicte Sage who is based in Ireland. The participants learnt about the relevant laws and the legal management functions of the ports. The delivery of module 8, the last module under this Port Training Programme is scheduled to be held in August 2010.
IJM Games 2010
Jul 13th
Kuantan and in particular Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd had the honour of hosting the 2010 IJM Games. The Games were held from 18th to the 20th June 2010 in a few locations but mostly at the sports complex of Politeknik Sultan Ahmad Shah (POLISAS) Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur where the Games was officially opened by the group CEO, Dato’ Krishnan Tan. Kuantan Port Consortium competed under the banner of Infrastructure which consisted of Toll and Port divisions who happen to jointly organise this year’s Games. The other teams are Construction, Industry, Plantations and Property in the alphabetical order.
IJM Games 2010 gathered around 500 IJM sportsman and sportswomen from all over Malaysia who pitted their strength and skills in 10 team sports, namely football, netball, volleyball, touch rugby, sepak takraw, table tennis, badminton, dart, carom, bowling and pool. The games started off on Friday 18 June with golf at Pantai Legenda Golf Resort and Pool in a shopping complex in Kuantan. The rest of the games were held over the weekend and concluded on Sunday’s evening.
The closing and prize presenting ceremony of the Games were held on the same day, Sunday, 20th June 2010 in Swiss Garden Resort & Spa. Competitions aside, all IJMers had a great time poking fun and getting to know each other better. It is certainly an evening of gallant celebration for their teams achievements before participants bid farewell till the next Games in 2012 in Lumut, Perak.
Before the IJMers from elsewhere left, KPC organized tour of the Port Operational Area to provide a better understanding of what their host does. Being the first experience for some of them, it was a great pleasure having them in Kuantan Port and giving them briefing on the port operations.
Badminton
Football
Touch Rugby
Volleyball
Ping Pong
Pool
Golf
Carom
Dart
Sepak Takraw
Bowling
Limelight of Kuantan Port
Jun 1st
Recently, a notable event organised by MATRADE was held in Renaissance Hotel in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. The event comprised of a conference attended by the exporters and importers from the East Coast region and information booths organised by various government agencies such as SIRIM, Malaysian Productivity Corporation (MPC), Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), Malaysia Industrial Development Finance Berhad (MIDF), SME Bank and CIMB Bank.
The event, attended by about 150 peoples from the East Coast, was aimed at providing information on the functions, activities and guidance provided by MATRADE to entrepreneurs, current and future traders from the states of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan. The participants gained invaluable information from speakers of the conference who represented numerious trade related agencies.
Kuantan Port marketing team, lead by Mr. Alimi Ibrahim was given a chance to participate in the conference and he delivered a presentation titled “The importance of Logistics Management in the International Trade” for about 20 minutes.
The event had successfully introduced Kuantan Port to the participants who were made known that it is the Eastern Seaboard Hub Port and a gateway to the South East Aisa countries. Many who attended the event are also aware of Kuantan Port’s capabilities to deliver competent services for the handling of liquid bulk, dry bulk, break bulk and containerized cargoes for global trade.
The Kuantan Port’s info counter
The Conference
Mr. Teng Min Thoong explaining about Kuantan Port to one of the visitor
Jatropha for Biodiesel Plant
May 26th
Mission Biotechnologies Sdn Bhd (MBT) being one of the earliest bio-diesel producer is no stranger to the bio-diesel industry in Malaysia. The Bio-diesel plants of phase 1 & 2 having an annual production capacity of 350,000 tonnes are located within the industrial area of Kuantan Port. The phase 1 plant was commissioned back in August 2008. The plant started producing Palm Methyl Esther (PME), which is the scientific name for bio-diesel from palm oil and its by-products include glycerine and purifies fatty acid distillate (PFAD).
Since the beginning the company has been focusing on a non-food drought-resistant crop called jatropha which is being cultivated in India as a replacement for palm oil. This is due to the price volatility of palm oil coupled with resistance from environmental groups who claim bio-diesel plants are taking away a food source from the poor to feed the energy needs of the rich. The plan was realized by the company recently and it brought in six 20-ft containers through Kuantan Port as a trial shipment.
Mr. Venthan, the General Manager along with Mr. Prem Chandran of the company were excited about this new step in a different direction and approached Kuantan Port to film the shipment arriving in Kuantan Port which is hoped to carve the way for many more shipments in the future. The video shooting with the collaboration of Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd (KPC) started from the time the carrying vessel arrived at the port’s anchorage on 12th May 2010 until the container were received safely at the plant which took about two days.
Kuantan Port wishes to congratulate MBT for the successful shipment of the jatropha and KPC is glad that the company is exploring alternatives to increase the volume of bio-diesel in Kuantan Port in the future.
The Mission Biotechnologies representatives
On board Selatan Mulia
Blood Donation Drive in Kuantan Port
Apr 14th
Written by Letchumy Kanapathy
Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd (KPC) has successfully launched a blood donation drive on 13th April 2010 in Dewan Latihan in Kuantan Port. The drive which held in conjunction of the annual camp of Pasukan Simpanan Tentera Darat (PSTD) of Kuantan Port, managed to collect total of 15,300 ml of blood with the collaboration of the staff from Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA), Kuantan under a programme called National Blood Transfusion Service.
The blood was donated by 34 donors and the aim of the programme was to overcome the shortage of blood supply and at the same time to encourage the public to donate blood for the needy.
KPC is pleased to instill some social responsibility on the staff and users and help National Blood Bank to increase its stock of blood. The response from the staff of KPC and members of PSTD which include members from Johor Port was overwhelming and KPC is delighted with the support and their willingness to donate blood for a good cause.
Catch a few images of the event below.
IJM Games Selection
Apr 1st
IJM Games is a biennial event involving all subsidiaries under the IJM Corporation Berhad. The subsidiaries are divided into five teams namely, Construction, Industry, Plantation, Properties and Infrastructure to compete in various outdoor and indoor games. The Games shall hosted by different teams every two years. In this year of 2010, the games shall be hosted jointly by Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd (KPC) and Toll Division which make up the Infrastructure team. It will be held in June 2010 in Kuantan.
Preparation for the Games, selections of players to represent Infrastructure team among the staff of KPC and Toll Division were held. The selection of players for netball, volleyball, carom and dart team were held in Kajang and New Pantai Expressway Toll Offices on 6th and 7th March 2010 while the players for badminton, pool, bowling and ping pong were selected on 13th and 14th March 2010 when the inter-division games were held in Kuantan.
Apart from identifying the best players to represent the Infrastructure team, the games also helped in nurturing camaraderie amongst the players who shall be competing for the same team in the IJM Games. The spirit and enthusiasm showed by the players have indicated that Infrastructure team shall be one of the challengers for the championship in the year’s Games
The KPC Netball Team
KPC supporters
The Toll and KPC Dart players
The KPC Football Team
The Toll and KPC players
The Volleyball Games – KPC (White) and Toll (Blue)
The Bowling players
The KPC’s mix Ping Pong players
Additional Container Services by CMA CGM
Feb 25th
CMA CGM, widely recognized as the third largest container line in the world is continuously expanding its services to cover all the major maritime routes. The company offers complete door-to-door logistics services by combining multimodal transportation such as rail, inland waterway and road transport services. In order to ensure reliable quality services are offered to its customers, CMA CGM has stakes in numerous container terminals around the world. The company aspires to be the leading container line in the world and has been constantly expanding its portfolio of services.
In line with this, CMA CGM has started a feeder service connecting Malaysia and Thailand as the company sees the growth potential in this route. The company has deployed three vessels, MV Cape Flint, MV Kuo Hung and MV Kuo Lung to ply between Malaysia and Thai ports. These vessels call at Kuantan Port on weekly basis and if there is a need, ad hoc calls are arranged. In a few months after the initiation of the services, the throughput volume has increased significantly which is an indication of CMA CGM’s reliability and commitment to its customers.
The marketing personnel of the agent, Ms. Marilyn Lim can be contacted via e-mail address of Kua.mlim@cma-cgm.com or visit the website at www.cma-cgm.com for more information and enquiries. The company has appointed Ben Line Agencies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd as its agent in Kuantan.
New Year Lantern is already up!
Feb 12th
Wow, Chinese New Year is just around the corner!
Each day we can feel the happiness, excitement and joyful feeling within our children’s eyes. It will be more magnificent each year and yet more to come ahead.
Therefore, we would like to wish all the Kuantan Port distinguished client-tele and our Chinese friends, Happy Chinese New Year and we hope the celebration will be full blast with double happiness to everyone. Drive safely to your hometown and we’ll see you again on the new days of the roaring year!
Visit from Petlin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Feb 4th
2 February 2010 has become one of the historical date for Kuantan Port as we have received a group of distinguished guest from Petlin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. Our Managing Director, Mr. Ir. Ho Phea Keat and the Kuantan Port team have welcomed the group which arrived from Kertih by using KKRS train ride to KKRS station nearby Kuantan Port. Along with that, Kuantan Port have welcomed the new Chief Executive Office, Mr. Akbar B. M. Thayoob as this is his initial visit to meet the Kuantan Port team to gained bilateral mutual relationship to ensure better understanding for future reference.
During the visit, the Petlin’s team have went to view the Container Berth and the Container Yard, to have a look into Kuantan Port development before they headed directly to De Rhu Resort at Balok together with MISC Kertih and Kuantan representatives; and Selatan Agency representatives for their lunch.
*** KKRS – Kertih-Kuantan Railway Services
The arrival of the Petlin’s group in Dewan Latihan KPC.
The exchange gift ceremony from (left) Mr. Ir. Ho Phea Keat, the Managing Director of Kuantan Port to Mr. Akbar B. M. Thayoob, the CEO of Petlin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.
Exchanged of ideas and discussion before departure to Kuantan Port operation area.
