JOHOR Port Bhd is beefing up its operations to serve as import and export maritime gateway for the Iskandar Development Region (IDR).
Chief operating officer Abdul Wahab Abdull Majeed said the port, located within the IDR, played a strategic role as a logistics hub in that region.
“We want to increase the efficiency of terminal operations, ship turnaround time and yard operations as well as terminal capacity,” he told StarBiz.
In the second half of this year, the port took the delivery of one post-panamax quay crane and three rubber-tyred gantry (RTGs) for its container terminal.
“With this delivery, there will be a total of six post-panamax gantry cranes, one panamax gantry crane (for feeder operations) and 19 RTGs,” he said.
On the ICT infrastructure, Abdul Wahab said the port launched an upgraded terminal management system, the Johor Port Container Terminal System (JCTS), last year.
“The terminal also uses radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for tracking of containers with RFID tags. It is currently under trial run and will be fully implemented by the middle of next year,” he said.
He added that the port used a web-based container terminal system that facilitated real time, integrated and paperless transactions.
In terms of performance, Abdul Wahab said, the container terminal handled 453,626 20-ft equivalent units (TEUs) in the first half of this year, a 10% increase against the same period last year.
The container terminal has three berths with the total length of 760m, depth of 14m and yard area of 250,000 sq m.
According to Abdul Wahab, the existing warehouse space at its bulk and break bulk terminal is also being expanded by 10,935 sq m.
“Johor Port will further open up an area of about 20,175 sq m with 66,200-tonne storage tanks capacity for edible, biodiesel and biochemical products.
“The terminal, which is capable of handling heavy lift cargo, also recently introduced the service of floating crane with capacity ranging between 25 and 500 tonnes.
“Last June, the terminal took delivery of one dry bulk-handling crane, T-Rex 1. It is presently procuring another dry bulk handling-crane, T-Rex 2, which is scheduled to be in operation by August next year,” he said.
The bulk and break bulk terminal has berth length of 2.4km, with maximum draught of 13.5m and storage facility of 230,000 sq m.
It handles dry bulk cargo such as grains, cereals, palm kernel expellers, fertilisers, cement clinkers, iron ore and others. Meanwhile, under its break bulk facility, the terminal handles timber products, wood pulp, plate and coils, bagged cargo, scrap iron and ingots plus others.
The terminal also handles liquid bulk such as fuel oil, petrochemicals, gas, palm oil, soybean oil, corn oil, sunflower oil and coconut oil.
Abdul Wahab said its edible liquid terminal was the world’s largest tank farms for edible oil, with a storage capacity of over 460,000 tonnes at any time.
“Currently, the terminal is developing a new multipurpose terminal system for the management of activities in the terminal operation.
“The system will be ready by the third quarter of next year,” he said.
For the first half of this year, Abdul Wahab said, the terminal handled 7.7 million freight weight tonnes (fwt), contributed by an increase in throughput in the break bulk sector of 33% against the same period last year.
“Its liquid and dry bulk sectors experienced temporary slowdown in that period but are picking up in the second half of the year,” he said.
The terminal's total throughput last year was 16.7 million fwt.
To further support IDR development in terms of logistics, Abdul Wahab said, the port had teamed up with logistics subsidiary JP Logistics to provide supply chain management.
Johor Port has been facilitating the trading activities of the hinterland since its establishment 31 years ago.
“The Pasir Gudang industrial estate houses at least 300 companies from different industries, and some 90% of the cargo handled by the port originated from the hinterland.
“Not limiting itself to the Pasir Gudang industrial estate, it reaches customers well beyond Johor, penetrating into other industrial estates and economic zones to help facilitate trades,” he said.
Abdul Wahab added that the port was supported by multi-modal connectivity and served as a gateway for movement of trade through its direct links to rail system, road network and sea connectivity.
“Some of the container shipping liners are PIL, PACC, Wan Hai and Evergreen. For bulk sector, we have Stolt Neilsen, Jo Tanker BV, Norgas, MISC, Gearbulk, Swire, Thoresen and Rickmers,” he said.
On the proposal to hand over Johor Port's container operation the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Abdul Wahab said the parent company of both ports, MMC Corp Bhd, was looking into the matter.
“Currently, the container business at Johor Port will operate as usual as long as there is demand from the shipping community,” he said.
The Johor Port container terminal now has 33 weekly strings served by 22 international main liners. It also has 17 weekly string services for feeder operations.
Chief operating officer Abdul Wahab Abdull Majeed said the port, located within the IDR, played a strategic role as a logistics hub in that region.
“We want to increase the efficiency of terminal operations, ship turnaround time and yard operations as well as terminal capacity,” he told StarBiz.
In the second half of this year, the port took the delivery of one post-panamax quay crane and three rubber-tyred gantry (RTGs) for its container terminal.
“With this delivery, there will be a total of six post-panamax gantry cranes, one panamax gantry crane (for feeder operations) and 19 RTGs,” he said.
On the ICT infrastructure, Abdul Wahab said the port launched an upgraded terminal management system, the Johor Port Container Terminal System (JCTS), last year.
“The terminal also uses radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for tracking of containers with RFID tags. It is currently under trial run and will be fully implemented by the middle of next year,” he said.
He added that the port used a web-based container terminal system that facilitated real time, integrated and paperless transactions.
In terms of performance, Abdul Wahab said, the container terminal handled 453,626 20-ft equivalent units (TEUs) in the first half of this year, a 10% increase against the same period last year.
The container terminal has three berths with the total length of 760m, depth of 14m and yard area of 250,000 sq m.
According to Abdul Wahab, the existing warehouse space at its bulk and break bulk terminal is also being expanded by 10,935 sq m.
“Johor Port will further open up an area of about 20,175 sq m with 66,200-tonne storage tanks capacity for edible, biodiesel and biochemical products.
“The terminal, which is capable of handling heavy lift cargo, also recently introduced the service of floating crane with capacity ranging between 25 and 500 tonnes.
“Last June, the terminal took delivery of one dry bulk-handling crane, T-Rex 1. It is presently procuring another dry bulk handling-crane, T-Rex 2, which is scheduled to be in operation by August next year,” he said.
The bulk and break bulk terminal has berth length of 2.4km, with maximum draught of 13.5m and storage facility of 230,000 sq m.
It handles dry bulk cargo such as grains, cereals, palm kernel expellers, fertilisers, cement clinkers, iron ore and others. Meanwhile, under its break bulk facility, the terminal handles timber products, wood pulp, plate and coils, bagged cargo, scrap iron and ingots plus others.
The terminal also handles liquid bulk such as fuel oil, petrochemicals, gas, palm oil, soybean oil, corn oil, sunflower oil and coconut oil.
Abdul Wahab said its edible liquid terminal was the world’s largest tank farms for edible oil, with a storage capacity of over 460,000 tonnes at any time.
“Currently, the terminal is developing a new multipurpose terminal system for the management of activities in the terminal operation.
“The system will be ready by the third quarter of next year,” he said.
For the first half of this year, Abdul Wahab said, the terminal handled 7.7 million freight weight tonnes (fwt), contributed by an increase in throughput in the break bulk sector of 33% against the same period last year.
“Its liquid and dry bulk sectors experienced temporary slowdown in that period but are picking up in the second half of the year,” he said.
The terminal's total throughput last year was 16.7 million fwt.
To further support IDR development in terms of logistics, Abdul Wahab said, the port had teamed up with logistics subsidiary JP Logistics to provide supply chain management.
Johor Port has been facilitating the trading activities of the hinterland since its establishment 31 years ago.
“The Pasir Gudang industrial estate houses at least 300 companies from different industries, and some 90% of the cargo handled by the port originated from the hinterland.
“Not limiting itself to the Pasir Gudang industrial estate, it reaches customers well beyond Johor, penetrating into other industrial estates and economic zones to help facilitate trades,” he said.
Abdul Wahab added that the port was supported by multi-modal connectivity and served as a gateway for movement of trade through its direct links to rail system, road network and sea connectivity.
“Some of the container shipping liners are PIL, PACC, Wan Hai and Evergreen. For bulk sector, we have Stolt Neilsen, Jo Tanker BV, Norgas, MISC, Gearbulk, Swire, Thoresen and Rickmers,” he said.
On the proposal to hand over Johor Port's container operation the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Abdul Wahab said the parent company of both ports, MMC Corp Bhd, was looking into the matter.
“Currently, the container business at Johor Port will operate as usual as long as there is demand from the shipping community,” he said.
The Johor Port container terminal now has 33 weekly strings served by 22 international main liners. It also has 17 weekly string services for feeder operations.
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