Posted on 01 August 2010. Tags: Asia Coverage, Asia Market, Asia Trade, Customer Demand, Gap, Japanese Ports, Malaysia Port Klang, Nagoya, Oocl, Orient Overseas Container Line, Osaka, Overseas Container Line, Personalised Services, Shekou, Shippers, Shipping Lines, Skilled Workforce, Vote Of Confidence, Westports Malaysia, Yokohama
Westports Malaysia, Port Klang’s leading terminal, and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) have jointly launched the KTX3 Service, which provides fast connectivity to Japan for Malaysian shippers. The KTX3 service on the Intra-Asia trade now connects Westports with direct weekly services to the Japanese ports of Osaka, Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama and Kobe. Also in the […]
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Posted on 30 July 2010. Tags: Bernama, Bulk Cargo, Chemical Tanks, Executive Director, Gantry, Hectares, Jetty, Largest Companies In The World, Lbt, Leading Industries, Lease Agreement, Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Petroleum Products, Port Klang, Shell Malaysia, Strategic Location, Westports Malaysia
Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd has signed a long-term sub-lease agreement Thursday with Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd at Port Klang for storing, supplying and distributing petroleum products. The 14-year agreement enables Shell to operate and manage liquid bulk cargo at Westports Liquid Bulk Terminal (LBT). Products to be stored initially are diesel and petrol. “Westports […]
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Posted on 12 July 2010. Tags: Business Times, Cargo Traffic, Container Port, Container Throughput, Container Volume, Downturn, Economic Recovery, Five Months, Foot Equivalent Units, Fourth Quarter, Northport, Paced Economy, Port Klang Authority, Port Of Tanjung Pelepas, Target, Terminal Operators, Tonnage, Transshipment, Westports
Port Klang, comprising Northport and Westports, has retained its title as the country’s busiest container port in the first half of this year, with a 48.3 per cent share of the total number of containers handled by all Malaysian ports. Its rival, Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Johor, was listed second busiest, handling 35.4 per […]
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Posted on 21 June 2010. Tags: Basheer, Container Handling, Container Terminal, Containers, Conventional Cargo, Customer Relationship Management, Exports And Imports, Five Months, Foot Equivalent Units, Gala Event, Hassan, Managing Director, Quality Innovation, Quality Of Service, Sails, Service Quality, Shanghai China, Supply Chains, Transshipment
Northport (Malaysia) Bhd has emerged as winner of the Asian Freight and Supply Chains awards (AFSCA) 2010, beating seven other ports in the region. The port was named the best container terminal in Asia for ports handling containers below 4 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), the second time it has won the award. At the […]
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Posted on 12 April 2010. Tags: Container Handling, Container Operations, Container Throughput, Container Volume, Crane, Cscl, Dexterity, Equivalent Unit, First Quarter, Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Market Share, Operations Team, Port Klang, Q1, Quarter Figures, Teus, Transshipment, Uptrend, Volume Growth, Westports Malaysia
Malaysia’s leading port, Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd, posted a healthy 27 per cent surge in its container volume for the first quarter of this year compared with the corresponding period of last year Improvements were seen in both performance and productivity, especially in container operations, Westports said in a statement. Westports container throughput was 1.244 […]
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Posted on 30 March 2010. Tags: Ahmad, Basheer, Berth, Capex, Capital Expenditure, Chief Executive Officer, Construction Cost, Container Terminal, Conventional Cargo, Economic Downturn, Economic Recovery, Expansion Plan, Global Economic Meltdown, Hassan, Lease Agreement, Northport, Terminal 3, Volume Increase
It will reactivate berth expansion plan on economic recovery PETALING JAYA: NCB Holdings Bhd projects a volume increase of 10% to 15% and will reactivate its expansion plan at Northport (M) Bhd this year in line with the current economic recovery trends. Northport, a port operating subsidiary of NCB, posted a 5% decline in volume […]
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Posted on 29 March 2010. Tags: Agm, Ahmad, Annual General Meeting, Basheer, Business Segments, Cargo Business, Cargo Volume, Chief Executive Officer, Conventional Cargo, Economic Downturn, Export Containers, Export Volume, Holdings Group, Import And Export, Petaling Jaya, Planned Construction, Port Klang, Teus, Transshipment
NCB Holdings Bhd’s direct subsidiary, Northport (Malaysia) Bhd, is expected to register an increased cargo volume of between 10 per cent and 15 per cent this year. Northport Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Basheer Hassan said the company sees an increase in both the container and cargo business segments amid an improving economy. […]
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Posted on 11 January 2010. Tags: Business Times, Cargo Throughput, Consultants Ltd, Container Cargo, Container Port, Container Traffic, Container Volume, Economic Downturn, Foot Equivalent Units, Global Container, Global Trend, Port Klang Authority, Previous Year, Shipping Association, Shipping Community, Shipping Consultants, Shipping Containers, Tonnage, Tonnes, Westports
Container traffic through Port Klang, the country’s busiest container port, fell by 8.3 per cent last year, as the global economic downturn continues to hurt the country’s exports. The port handled 7.3 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units), the standard measurement for shipping containers, compared with 7.9 million TEUs in 2008. In terms of tonnage handled, […]
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Posted on 30 November 2009. Tags: Christophe Colomb, Cma Cgm, Container Vessels, Containership, Customer Demand, Economic Context, Economics Of Scale, Environmental Consequences, Fal, Freight Rates, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrodynamics, Maersk, Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Mettle, Oil Consumption, Oil Recovery System, Operations Staff, Port Klang, Westports
One of the world’s largest containership, the 13,300-TEU CMA CGM Christophe Colomb, made its maiden call at Westports on November 22. The vessel represents the biggest to arrive at Port Klang to date. Although it was an ad hoc call, Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd said its operations staff were fully prepared to meet the challenge, […]
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Posted on 02 November 2009. Tags: Basheer, Chief Executive Officer, Delivery Standards, Employer Services, Global Port, Global Shipping, Global Standards, Hr Development, Human Resource Practices, Human Resources Development, Northport, Pembangunan Sumber Manusia, Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Bhd, Performance Levels, Related Company, Resources Ministry, Retraining, Sector Category, Shipping Lines
Northport (M) Bhd’s commitment to human capital development was recognised recently when it bagged the 2009 Human Resources Ministry HR Development Award under the major employer (services sector) category. The award, organised annually by Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Bhd, is the country’s leading event to recognise leadership and benchmark human resource practices. Northport managing director and […]
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