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In
a significant development that is
expected to vastly enhance the
distributional role of Northport, at
Port Klang, and also break new
ground in “sea-air” modal
carriage of cargo in the country,
MASKargo has picked Northport
Distripark as a cargo consolidation
centre.
MASkargo,
the air cargo operating arm of
Malaysia Airlines, is expected to
use the Northport Distripark,
located within the Customs free zone
in Port Klang as a staging point to
penetrate into the “sea-air”
modal carriage of cargo.
The
airline cargo operating company,
which control more than 60 per cent
of the air cargo business at the
Advance Cargo Center (ACC) in Kuala
Lumpur International Airport, Sepang
said Northport Distripark would be
an extension to its ACC KLIA.
To
pursue its plans, MASkargo has set
up a full-fledged office with its
staff and IT requirements for agents
to submit documentation.
MASkargo
is expected to handle first shipment
of sea-air cargo on December 20,
2002 from Northport Distripark..
Agents
will be able to do consolidate or
break down shipments at the
Distripark since the airway bills
will be cut at the Distripark and
then the cargo will be placed on
Pengangkutan Kargo Udara MAS
truck-flight and carried to KLIA for
transshipment.
To
promote the development of air-sea
transshipment activities on a wider
scale, MASkargo would also truck
sea-air cargo for other foreign
airlines calling at KLIA.
To
simplify and smooth the flow of
documentation in tandem with the
movement of the cargo, MASkargo has
come out with a new
documentation process after
discussions with the port terminal
operator, freight forwarding and
trucking companies.
Details
of this new documentation flow will
be highlighted at presentation in
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
on December 19, 2002.
At
this meeting, agents and shippers
will get to a first a hand account
of the sea-air transshipment
activities from MASkargo.
MASkargo
will also mount a joint marketing
effort with Malaysia Airports Bhd
and Northport covering
prospective markets in Indonesia,
Myanmar and other neighbouring
countries.
Northport
Distripark is a fully owned
subsidiary of Northport (Malaysia)
Bhd.
The
73.29 acres distripark is located
adjacent to the container terminal 1
and 2 in Northport. It offers ample
warehousing area with a total of
four warehouse covering 470,000 sq
ft. The warehouses are equipped with
dedicated facilities to meet the
requirement of cargo handling,
storage value adding and other
distribution activities. |
