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Suria Capital Bhd, the parent company of Sabah Ports Sdn Bhd has approved
RM400 million to expand and improved port facilities and services at the
seven ports under the control of the port operating company.
Almost 40 per cent or RM167.68 million has been contracted during the
financial year ending 31 December 2004. The remaining amount of RM230
million will be contracted out soon.
Bulk of the capital expenditure will go towards the development of the
Sepangar Bay Container Terminal which will take up RM93.59 million as of the
end of 2004.
The fully dedicated container port is expected to be completed by end of
next year.
The terminal will be equipped with initially two units of mobile harboud
cranes and supported by six units of RTGs.
The company has allocated RM65 million for the acquisition of various cargo
handling equipment. Of these amount, RM46 million has been approved and
contracted out during the current financial ending period.
To automate port operation, the group has awarded a contract to Tricubes
Suria Sdn. Bhd (TSSB).
The partly-owned subsidiary company of Suria Capital Bhd will select
software, hardware and services for SPSB’s integrated Port Management System
project.
The project covers the delivery, implementation, handover and support of an
integrated Port Management System, complete with integration with Financial
and Billing systems.
TSSB shall deliver, installs, handover and support the various servers and
other hardware infrastructure, an Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
platform, and project management and custom software development services.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of year 2005.
Sabah Ports operates and manages seven ports, namely Kota Kinabalu port,
Sandakan port, Tawau port, Lahad Datu port, Kudat port, Kunak port and
Sepangar bay port/oil terminal. |
