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In a move to cope with increasing liquid bulk traffic, Sabah Ports Sdn Bhd
will be developing two dedicated palm oil jetties in Sandakan Port.
The construction of the new jetties which will be located next to the
present oil jetty is estimated will cost RM25 million.
The port is also working together with a number of major players in the Sg.
Mowtas Palm Oil Industrial Cluster and in Lahad Datu Port for other palm oil
jetty developments.
The Ports in Sabah handled 3.1 million tonnes of palm oil in 2003.
The volume of palm oil traffic rose to 3.7 million for the January-November
2004 period.
Total palm oil tonnage is expected to hit 6 million tonnes by the end of the
decade.
Meanwhile the construction of the first 500-metre Sapangar Bay Container
Port is progressing well and is scheduled to be operational by early 2006.
The port is headed a doyen of the port industry – the former managing
director of Bintulu Port, Haji Ramli Abu Samah, who is expected to raise the
profile of Sabah Ports and focus in helping to widen the outreach of the
port including to serve the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asia
Growth Area.
The construction of the operation building for the new dedicated container
terminal will be commencing in the first quarter of 2005.
The container terminal capable of handling 1,500-2,500 TEUs container vessel
alongside will be equipped with modern container handling equipment such as
gantry cranes, mobile harbour cranes and rubber-tyred gantries.
To cater for the immediate needs of container terminal operation, the
management has allocated RM70 million for the acquisition of 2 mobile
harbour cranes, 35 forklifts, 4 reach stackers, 9 empty container handlers,
7 shuttle carriers, 26 terminal tractors, 26 trailers and 12 spreaders.
The equipment are expected to be delivered by middle of 2005. |
