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Dovechem
Kuantan Sdn Bhd, a leading tank farm
operator, plans to further expand
further its tank farm facilities at
Kuantan Port to meet rising demand
for its services.
A
pioneer in the third-party tank farm
solution provider in Dovechem
Kuantan is confident there is a vast
market for tank farm capacity in the
light of the rapid expansion of the
petrochemical industries in the
eastern corridor of Peninsular
Malaysia.
The
company’s vice president of
Dovechem Kuantan, Ng Koon Sinn said:
“ In view of anticipate expansion
in demand, we are committed to
building more tank farms at Kuantan
port.”
He
said the company completed nine
storage tanks with total capacity of
9,750 cbm in October 2000 and
another nine tanks comprising six
units of 1,350m3 tank and 3 units of
950m3 tank were completed middle of
last year.
“With
the available land bank within the
area we can develop an additional 12
tanks which capable of handling some
30,000 –40,000 m3 of various
chemical,” Ng added.
He
said if the need arises the company
was ready to acquire additional area
from Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd,
the operator of Kuantan port.
“Despite
the global slow down, we expect
Dovechem Terminal Sdn Bhd, which
offers customised storage and
handling services for a wide range
of bulk liquid chemicals and
petrochemicals industries, to grow
by another 10 per cent this year,”
Ng said.
The
terminal, which located within the
immediate hinterland of Kuantan
port, handled 100,000 m3 of various
chemical products via Kuantan port
last year.
Dovechem
Kuantan has been growing rapidly in
recent years.
The
company operates a total of 41 tanks
with handling capacity in access of
50,000 m3 with Dovechem Terminals
providing a complete package of
services for chemical industry
including handling bulk liquid cargo
from sea tanker to storage at the
liquid bulk terminal in Kuantan
Port.
A
total of 12 docklines with 6” and
8” diameter linked the company’s
storage facilities with the liquid
chemical berth 1, Mineral oil Berth
and also liquid chemical berth 2 of
Kuantan Port.
“Kuantan
Port is our ideal gateway to reach
Thailand, Indochina, the Far East
and the west coast of USA market,”
Ng said.
Dovechem
Kuantan, which started operations in
1986, is one of the first public
bonded warehouses for liquid
chemical storage.
The
company services include bulk
storage, custom clearance for import
and export, loading into tank trucks
and ISO tankers, repacking into 209
litres drums, container stuffing
facilities and provides open and
covered drum storage warehouse.
Dovechem
Kuantan, which has been, accredited
the prestigious ISO9002
certification, handles almost 70 per
cent of the petrochemical giants’
storage requirement at the Gebeng
Industrial area.
To
ensure fast and reliable transport
services Dovechem Transport Sdn Bhd
was set up to provide transportation
services throughout Peninsular
Malaysia and Singapore with six
offices at strategic location namely
Klang, Johor, Melaka, Penang,
Kuantan and Singapore. The group
operates a total of 67 prime movers
and 40 road tankers.
“Besides
providing storage facilities, the
company has also established
Dovechem Chemical Industries Kuantan
Sdn. Bhd to produces formalin and
wide range of thermosetting resin.
“Our
formalin plant in Kuantan can
produce 30,000 tonnes of formalin
and 36,000 tonnes of resin per
annum. These products are widely is
being used in plywood,
particleboard, MDF board and
furniture manufacturing,” said Ng.
Globally,
Dovechem Group has more than 30
member companies in the Asia Pacific
region operating tank farms in
Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore and
Merak in Indonesia.
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