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The liberalization of port handling equipment
(import) will help to ease the current problems
in the delays in the delivery of port cranes
faced by the local port operators.
The move to liberalise the import of certain
cranes used in port is a timely move to meet the
demands of the booming of the container trade at
local ports, said the director of IT Portlink
Sdn Bhd, Yeo Peng Leng.
Major container handling facilities in the
country have recorded strong growth of 14.7 per
cent to 7.3 million TEUs during the first half
of 2007 as against 6.3 million TEUs in
corresponding period of 2006.
“All major container handling facilities have
made provisions to acquire additional container
handling equipment to cope with the growth. It
is estimated some RM800 million worth of cargo
handling equipment like quay crane and rubber
Tyre gantries (RTG) will be acquired within
couple of years,” Yeo said.
IT Portlink, as the contractor for TCM port
handling equipment recently won contract to
supply 12 TCM Rubber-tyred gantries (RTGs) to
local ports, including Northport.
The company will also be introducing a new a new
hybrid energy efficient RTG which has been
well-received in Japan.
He said the new hybrid eco-friendly machine
which able to reduce emission approximately 40
per cent is expected to enter Malaysian market
soon with the liberalization of the government’s
policy on importing cranes from overseas market
The hybrid RTG save fuel expenses more than 40
per cent as it consumes an average of 13.37
litre/hour of operations compared with 21.74
litre/hour of operations for the standard RTGs.
The new hybrid machine is also save energy,
produces lesser emission (black smoke, NOx, Sox,
CO2) as well as reducing vibrations.
Meanwhile, IT Portlink which was established in
1995 as the core contractor for maintenance for
port equipment in Malaysia has won a competitive
international contract to maintain port
equipment in the Port of Mersin, Turkey.
“The three plus two-year contract is a major
milestone for IT Portlink to expand its scope of
“maintenance services” to global markets, said
the Director of IT Portlink Sdn Bhd, Yeo Peng
Leng. |
