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Northport Malaysia has expressed its keenness to work closely on the development of the “Halal” hub with the Port of Rotterdam, which has been certified as the only European halal hubwith an outreach to about 30 million Muslims living in Europe.
 
The cooperation will serve to expand the scope of the bilateral trade in “Halal” products, thus mutually benefiting the two ports said the Northport’s Halal Committee Chairman of Northport, Abi Sofian bin Abdul Hamid.
 
Speaking after meeting with a delegation from the Port of Rotterdam last week in Kuala Lumpur Abi said Northport is working very closely with the Halal Development Corporation and Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia and other relevant agencies to make its facility fully-certified in the logistics and transport chain and making Malaysia the Global Halal Hub.
         

“We are treating the prospects and opportunities in the halal trade as more than just a niche market and towards this end we provide an extensive range of facilities and services at our distripark within Customs-free Free Commercial Zone to allow value-adding activities. The Halal trade in Northport is treated as a mainstream activity, and not a peripheral one,” said Abi.
 
Special zones have been designated for halal activities in the 1 million sq ft of floor space in the distribution centre at the Northport Distripark.
 
He said under the port’s RM585 million expansion plan, the port has taken into account the need to further expand the facilities and services at the distripark including extending the scope for testing and certification of halal products.

“We also intend to meet specific requirements of logistics operators, especially those engaging in cargo consolidation services,” he said.
 
Distributors of “Halal” products are able to leverage on the versatile facilities at Northport that offer designated areas for packing and unpacking of inbound or outbound products.
 
There are dedicated cold and cool room facilities to meet the requirements of especially foodstuffs that need refrigeration or temperature-controlled storage space.
 
Abi said shippers in Malaysia should use Northport in Port Klang to directly link with Rotterdam Port to reach European hinterland that comprises about 400 million consumers.
 
Rotterdam port handled 159,000 TEUs from Malaysia and exports 123,000 TEUs from various parts of hinterland to Malaysia in 2006.
 
Meanwhile the Managing Director of Eurofigo Bv, Derk Van Mackelenberg who was part of the Rotterdam Port delegation in Malaysia recently said Malaysian shippers should take advantage of Port of Rotterdam to penetrate the UK market.
 
“It is a great Malaysian halal gateway for European market,” said Derk Van.
  
He said Malaysian food companies would be able to access the growing halal food market in Europe, in particular the North-West region via Rotterdam port.

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Northport wins “The Brand Laureate Award”

Northport at Port Klang, the most globally-connected port in Malaysia with links to more than 300 ports worldwide, is a brand leader which has successfully contributed to branding Malaysia globally.
 
Billed as “The World Port” Northport, served by 123 global shipping companies, has met the high expectations of its users with exacting international standards consistent with its global ranking.
 
“The BrandLaureate in the Logistics-Ports Services category of the Top Ten Supporter SMEs 2007, is a reflection of the ports commitment to global user expectation, the Managing Director/CEO of Northport, Datuk Basheer Hassan Abdul Kader said.
 
“We are honoured and delighted with the selection of Northport by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation for being voted as the recipient of the Brandlaureate SME Chapter Award 2007 in the Logistics-Ports Services category,” he said after accepting the award from the King at a gala dinner in Kuala Lumpur last week.
 
“It is a fitting tribute to our efforts at Northport and I must stress the credit goes to all our stakeholders who worked together with a high level commitment to enable us to provide and offer only globally accepted standards in port services,” he said.

Datuk Basheer said Northport is an international port of repute serving some of the biggest shipping lines and consortia in the world and it is imperative the global branding meet their expectations.
 

“We have fostered a strong bond with our stakeholders, especially our customers as part of our pro-active corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives which contributes to enhancing the global branding awareness that Northport represents,” he said.
 
Organized by the Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, The BrandLaureate – SMEs Chapter Award 2007 recognises the important role that SMEs contribute to the development of the nation and that of brand building.

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Passage clear for mega carries heading Northport

Integrated Marine Works Sdn Bhd, the subsidiary of Inai Kiara has completed RM308 million Northern Approach Channel deepening works at Port Klang ahead of schedule.
 
Capt Hisham Hashim, the Managing Director of Inai Kiara Sdn Bhd, said the dredging was carried out a depth of 13.5 metres.
 
“With a prevailing high tidal range of about 5 metres, the deepening of the Port Klang North channel to 13.5 metres will offer a total channel depth of 18 metres, more than adequate under keel clearance to allow the passage of the mega-size new generation ships,” stressed Capt Hisham.
 
“We were able to complete the job on schedule as we deployed all of our eight hydraulic trailing suction hopper dredgers, round- the-clock in the Northern Approach Channel. The dredgers have with capability to dredge to 35 metres depth and are assisted by GPS system and multibeam hydrographic surveys which produce 3-D images of the seabed,”he said.
 
The computer system on board of the dredgers provides information about the status of channel dredging process and even the position of the dredge in the channel will be displayed on a computer screen while they are working. Using computers to process and display information about the job and the dredge while they are working allows the dredging to be done with great efficiency. It saves time and money, and results in safer navigation channels.
 
Dreding of the approach channel to Northport Malaysia was carried out in six parcel (1A. 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B and 2C). The sector from Sarang Lang to Buoy 14 has been dredged to 15.5 metres and from the Buoy 14 to Pulau Angsa has been dredged to 13.5 metre.
 
“Further deepening the Northern Approach Channel to 15.5 metres could be expected in the near future,” said Capt Hisham.
 
Meanwhile complementing the deepening of the channel, Northport announced plans to develop a new dedicated terminal for the ultra large “Suez Max” class vessels, in excess of 12,000 TEUs. The terminal development forms part of the RM585 million expansion plan. The new generation mega size vessels, which require deep draft, will be berthed at the new 350 metre berth (Berth 8A) that is being developed linearly as an extension to the Container Terminal 3.
 
Northport has also made provision to deepen the harbor basin at the approach channel leading from Labuan Gurap. The approach channel to Southpoint, which is a conventional cargo hub port, will be deepened to 11.5 metres to cater for the bigger draft ships while the turning basin will be further dredged to allow 200 metre-long vessels to enter and leave the Southpoint without any problem.
 
The initiative to expand the facilities and services at South point is consistent with recent trends reflected in the arrival more conventional cargo ships, especially from the various neighboring ports.
 
Northport will be widening the current surface span of wharves 3, 4 and 5 that stretch 430 metres to 47 metres, across from the present 15.2 metres. In addition to widening of the surface area, work also involves the installation of new fenders to take the impact of bigger vessels up to 80,000 displacement tones.

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