IMS
Community Portal is aimed at
both creating a stronger community feeling among the tenants in Intan Millennium
Square (IMS) as well as
promoting IMS and its tenants to the wide world. Intan Millennium Square,
located 15kms from Port Klang, is the best known address in Malaysia for
transport and logistics companies from all over the world.
Annual Bomba Inspection for Building Fire Certificate Renewal
As part of the building safety regulations, JABATAN BOMBA DAN PENYELAMAT
MALAYSIA or BOMBA carried out a yearly building inspection in IMS for the
renewal of Building Fire Certificate on the 15th December 2008.
Evacuation Drill for Safety
Awareness
As part of the Building Management’s effort in
making IMS a safer working environment, we conduct Emergency Evacuation Drill
annually.
External Building Cleaning
and Re-painting
As part of Building Management regular maintenance programme to upkeep the
good image of IMS, a team of professional painters has been engaged to
repaint the exterior walls of the building.
The International Maritime
Organisation’s (IMO) maritime safety committee (MSC)
is urging governments and the shipping industry
to intensify as well as coordinate their efforts
to eradicate acts of piracy and armed robbery
against ships off the coast of Somalia.
Infinity unveils
‘freight village’
Infinity Logistics and
Transport Sdn Bhd has invested RM20mil in its
new “freight village” that is set to provide
cost-efficient logistics solutions for exporters
and importers in the current challenging market.
Government urged to
liberalise port tariff
The Government should liberalise port tariff to be more market driven
and enhance the competitiveness of local ports.
Freight market bottoms
out
Like life, commerce goes on,
even in recession. People make things, move
things, and sell things just in slightly smaller
quantities.
CMA CGM, Maersk join
forces
Two container shipping
giants, CMA CGM and Maersk, will join services
linking Asia and the US east and west coasts in
May.
Terrorists using sea
routes more frequently
The Mumbai terror attacks
have proven the vulnerability of sea routes,
being one of the main passages used by
terrorists.
Weighbridges in all
Westports gate lanes
All eight Westports Malaysia
Sdn Bhd gate lanes will be equipped with
weighbridges starting this week to support the
implementation of the three-day free storage
period for containers on Jan 1.
PTP on track to meet
volume target this year despite downturn
Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP)
has reiterated that it will meet its volume
target of 5.8 million 20ft equivalent units (TEUs)
this year in spite of the global economic
downturn.
Online systems for
port
Penang Port is going online
with its web-based free commercial zone system (FCZ
System) and supply bunker notification system (BunkerOnline).
Uncertain outlook for
container shipping
The container shipping
business is expected to grow below 6% next year
due to the US recession and the contraction in
the European market.