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 January 2008.
Evacuation Drill for Safety
Awareness
As part of the Building Management’s effort
in making IMS a safer working environment, we successfully conducted an
Emergency Evacuation Drill on the 21st December 2007.
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.
Maersk Line, one of the world's
largest containership operators, remains upbeat
on the liner market despite gloomy forecasts of
overcapacity in the next few years.
Increase patrols along
Johor waters, says assemblyman
Enforcement agencies such as
the Maritime Agency and the Marine police must
increase patrols along Johor waters to prevent
further intrusion of the state’s islands.
The impact of rising
fuel cost on shipping
Rising fuel cost will affect
cargo shipping cost and global trade said
Malaysian Shipowners Association (MASA).
Logistics players
feeling the crunch
The surge in operational
costs, fuelled by the recent hike in diesel
price, may see some smaller logistics players
like SNH Global Maritime Sdn Bhd diversifying
into other segments of the transportation and
shipping sector.
PKT plans RM120mil
regional logistics hub
PKT Logistics Group Sdn Bhd
will invest about RM120mil to develop a modern
logistics infrastructure on 27 acres of
industrial land in the next three years.
Cause of concern for
small liners
Small shipping lines servicing the Asia-Europe trade are expected to face a
losing battle against bigger players when the abolishment of shipping line
conferences by the European Union (EU) takes effect on Oct 18.
Call for speedy
enforcement
Port Klang's three-day free
storage period for import containers, scheduled
to be effective July 1, should not be further
postponed in line with the just-in-time practice
(JIT) that advocates efficiency, said a
prominent industry player at Port Klang.
Growth of freight
transport volume at 7%
The country is expected to
record an annual growth of 7% of freight
transport volume over the next four years,
according to Maritime Institute of Malaysia
director general Datuk Cheah Kong Wai.
Association tells
members not to pay deposits for DO
Selangor Freight Forwarders
and Logistics Association (SFFLA) will take
legal action against shipping lines and
container operators that were recently found
demanding deposits from freight forwarders to
release the delivery order (DO) document.
Forwarders worry over
free storage period
Selangor Freight Forwarders
and Logistics Association (SFFLA) is concerned
over the industry's readiness for the reduction
in free storage period for containers at Port
Klang.
