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The Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) and Marseilles
Fos Port Authority (MFPA) have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding to boost their
strategic partnership through joint exploration.
The agreement will have both ports exploring and
implementing a coordinated marketing approach
concept for the distribution of halal products
in Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said
the MoU includes an exchange of technical
assistance, traffic developments and promotion
of activities.
He pointed out that the entry port of Marseilles
surrounding the Mediterranean region has over
150 million Muslims.
“PKFZ can tap into this as an added value for
the transshipment of halal products from
neighbouring countries not to mention the vast
number of halal products in Malaysia.
“Smart partnership and strategic alliances
should be undertaken by ports for the mutual
benefit of all parties concerned,” he said in
his speech at the signing ceremony of the halal
hub cooperation in a hotel here yesterday.
Also present were Port Klang Authority chairman
Datuk Lee Hwa Beng and MFPA commercial director
Monica Bonvalet.
Ong added that the successful relationship
between the Malaysian and French ports has
brought about cross interaction between the two
ports as well as the shipping communities in
both countries.
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