（吉隆坡22日讯）IJM（IJM，3336，主板建筑股）旗下关丹港口财团私人有限公司（简称KPC）预期，今年杪开始建设全新30亿令吉的深海码头。
根据《星报》报道，大马半岛最著名的码头———关丹港口，将在年杪前扩展港口容量至5200万吨，从支线港（Feeder Port）转型为大型港口。
IJM董事经理兼总执行长拿督郑建民表示，首阶段扩展计划将耗资约20亿令吉。
“建筑工程将耗时2至3年竣工。配合我们的扩展计划，政府也将着手建设防波堤。我们的计划包括建设新码头、供应器械和疏浚。”
他相信，扩展计划将可吸引超大型船只选择进入关丹港口。
整体上，港口业务和大道特许经营都属于基建部分；截至今年3月31日的财年，写下4亿7400万令吉营业额，其中港口业务贡献约2亿令吉。
根据东海岸经济特区大蓝图，关丹港口获点名为特区内的综合工业与物流中心。
IJM早前透过独资子公司Road Builder（马）控股有限公司，与中国的广西北部湾国际港务集团签署备忘录，以3亿1000万令吉脱售KPC的40%股权予后者，借此引进策略伙伴。
文章转引自：马来西亚《南洋商报》，2013年7月23日。
Port operator to start building Rm3bil deepwater terminal by the end of the year
IJM Corp Bhd’s port business, via Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd (KPC), is expected to start construction of its new RM3bil deepwater terminal by year-end.
Kuantan Port, the most prominent maritime terminal in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, will double up its capacity by the end of the expansion to 52 million freight weight tonnes (fwt) per year.
This should transform it to a megasized port from its current feeder port status.
This sizeable expansion plan, comparable to other mega-port expansions that are currently taking place in the country, is riding on the entrance of a strategic investor from China and the hinterland development plan in Kuantan.
IJM’s wholly owned unit, Road Builder (M) Holdings Bhd, had entered into a memorandum of understanding with China’s Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co Ltd for the disposal of a 40% stake in KPC for RM310mil early this year, with the definitive agreement to be inked soon.
Guangxi Beibu is currently operating four ports, namely, Fangchenggang Port, Qinzhou Port, Tieshan Port and Beihai Port, in southern China.
According to IJM chief executive officer and managing director Datuk Teh Kean Ming (pic), phase 1 of the expansion is expected to cost RM2bil.
Construction should begin by yearend.
“The construction should take two to three years to complete. The Government is building a breakwater in the sea that would complement our expansion at the moment.
“Our expansion includes the construction of a new wharf, the procurement of equipment as well as dredging.
“All these should be conducive factors to attract ultra-sized ships to call on our port,” he told StarBiz recently.
Teh said in the IJM Group, the port business came under the infrastructure division alongside toll concession that recorded a total revenue of RM474.1mil in the last financial year ended March 31. From the amount, the port contributed about RM200mil.
On demand, Teh said it would come from containers and bulk cargoes.
“Under the East Coast Economic Region master plan, Kuantan Port City has been identified as the integrated industrial and logistics hub for the region.
“The industrial activities expected to be developed include the Kuantan Integrated Biopark, the bio-fuel industrial cluster, the downstream petrochemical cluster, iron and steel industries and the automotive cluster.
“The catalyst for building this deepwater terminal is due to the current port reaching its maximum handling capacity in the next few years, as well as fulfilling the demand for bigger ships in tandem with the evolution of ships.
“Bigger ships calling would enable Kuantan Port to be a transshipment hub in the region,” he said.
Kuantan Port is strategically located facing China, which is destined to be the world’s biggest economy, and is one of the biggest trading partners of Malaysia today.
SOURCE: The Star, 22 July 2013.
