JANUARY 2011 CERTIFIED ISO 9001:2008 Inside this issue 08 Focus MALAYSIA’S TOPS FOR TRADE PKA’s General Manager outlines PKA’s roles in supporting trade promotion activities through the provision of service excellence within the port and building of a business platform when embarking on trade missions. Published by PORT KLANG AUTHORITY 13 Associates Mail Bag Service 202, Jalan Pelabuhan, PRESENTING A UNITED FRONT 42005 Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia PKA business associates share their views on PKA trade mission Tel: 603-3168 8211 initiatives. Fax: 603-3167 0211 / 3168 8228 www.pka.gov.my 17 Inside PKA BEYOND PUBLIC RELATIONS The Corporate Communications department elaborates on its roles in presenting PKA’s corporate messages to the public. Management Team 18 At a Glance KEE LIAN YONG CREATING TRADING PLATFORMS PKA reports on the results of its trade missions overseas as well as General Manager reciprocal and joint trade visits. CAPT DAVID RAJAN PADMAN Assistant General Manager (Regulatory) IR A MURYTHARAN 20 Waterways Assistant General Manager (Engineering) PORTS: GATEWAYS TO NATIONAL ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY HAJI SALIHUDDIN B YUSSUF Ports are key to a nation’s economy, and to its continued Assistant General Manager (Administration) growth after recovery from a recession or depression. AZURA BT MUHAMAD Assistant General Manager (Corporate) 22 About Town PULAU KETAM All about the small, tranquil island off the coast from Port Klang. GATEWAY is the official magazine of Port Klang Authority (PKA). The publication covers issues, trends and developments affecting Port Klang and the Malaysian port 04 Port Talk industry in general. News from the local front. All care is exercised to ensure that facts presented herein are correct. PKA and its editorial and design agencies 07 Port Update shall not be held liable for any loss, action or damages The latest key performance figures for Port Klang arising from the content published in GATEWAY. 23 Radar Copyright © Port Klang Authority 2011 Upcoming events for the industry. GATEWAY A PUBLICATION OF PORT KLANG AUTHORITY SUPPORTING MALAYSIAN TRADE AT HOME AND ABROAD As 2011 unfolds, may it prove to be a prosperous, profitable and mutually beneficial year to all of us, our business associates and friends. The global position has improved from two years ago. We in Port Klang have seen a 21% increase in cargo handled, up to 8.8 million TEUs, and are very optimistic about the year ahead of us for the maritime and manufacturing community. We are looking forward to play our part in the national economy. As always, Port Klang Authority (PKA) always has to look at the bigger picture, in terms of supporting trade and investment in Malaysia. Port Klang, being Malaysia’s principal port, fulfills an important role in the regional and international trading arena. We see our core functions in facilitating, supporting and progressing trade are to ensure a vibrant, pro- business, responsive environment for international and indigenous businesses in Malaysia. This issue shows you how we carry out our functions, working together with government agencies and business associates to support their trade marketing and promotional efforts. We deeply appreciate the time and effort our business associates and partners have put into providing us their input for this issue. Our thanks go out to Alvin Chua Seng Wah, Acting President of the Selangor Freight Forwarders and Logistics Association (SFFLA), Benjamin Keng, Council Member of the Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders (FMFF), and Gan Seong Kah, Assistant General Manager of Business Development of PKFZ Sdn Bhd. In order to carry out our primary responsibilities, we at PKA must always keep up with the latest trends and concerns in the maritime industry. Indeed, since Port Klang is one of the world’s top container cargo ports, what we do and how we act has a global impact. In our new section called Waterways, which is devoted to current and significant maritime developments, we feature the role ports play in becoming a gateway to national recovery, following the global recession of 2008-2009. Of course, Port Klang is not bound by its geography and infrastructure, but is rather part of a larger community. We will continue to explore the various facets of this greater community in our other new section About Town. Our inaugural article in this section gives you a glimpse of Pulau Ketam. I am confident 2011 will be an even better year than 2010 in terms of achieving greater volume throughput and profitability. I hope that you will find the changes to Gateway make it more interesting and relevant to your interests and needs. We will continue to devote our resources to ensure that Gateway can take its place among the other ‘must-read’ industry welcome journals and magazines out there. As always, your feedback and comments are welcomed. Thank you. KEE LIAN YONG General Manager Port Klang Authority GATEWAY A PUBLICATION OF PORT KLANG AUTHORITY 0 4 PORT TALK APA SPORTS MEET SOUTH AFRICA COURTESY VISIT September 2, 2010 Delegates from Transnet, South Africa paid a courtesy visit to PKA management team. Seen in the picture are the Transnet delegates with PKA Assistant General Manager, Capt David Padman. August 1-5, 2010 Seven PKA staff recently took part in the 10th ASEAN Ports Association (APA) Sports Meet held in Bangkok, Thailand. The members were from Malaysia, Indonesia, FRANCE COURTESY VISIT Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam and Thailand. Among the September 9, 2010 sports organised were badminton, football, sepak takraw, ten-pin bowling, mini marathon and golf. The CMA CGM Malaysia delegation, led by Managing Director Mr. Simon Whitelaw paid a courtesy call to General Manager, Mr. Kee Lian Yong. DELEGATION The objective of the visit was to discuss several matters FROM THE ROYAL and to strengthen relationship between both parties. CMA AUSTRALIAN NAVY CGM is France’s largest shipping line, and the world’s 3rd-ranked. MOT VIETNAM VISIT September 18, 2010 The Ministry of Transport Vietnam, comprising 16 delegates from port authorities, port project management and October 6, 2010 consultants, made a courtesy visit to Port Klang. The objective The Australian navy, led by Commander John Stavridis of the visit was to study the and Commander Anthony Rayner, accompanied by development plans, operations, Colonel Stephen Paul, paid a courtesy call to PKA. The maintenance and environment visit was in conjunction with the arrival of two Australian management programmes in navy vessels namely HMAS Success and HMAS Arunta Port Klang. to the port. GATEWAY A PUBLICATION OF PORT KLANG AUTHORITY PORT TALK 0 5 PORT SAFETY AUDIT US NAVY COURTESY September 27, 2010 – VISIT October 1, 2010 The annual Port Safety Audit meeting this year was hosted by Port Klang Authority. The courses spanned over 5 days and involved 33 participants from various Malaysian ports. RUSSIAN NAVY COURTESY VISIT October 11, 2010 The commander of USS Abraham Lincoln paid a August 6, 2010 courtesy call to PKA General Manager, Mr Kee Lian Yong. Mr Kee is shown here presenting a memento to The Guard Missile Cruiser the commander. Moskva, belonging to the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, paid an official visit to PKA. Seen in the picture is PKA Management led by Assistant DELEGATES FROM General Manager, Capt David Padman, receiving the Russian PORT OF MANTA, Navy representatives. ECUADOR KEELUNG PORT DELEGATES October 7, 2010 Keelung Port and Wilhelmsen Ships Services, comprising 8 delegates and led by Mr Hsu Wen Liang, the Port Harbor November 9-10, 2010 Master, paid a courtesy visit to YBhg Dato’ Lee Hwa Beng and YBhg Dato’ Lee Hwa Beng received a courtesy visit by his management team. The the delegates from Port of Manta, Ecuador (Port Klang’s main purpose of the visit was to sister port) led by HE the Ambassador of Ecuador to foster closer cooperation and to Malaysia. The objective of the visit was to discuss about exchange ideas. strengthening ties between both ports. GATEWAY A PUBLICATION OF PORT KLANG AUTHORITY 0 6 APPOINTMENTS New MITI Secretary-General - Datuk Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria GATEWAY congratulates Datuk Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria on her recent appointment as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). Datuk Dr Rebecca started her career as an Administrative and Diplomatic Service officer on Dec 1, 1981. She subsequently served as Assistant Secretary of the International Trade Division in MITI from 1981 to 1992. In 2005, she was appointed as Senior Director, Investment Policy and Manufacturing Service Division of MITI before assuming the post of Deputy Secretary-General of the ministry on Sept 3, 2006. Datuk Dr Rebecca holds a PhD in Human Resource Development from the University of Georgia, Athens, United States, Masters degree in Counselling from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Malaya. New MITI Deputy Secretary-General - Zulkafli Abdul Karim GATEWAY also congratulates Zulkafli Abdul Karim on his recent appointment as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). Prior to this, he was the Senior Director of the ministry’s Strategic Planning Division. Zulkafli, 56, has a bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Malaya. He joined the Civil Service as an Administrative and Diplomatic Service officer on Jan 5, 1981. He has extensive experience in trade and industry management through his 29-year service with MITI, including as First Secretary (Economy), Malaysia’s Permanent Representative Office in Geneva, and as Malaysian Trade Commissioner in Cologne. GATEWAY A PUBLICATION OF PORT KLANG AUTHORITY PORT UPDATE 07 A SPLENDIDLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR Port Klang has sailed through the economic slump of 2009, and is set to charting new waters of growth, following an impressive 21% increase in total container cargo handled by the port in 2010; over 8.8 million TEUs! In addition, the number of ship calls have also improved, with almost 2000 more ship calls compared to 2009.