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Daily Express
25-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Express
POIC Lahad Datu Port offers support
Published on: Sunday, May 25, 2025 Published on: Sun, May 25, 2025 Text Size: The POIC Lahad Datu Port. LAHAD DATU: POIC Lahad Datu Port is offering its facilities as an alternative for traders and shippers in the State's east coast who have been affected by congestion at Tawau Port. The port, located within POIC Lahad Datu Industrial Park, is positioning itself as a ready and convenient option for cargo movement. 'We are seeking to clear up what we believe to be some gaps in understanding POIC's port capacity and its commitment to complementing trade, particularly among port users, including the Sabah Timber Industries Association (STIA),' said Datuk Fredian Gan, Group Chief Executive Officer of POIC Sabah Sdn Bhd. He said the State-owned company develops and operates the port, which includes dedicated terminals for container cargo, liquid bulk such as crude palm oil and dry bulk cargo including fertilisers. Subscribe or LOG IN to access this article. Support Independant Journalism Subscribe to Daily Express Malaysia Access to DE E-Paper Access to DE E-Paper Exclusive News Exclusive News Invites to special events Invites to special events Giveaways & Rewards 1-Year Most Popular (Income Tax Deductible) Explore Plans Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Daily Express
24-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Express
POIC Lahad Datu offers relief for East Coast trade congestion
Published on: Saturday, May 24, 2025 Published on: Sat, May 24, 2025 Text Size: KOTA KINABALU: POIC Lahad Datu Port is positioning itself as a viable alternative for traders facing congestion at Tawau Port. POIC Sabah CEO Datuk Fredian Gan said the port, with facilities for container, liquid, and dry bulk cargo, is ready to support east coast trade needs. Operational since 2013 and declared a public port in 2022, it now welcomes regional and international shipping. Gan highlighted recent efficient handling of large-scale cargo and encouraged shippers to consider the port's capabilities and accessibility. * Read full report in tomorrow's print paper or log in or sign up for e-paper and premium online news access. * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Borneo Post
24-05-2025
- Business
- Borneo Post
POIC Lahad Datu Port offers support to east coast traders
Gan LAHAD DATU (May 24): The ports at POIC Lahad Datu industrial park here are a ready and convenient alternative to merchants and shippers in the east coast of Sabah. Traders troubled by congestion at the Tawau Port can look to the POIC Lahad Datu Port as their port of choice. 'We are seeking to clear up what we believe to be some gaps (in understanding POIC's port capacity and its commitment to complementing trade) with the port users, including the Sabah Timber Industries Association (STIA),' said Datuk Fredian Gan, the Group Chief Executive Officer of POIC Sabah Sdn Bhd. The state-owned company, POIC, develops and operates the POIC Lahad Datu Port, which has dedicated terminals for container cargo, liquid bulk cargo such as crude palm oil, and dry bulk cargo including fertilizers. Users of the Tawau Port, managed by Sabah Ports Sdn Bhd have recently been affected by handling congestion at its container terminal due to equipment breakdown. 'The breakdown and the resulting congestion are unfortunate. In the interim, we (POIC Lahad Datu Port) like to offer ourself as an alternative,' said Gan. The POIC port, situated within the industrial park, has been operational for over a decade. It commenced operations in 2013 with the dry and liquid bulk terminals, followed by the container terminal in 2019. On 29th June 2022, the port was officially declared a public port which opened access to regional and international shipping activities. Investors at POIC Lahad Datu view the port-within-a-park concept as a unique advantage for the efficient movement of goods. 'We have an experienced port crew operating an excellent set of port facilities,' said Gan; alluding to recent handling of super heavy-duty, containerised batteries for the 100MWno Battery Energy Storage System of the Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd. The system, placed at Dam Road, Lahad Datu, is targeted to begin operation this June.
Borneo Post
23-04-2025
- Business
- Borneo Post
Joint KPIs key to Sabah's biomass potential
Fredian Gan KOTA KINABALU (April 23): A 'joint KPI' approach could lead to closer inter-institution collaboration and result of better and wider outcome for the state, said POIC Sabah Sdn Bhd Group Chief Executive Officer Datuk Fredian Gan. 'The entire government apparatus is all for the promotion of state interest, but in the pursuit of their respective KPI (key performance indicator), priorities necessarily diverge and unwittingly result in detriments to the state overall,' he said echoing sentiments expressed during the recent biomass conference in Kuala Lumpur. At the 5th International Oil Palm Biomass Conference on April 14-15, speaker representing the Research Institute for Sustainable Excellence and Leadership lamented about the lack of success in Malaysia's pursuit of downstream utilisation of oil palm biomass, and opined that closer collaboration between stakeholders is a path to success. He advocated the 'joint KPI' approach. 'POIC is in full agreement based on our own experience in trying to promote the industrialisation of biomass. We found that even with the National Biomass Strategy (launched 2011) behind us, we struggled with other stakeholders, and still striving for a breakthrough,' said Gan. Recent estimates presented at the Oil Palm Biomass Conference indicate that Malaysia generates approximately 100 million dry tons of oil palm biomass annually, with Sabah accounting for nearly 30% of this total. According to the National Biomass Strategy 2020, downstream utilisation of this biomass has the potential to contribute over RM30 billion in revenue to the nation's economy. However, despite this immense opportunity, the sector's full potential remains largely untapped — due to a plethora of issues divergent stakeholder interests and priorities the potentials. 'I think the message from the conference is a reminder that the stakeholders need to be brought together to draw up a shared KPI, or a joint or integrated one so that the wider state objective towards fully realising the billion-ringgit biomass potential could be achieved.' Gan said the concept of shared KPI is well known in that it enables the partners to achieve improved performances in their respective spheres, enhance collaboration between the parties and minimise conflicts via pre-emptive measures. He cited as example the Sabah Biomass Policy which introduced export levy on Sabah's biomass. The levy is part of a broader policy to regulate biomass export and promote downstream processing within the State. Oil palm biomass include the oil palm fronds available from the pruning in the process of harvesting, and trunks when old palm trees are felled to make way for replanting. The milling of the fruits produces crude palm oil, empty fruit bunches and mesocarp fibres and the mill discharge yields the palm oil mill effluent, or POME. The crushing of the oil palm core (the kernel) produces the palm kernel oil and shells. All this biomass, previously simply called wastes, can be used for anything from animal feed, fertilisers, or processed into bio-fuel, bio chemicals, activated carbon and use as feedstock for renewable energy power generation. POME emits large quantities of methane. The trapping of this greenhouse gas to generate electricity is now carried out in some of the 130-plus oil palm mills in Sabah particularly among those under the state-owned oil palm giant, Sawit Kinabalu Sdn Bhd.
