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2024 APRIL - JUN ISSUE 5

EXPERIENCED HANDS ON DECK

Anticipating and taking account of its own unique needs, each port has established in-house personnel and teams responsible
for the upkeep of critical port infrastructure. All ports’ personnel and capabilities are listed as follows:

Northport PTP

Northport has established a dedicated equipment PTP has assigned four specialised maintenance teams
maintenance team possessing technical, troubleshooting, dedicated to crane and vehicular machinery maintenance,
and schematic expertise across multiple fields. This ranges complementing each other to ensure that everything
from mechanical experts to upkeep engines, hydraulic operates efficiently and safely, preventing prolonged
systems and gearboxes, electrical experts for electrical breakdowns and maintaining a steady flow of operations.
systems including motors, control panels, wiring and
sensors, hydraulic and pneumatic system personnel to These teams comprise of the Breakdown Team, which
deal with specialised components such as pumps, valves executes troubleshooting and rapid repairs for sudden
and actuators, as well as welding and fabrication personnel equipment failures with their expertise in diagnosing
with proven skills in welding, cutting and fabricating mechanical and electrical systems, the Maintenance
metal components. Beyond qualification requirements team, which carries out routine inspections, preventive
from a vocational school, the whole team’s capabilities maintenance and part replacements, the Automation Team,
are constantly being sharpened with workshops addressing and updating processes with their programming
and safety seminars, including specialised Original and control systems knowledge, and the Reliability Team,
Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) training provided which carries out data analysis and predictive maintenance
by suppliers. using advanced techniques in anticipation of potential
problems.
Meanwhile, the port’s facility maintenance personnel are
certified for competency as chargemen, being well versed in
varying electrical work from installing and repairing wiring to Johor Port Berhad (Johor Port)
maintaining electrical systems such as Heating, Ventilation
and Air Conditioning.
The Port's Maintenance & Repair (M&R) Department
consists of two knowledgeable and experienced main
Penang Port Sdn Bhd (Penang Port) teams that handle different types of machinery in the Port.
All maintenance personnel possess different backgrounds
in mechanical, electrical and drive/control skillsets,
Penang Port’s maintenance activities for most equipment and also well equipped in disciplines such as static and
are categorised into three types, these being Preventive, rotating concepts, electrical theory, automation software,
Corrective, and Predictive maintenance. With segments and PLC programming languages.
of the team equipped to handle all three forms
of maintenance, the port’s overall Engineering team The Container Terminal Engineering team, which deals
includes individuals from different disciplines of with Johor Port Container Terminal equipment, is currently
engineering such as mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, assigned for the maintenance of nine units of Quay Crane,
structural and electronics with dedicated experts to handle 30 units of RTG, six units of Container Reach Stacker, 14
every maintenance aspect of Quay Gantry Cranes (QGC), units of Marine Loading Arms, 62 Terminal Tractors, and
Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG), Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG), 69 trailers. Meanwhile, the Bulk Terminal Engineering team
Prime Movers (PM), Reach Stackers, Empty Container oversees one Continuous Unloader Crane (CU), five units
Handlers and Forklifts. of Level Luffing Crane (LL), one unit of Bulk Gantry Crane
(BG), and Conveyors belt.
Kontena Nasional

The current maintenance team consist of appointed
contractors registered under Kontena Nasional, with the
supervision for the maintenance monitored by Kontena
Nasional’s Engineering Service Department (ESD) at Port
Klang, Penang, and Kuantan. Under ESD’s supervision, the
maintenance is divided into several processes including
Routine Service/Maintenance, PUSPAKOM Routine Check,
Preventive Maintenance, Corrective Maintenance, as well
as a check procedure called ‘Pre-Departure Check’, done
by the drivers or Rakan Khidmat Penghantaran (RKP)
to preemptively detect and rectify failures before any
movement is made.