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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.
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