KUALA LUMPUR: Johor Port Bhd (Johor Port) expects a slight year-on-year (YoY) overall volume growth of one per cent this year, despite the impact from Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing Movement Control Orders (MCOs).
The port operator said despite a very challenging year, the company has continued to operate at an optimum level based on the port's operational requirements to ensure that there was no disruption to its import, export and logistics activities.
Critically, the challenges posed by the pandemic have presented Johor Port's management with opportunities to seek for operational efficiencies which include continuous process streamlining, upgrading of equipment and effective people management, it said in a statement today.
Johor Port chief executive officer Md Derick Basir said the port has undertaken numerous initiatives to innovate and establish Johor Port as one of the most efficient multi-purpose ports in the region.
Johor Port, a member of MMC Group, is an integrated multi-purpose port facility located at the southern tip of Peninsula Malaysia providing a comprehensive range of port services to meet the individual needs of its customer
Further, Johor Port had also rolled out its container terminal operational improvement plan focusing on productivity improvement and yard efficiency which has resulted in a better gross moves per hour (GMPH).
Cargo diversity, sustainability and resiliency has enabled the port to weather the pandemic storm.
While Covid-19 has impacted the port's clinker cargo volume due to lesser construction activities during the various MCOs and its petroleum volume, the volume for other essential products and commodities remain strong, it said.