Petronas awards Johor port operatorship for RAPID project to Johor Port Bhd

15-Dec-15

Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has awarded the Johor port operatorship for its Refinery and Petrochemicals Integrated Development (RAPID) project to Johor Port Bhd (JPB). As the port operator, JPB will manage the operations and logistics functions at the material offloading facility (MOLF) for Petronas’ Refinery and Petrochemicals Integrated Development (RAPID) project in Pengerang. JPB will provide comprehensive services ranging from marine services, manpower, equipment and system to operate and manage the MOLF Teluk Ramunia. MOLF Teluk Ramunia consists of four berthing facilities with water depth of 5m Chart Datum. It will be utilised to receive an estimated 3 mln tons of containerised and break bulk cargo. The cargo will be transported to the RAPID project site via the 15km heavy haul road. RAPID is Petronas’ largest green-field downstream undertaking in Malaysia, and along with its six major associated facilities, forms the Pengerang Integrated Complex.