PETALING JAYA: More youths ought to enterprise into the field of marine engineering as there’s excessive demand, each domestically and overseas, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
The Transport Minister stated it was a vast field with many opportunities for these planning to enter it.
Dr Wee stated this throughout a working go to to Kemaman Port in Terengganu and onboard Inai Kenanga, a trailer suction hopper dredger (TSHD) to see the dredging work.
“During the official working go to to Kemaman Port, I additionally had the chance to board Inai Kenanga to see the dredging work led by Capt Sharani Fitri with his first officer, Sam Nur Arif.
“For now, Inai Kenanga has a crew of fifty and 95% of them are locals,” he stated on his Facebook on Saturday (Jan 15).
Dr Wee stated Inai Kenanga was a Malaysian vessel inbuilt Pulau Indah in 2013 utilizing native experience collectively with these from Europe, Japan and Korea and subsequently commissioned in 2016.
It was owned by Syarikat Inai Kiara Sdn Bhd, the dad or mum firm of Integrated Marine Works Sdn Bhd (IMW).
“It is well-known that IMW is a wholly bumiputera-owned firm that has experience in marine engineering and has over 20 years of expertise in marine dredging and reclamation work.
“Since it began operations, Inai Kenanga has efficiently accomplished 18 dredging tasks,” he stated, including that the vessel had a dredging waste materials capability of 33,300 cubic metres.
“It is the biggest TSHD in Asia and the third largest on this planet, additionally essentially the most superior with the most recent gear,” he added.
Dr Wee famous that the Malaysian authorities had entrusted IMW to a 15-year concession to hold out reclamation and dredging works in any respect main ports nationwide, in addition to all port tasks involving Federal funds.
“This concession settlement is a continuation of the earlier one which was inked for 15 years from 2004 to 2019,” he stated.
