Suria Capital Group, owner of Sabah Ports, has also engaged Kalmar Asia to provide consultancy to another subsidiary, SP Satria, to improve support services to the port through a training and consultancy agreement.

Sabah Ports plans to use its Shuttle Carriers, each with a lifting capacity of 40t, to support the newly acquired mobile harbour cranes operating on extended piers. Before buying the Shuttle Carriers and mobile harbour cranes, Sabah Ports employed a ship-to-shore crane to load and offload directly to a terminal tractor, which would then transport containers to the stacking area.

As part of the agreement with Suria Capital Group, two staff from Kalmar Asia in Hong Kong will be stationed at Kota Kinabalu Port for one year to ensure the smooth implementation of the programme.

Kalmar Asia will assist SP Satria with its management control systems, key performance indicators, training plans and workshop and warehouse management systems, as well as instilling a quality preventative maintenance culture based on its work experience in Hong Kong.