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Joining hands to facilitate port development

Updated: 2007-03-08

Joining hands to facilitate port development

Singapore-based IMC Pan Asia Alliance Group, the Dalian Port Group and the administrative committee of the Harbor Industrial Zone in Changxing Island sign a framework agreement at the Shangri-La Hotel in Dalian recently.

The Dalian Port Group and the administrative committee of the Harbor Industrial Zone in Changxing Island have joined hands with the Singapore-based IMC Pan Asia Alliance Group to develop Changxing Island, which is part of Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning Province.

The local government said that the three parties entered into a framework agreement in Dalian recently. A number of high-ranking officials from the city government, including Dalian Mayor Xia Deren, as well as IMC Group President Cao Wenjin and Dalian Port Group Chairman Yuan Fuxiu were present at the contract signing ceremony in the local Shangri-La Hotel.

According to the agreement, the three parties will co-construct, develop and run the public port area of Changxing Island. They will also develop timber, steel and food processing industries behind the port area.

Capitalizing on the deep-sea coastline, rich port resources and abundant development space of the island, they expect to build the harbor industrial zone into a key timber processing base, an assembling and trans-shipping base for heavy steel and large-scale equipment, food storage and deep processing and trans-shipping base, as well as a trans-shipping base for containers from home and abroad.

There can thus be interaction between the public port area and the logistics and processing section of the port, providing a powerful momentum to the economy of the island.

At present, the investment ratio of the three parties is 4:4:2, that is, the Dalian Port Group 40 percent, IMC 40 percent, and Changxing Island Harbor Industrial Zone 20 percent.

In addition, IMC is planning to invest US$700 million in four projects in ship manufacturing, repairing, maintenance and adaptation, as well as a marine project.

Meanwhile, IMC will train and supply talents on port management and logistics for Changxing Island.

The coalition will no doubt speed up the construction of the port and related infrastructure, and play a pivotal role in spurring the development of port-related industries and other industry chains, the local authorities said.

IMC profile

The IMC Pan Asia Alliance Group, headquartered in Singapore, enjoys a fine reputation for its marine transportation business. It ranks among the top 10 organizations in the global chemical transportation market and is comprised of companies with diverse interests worldwide.

Strategic business interests core to the group are shipping, logistics, engineering, industrial investments, real estate and financial investments throughout Asia-Pacific with more than 5,000 employees in approximately 20 locations across the world.

 
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