Benalec gets DOE green light for Johor job

PETALING JAYA: Benalec Holdings Bhd has received the green light from the Department of Environment (DOE) for all three phases of its Tanjung Piai Integrated Petroleum and Petrochemical Hub and Maritime Industrial Park (TPMIP) project in Johor.

The civil engineering firm said yesterday that it had received the approval to commence reclamation works for Phase 2 and 3 of the project.

This follows the earlier approval for Phase 1 of the project in January 2015.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, the company said the Detailed Environmental Impact Assessement submitted by its 70%owned subsidiary, Spektrum Kukuh Sdn Bhd (SKSB), and Johor State Secretary Inc had received approval from the DOE for the two phases of the project last Friday.

The approval, it said, was for the balance reclamation area of 2,407 acres (of the total reclamation area of 3,487 acres).

According to reports, among the directors of SKSB are the Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Idris Sultan Ibrahim and Daing A Malek Daing A Rahaman, who are said to be partners to Benalec in the Tanjung Piai project.

The company said the approval encompasses the reclamation construction for all three phases of TPMIP, oil storage terminals and related marine facilities, which will be capable of accommodating vessels up to 350,000 deadweight tonnage.

“The approval also includes infrastructure components on TPMIP such as jetties, a land bridge connecting TPMIP to the mainland of Tanjung Piai, and drainage channel dredging activities in the waters of Tanjung Piai, Johor,” it added. Reclamation works for Phase 1 commenced in December last year after the relevant approvals were secured, and there has been formation of land covering more than 100 acres at the project to date, it said in the statement. Its reclamation and development works for the Pengerang Maritime Industrial Park at Teluk Ramunia, Johor, had also secured the development order and earthwork plan approvals.