ACC Secretary-General Visited Muara Port in Brunei

On 13 August 2017, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) paid a visit to Muara Port Company Sdn Bhd, learning about the operation and management and exchanging views with Mr. Davie Dai, Director and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Zhong Kunyu, Manager of Marketing and Business Development Department, Mr. Yang Weihui, Manager of Human Resources and Administration Department and Mr. Lu Kai, Manager of Containers Operating Department. Mrs. Wang Yan, Head of Political and Cultural Section of the Chinese Embassy in Brunei accompanied the visit.

Mr. Davie Dai briefed that since its establishment, Muara Port Company has actively upgraded and transformed facilities and managing system of the port which has remarkably improved operating efficiency. In the future, the Company will focus on making the port to be the one with more efficiency, larger scale and more powerful of international competitiveness. Meanwhile, the Company would establish Muara Port Industrial Park based on the Port to push forward economic and social development as well as raise people’s living standard in Brunei.

Secretary-General Yang Xiuping spoke highly of the unremitting endeavour and achievements of Muara Port’s Managed by Beibu Gulf Port Holding (HK) Co. Ltd. She said that China and ASEAN set up China-ASEAN Port City Cooperation Network as early as 2013. Since then, the two sides implemented fruitful exchanges and cooperation. She hoped that the Company could fully make use of self-advantages and continuously forge ahead to realize mutual benefit and win-win result. ACC would like to continuously play the role as bridge and support the exchanges and cooperation between enterprises of China and ASEAN to benefit the people of both sides.

Muara Port is the largest port and also the main international trade passage in Brunei. Brunei Muara Port Sdn Bhd is a joint venture co-established by Beibu Gulf Port Holding (HK) Co. Ltd. and Darussalam Assets Sdn Bhd. It officially took over Container Pier of Muara Port on 15 February 2017, and would entirely take over the management of the whole port within this year.