A PTP spokesman said Pemsea was a regional programme brought about by the collaboration among the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Global Environment Facility (GEF) and 12 countries bordering the East Asian Seas (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Vietnam, South Korea, North Korea, the Philippines, Japan, Brunei and Cambodia). 

PTP has been participating in the programme for the past two years. 

The spokesman said the objective of the project was to develop a strategic management framework to ensure a safe and environment-friendly operation while protecting the health of port workers. 

PTP CEO Harun Johari received the award on behalf of PTP from Dr Chua Thia-Eng, regional programme director of Pemsea in Haikou, the capital of Hainan Province in China, recently. 

Harun said the introduction of an integrated management system in PTP had “proven to be positive for the port, not only in promoting and enhancing a culture of safety, heath and environmental protection into the business process of the port, but also in improving the corporate image of PTP by being one of the few ports in the region which is committed to adopting an internationally recognised management system”. – Bernama