Towards improving the financial performance of Kuantan Kerteh Railway System (KKRS) / Syed Abd Wahab Mohd Syed Alauddin, Kamal Zukhairi Husnin and Zahrol Azam Ahmad

Nowadays, railway services have becomes a very popular means of transport to deliver raw materials; semi manufactured goods and finished goods due to its lower transportation cost per volume. With the efficient freight railway system, goods can be delivered to their intended address on time. Rigid scheduling and destination has been overcame by the intermodal concept, which gives more flexibility in delivering the goods. With the Just In Time concept, there is a need to have an efficient freight railway system. Chemical products, which are hazardous, can be transported away from the busy road and highly populated area. Traditionally, those products were mostly transported by road with the prime mover and subjected to a very high risk from the road traffic and will caused the road congestion. As part of the social commitment by Petronas, the railway track linking the Kerteh Industrial area with Gebeng Industrial area in Pahang and Kuantan Port was built. The main objective is to provide a safe and reliable alternative means of transportation, which help to alleviate the danger in the carriage of hazardous petrochemical products and reducing traffic congestion on public roads. Kuantan Kerteh Railway System, which is the subsidiaiy of MISC Integrated Logistic was established to run this freight railways system.