Storage, Handling and Transportation of Palm Oil Products

 The system and regulations applied on handling, storage and transport of palm oil products in Malaysia in.

1.  Scope
   Applies to the handling, land transport and storage of products from palm and palm kernel including OPS, FFB, PK, PKC, crude and processed PO and crude processed PKO.
   
   
2. Oil Palm Germinated Seeds
   
   1. Pre-Transportation Handling
   2. Transportation
      
      
3. Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB)
   1. Post Harvesting Handling
   2. Transport of FFB to the Mil
   3. Handling of FFB at the Palm Oil Mill
      
      
4. Palm Kernel
   
   1. Handling and storage
   2. Transportation
      
      
5. Palm Kernel Cake
   
   1. Storage at warehouse
   2. Transportation
      
      
6. Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil And Their Product
   
   1. Storage and handling
   2. Operations
   3. Transportation of palm oil and palm kernel oil in lorry tankers
   
   
    

Q+A -World Bank's Latest Palm Oil Move To Spur Industry Expansion?

06/04/2011 (Reuters) - The World Bank last week lifted an 18-month global ban on lending for new palm oil investments after a review, a move that may spur some expansion in the $30 billion industry. 

The poverty-fighting institution suspended investments in September 2009 after an independent body found that it did not have a concrete strategy for dealing with the palm oil sector despite social and environmental concerns raised by activists. 

The ban and review followed complaints in 2007 by smallholder and indigenous groups in the world's top palm oil producer Indonesia relating to investments by the World Bank's private sector lender in Singapore-listed Wilmar's units. 

Here are some questions and answers on the latest move by the World Bank, which now plans to focus on supporting small farmers that make up at least 40 percent of global output:

WILL SCRAPPING THE BAN SPUR MORE LENDING TO PALM OIL SECTOR?

To an extent, the World Bank's move to lift its ban and issue new lending guidelines that favour smallholders may help boost the palm oil sector's credentials as an eco-friendly, poverty fighting industry that attracts global finance. 

The World Bank's own financial investments into the sector before the ban are relatively small at $132 million, equal to a third of funds allocated for 2011 capital expenditure for Singapore listed Golden Agri Resources , an Indonesian analyst said. 

Banks like Standard Chartered and HSBC have similar guidelines already in place and Norway's oil sovereign fund has an ethics council that scrutinises investments. 

Green groups say there needs to be more rigorous enforcement of these guidelines as palm oil firms like Wilmar, Malaysia's Sime Darby and Golden Agri Resources are looking to expand and tap booming demand. 

WHICH PLANTERS, COUNTRIES WILL WORLD BANK LENDING GO TO? 

It is too soon to say which palm oil firms will take up lending although the World Bank has said it will restart talks with companies over possible investments it delayed when the ban was enforced. 

Companies that have a proven track record with passing on technical skills and engaging in contract farming with smallholders will likely be given lending. Smallholder co-operatives will be another target. 

And the main focus will be Indonesia and Africa as well as South American regions that show the greatest potential for land expansion, have low palm oil yields and belong to developing or low-income nation status. 

HAS THERE BEEN ANY PRICE IMPACT FROM THE WORLD BANK MOVE?

No. It is too soon to forecast how much oil palm expansion will come from the World Bank and boost production of the tropical oil. 

Analysts say global palm oil output will rise about 4 percent to 47 million tonnes this year on bigger maturing acreage in top producers Indonesia and Malaysia as well as favourable weather patterns. 

World Bank Lending

POIC: Sabah Oil Palm Industry Latest Development

State-owned POIC Sabah Sdn Bhd is set to play a key role in the oil palm biomass industry with long-term supply of large quantities of the agricultural waste.

The company believes that the state’s biomass industry can take off as it has been able to obtain empty fruit bunches (EFB) for various downstream biomass activities.

“We have managed to secure a long-term annual supply of 300,000 tonnes of wet EFB and we expect this to be taken up by investors very soon,” said Datuk Dr Pang Teck Wai, chief executive officer of the company developing the Lahad Datu palm oil industrial cluster (POIC Lahad Datu).

He said POIC Sabah had “gone out on a limb” to secure the supply to bring about “some semblance of framework and price mechanism”.

“We felt that there has been enough talk about the problems and decided that we needed to take the lead in order for the biomass industry to have a shot at success,” he said.

He added that Sabah, being the largest oil palm producing state in the country, should rightfully take the lead.

Declining to disclose prices and details of its procurement mechanism, Dr Pang said that POIC Sabah’s main aim in being an EFB procurer was to inject confidence among investors.

“The investors are out there waiting to get their hands on EFB but they have not been able to do so because of the unregulated environment.

“What we have done is fulfil our role as a promoter of oil palm-related downstream processing industries – not only at POIC Lahad Datu but the rest of the state.

“This is so that our resources can be maximised for our economy’s expansion,” he added.

Oil palm trees produce five types of biomass useful for numerous downstream uses, including mesocarp fibre, palm kernel shells, EFBs, oil palm trunks and fronds.

Oil palm contributes to over 40% of Sabah’s gross domestic product .

It is set to grow in significance with mechanisation, higher yield and better oil extraction rate.

“With our ready EFB supply, we would like to tell investors to come talk with us and let us be partners to launch the biomass industry,” said Dr Pang.

Meanwhile, work on a combined heat and power plant owed by a Korean company at POIC Lahad Datu is on schedule, with the 23MW plant to be operational by 2012.

Owned by Eco Biomass Energy Sdn Bhd, the company aims to use oil palm waste such as EFB to generate steam and electricity.

The company purchased land at POIC Lahad in 2007 but had not been able to begin construction until recently due to difficulties in securing long-term supply of feedstock.

Sabah

Thailand Cooking Oil Shortage: Imported RBD palm oil to be sold in market next week

28/01/2011 (Mcot), Bangkok - Thirty-thousand tonnes of RBD refined palm oil (refined, bleached and deodorised) which the government ordered earlier were imported from Malaysia to be sold in the Thai market next week, according to the director-general of the Internal Trade Department.

Director General Watcharee Vimuktayon said the RBD palm oil arrived in Thailand and will all enter the country by Jan 31. Thai producers have taken the palm oil to the refinery, and resale is expected at retail stores and department stores next week.

According to Ms Watcharee, the imported palm oil are to be packaged in bottles and one litre plastic bags.

The bottled imported palm oil of all brands will have blue lid covers but the price will still be at no more than Bt47 per unit.

The palm oil in plastic bags will be sold at no more than Bt45, while there will also be the tag of a manufacturing date in blue.

Commerce Ministry will closely monitor on this merchandise in term of production process, transportation of goods and retailing.

In addition, the ministry will propose on Feb 1 to the Palm Oil Policy Committee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, at least 100,000 more tonnes of palm oil will be imported to compensate for the palm oil shortage in the country.

The latest arrival of the imported RDB palm oil is expected at the beginning of March.

Thailand Food