KUCHING: Borneo Asphalt Sdn Bhd (BASB) wishes to inform that they are willing to support JKR contractors on any shortfall of bitumen supply.
“The objective of setting up BASB, which commenced operations in January 2021, was to ensure uninterrupted supplies of bitumen for road construction in Sarawak, particularly the Pan Borneo Highway and we are committed to fulfil that aspiration,” said general manager of BASB Zamsury Kushaili.
At the moment the company has 3,000 metric tonnes of bitumen available which under normal circumstances should be adequate to cover 30 kilometres of road construction.
“There was only a minor glitch on July 1 which was immediately rectified within 24 hours according to the normal industry standards. The glitch did not affect the distribution of bitumen to the market,” said its head of independent oil terminal (IOT), Ismail Julaihi.
“Currently, we have ample bitumen stock available in our storage. The contractors are always welcome to get their supplies at IOT depot at any time”, he further added.
Both IOT and BASB bitumen depots are located at Senari Synergy Industrial Complex in Senari, Kuching and have been handling bitumen lifting of between 200 to 250 metric tons per day.
