Bulog imports disrupting activities at Tanjung Priok<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port is still bogged
\ndown with foodstuff imports belonging to the National Logistics
\nAgency (Bulog), which lacks enough warehouse space to store the
\ngoods.<\/p>\n
A statement issued by Tanjung Priok's central management
\noffice said that eight vessels carrying Bulog's imports, mostly
\nrice and sugar, are still anchored offshore.<\/p>\n
Antara quoted the port management as saying Wednesday that the
\neight vessels are carrying 17,850 tons of rice and 71,058 tons of
\nsugar.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, the only reason for the delay is
\nthe unpreparedness of Bulog and its warehouses. A number of docks
\nare empty and ready to receive the incoming vessels, which have
\nrequested permission to berth.<\/p>\n
Bulog's imports have been a burden on the port since they
\nstarted arriving earlier this year. Earlier reports said that
\nBulog's warehouses are packed with goods owned by a private
\ncompany.<\/p>\n
Henry, a spokesman for state-owned PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II
\nwhich manages the port, said yesterday that the delays caused by
\nBulog could damage the port's credibility and are slowing the
\nport's efforts to improve and speed up its services.<\/p>\n
He said that Bulog's vessels were actually given priority to
\nunload because they contain vital foodstuffs.<\/p>\n
Currently, seven of Bulog's ships are being unloaded at the
\nport. Three contain 34,688 tons of rice and the other four have
\n55,125 tons of sugar, he said.<\/p>\n
According to port management records, Bulog has, since January
\nthis year, unloaded 390,545 tons of imported rice carried by 32
\nships, 132,806 tons of sugar carried by 11 ships and 81,028 tons
\nof soybean carried by four vessels.<\/p>\n
Bulog's vessels are among the 42 anchored offshore.<\/p>\n
From the 42 ships, 10 have broken down and are waiting to be
\nfixed, six are waiting for local agents to unload their cargo,
\none is waiting for a space at the conventional harbor, two are
\nwaiting for a space at the container harbor and one is a military
\nship waiting for an order.<\/p>\n
Two other ships are offshore waiting for their cargo to be
\nloaded, four have been allocated spaces at the dock and are
\nwaiting to be berthed at the conventional and container terminals
\nand eight are waiting to be berthed at the harbor of the state
\noil company Pertamina. (pwn)<\/p>",
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