Foreign ships warned<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Sea Transportation Soentoro
\nhas said he will take legal action against foreign shipping
\ncompanies and their agents which transport cargo or pick up empty
\ncontainers at undesignated domestic ports.<\/p>\n
Soentoro said he would not hesitate to revoke the shipping
\npermits of domestic firms which acted as the agents of foreign
\nvessels, if they violated this ruling.<\/p>\n
Under government regulations, foreign vessels are not allowed
\nto transport cargo or empty containers between domestic ports
\nwhere they are only scheduled to unload or berth.<\/p>\n
"The rules may seem very strict, but actually it is quite
\ncommon because most international shipping rules apply this
\nprinciple of cabotage," Soentoro said, reported Bisnis Indonesia.<\/p>\n
He said that by complying with the regulations, cargo and
\nempty container traffic would flow smoothly.<\/p>\n
He expected this would also help to increase the amount of
\ndomestic cargo transported by Indonesian fleets to about 70
\npercent in the next two years.<\/p>\n
Currently, about 84.3 million tons, or 54.5 percent of
\ndomestic cargo is carried by Indonesian vessels and the remaining
\n70.3 million tons, or 45.5 percent, is transported by foreign
\nvessels.<\/p>\n
"I have asked provincial and local staffer of the ministry and
\nthose working at ports to keep a close watch on the activities of
\nforeign ships," he said. (pwn)<\/p>",
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