JICT begins direct call shipment services<\/p>\n
Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) began on
\nSunday operating its direct call shipment services, which would
\nallow cargo shipments from the country to go directly to far-
\nflung overseas destinations without having to make a transfer at
\nports in Singapore or Malaysia.<\/p>\n
The new service will allow Indonesian exporters to save money
\nand time in their cargo shipment.<\/p>\n
Previously, most Indonesian exports had to be transported by
\nsmaller feeder vessels which unload the cargo on to larger
\n"mother vessels" berthed in Singapore or Malaysia, mainly because
\nof the inability of local ports to accommodate large ships.<\/p>\n
JICT president W.S. Wirjawan told reporters that the new
\nservices would allow local exporters to save between US$50 and
\n$60 for each twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) container.<\/p>\n
"For example, if JICT receives three vessels every week with a
\n2,000-TEU capacity, it serves about 300,000 TEUs per year," he
\nsaid. "Just multiply 300,000 by $50, the result is Indonesian
\nexporters will collectively save about $15 million a year."<\/p>\n
JICT now has seven operating berths in its Terminal I in
\nTanjung Priok, North Jakarta. One berth can accommodate seven
\nvessels a week.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a study made by the government estimated that each
\nyear Indonesian exporters were losing around Rp 6.3 trillion
\n($715 million) in double-handling costs in Singapore and
\nMalaysia.<\/p>\n
JICT has spent some $70 million to upgrade its terminal
\nfacilities so that the direct call service can be made.<\/p>\n
This year the company will purchase more cranes and trucks,
\ndevelop its information technology system and build a new berth.<\/p>\n
Currently three international shipping lines including CMA-
\nCGM, Grand Alliance and AAA Service have agreed to add Jakarta to
\ntheir international rotation.<\/p>\n
The first international shipper that berthed its vessel at
\nJICT terminal on Sunday was France shipping company CMA-CGM whose
\nroute includes Singapore, Malaysia, France, the Netherlands,
\nGermany and Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Wirjawan said that JICT had invited other companies to use the
\nservices. By the end of this year, JICT hopes to add at least
\nfive others to its current list of three shippers which have used
\nthe new terminal.<\/p>\n
The company has said that the JICT quay facility would reach a
\nspan of 2.5 kilometers with 20 cranes operating and 100 hectares
\nof storage space.<\/p>\n
Wirjawan added that it would enable the terminal to enhance
\nits installed container capacity to 3 million TEUs from the
\ncurrent 2.3 million TEUs.<\/p>\n
JICT, formerly state-owned, is essentially run more like a
\nprivate firm as 51 percent of its shares are owned by Hong Kong-
\nbased Hutchison Port Holding Group and 48.9 percent by the state-
\nowned seaport company PT Pelindo II.<\/p>",
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