JICT opens direct link to India<\/p>\n
The Singapore-registered MV Sima Kija docked at the Jakarta
\nInternational Container Terminal (JICT) in Tanjung Priok on
\nThursday, marking the opening of a direct India-Jakarta Straits
\n(IJS) service.<\/p>\n
The container vessel has a deadweight of 17,030 tons and 790
\ntwenty-feet equivalent unit (TEU) capacity.<\/p>\n
Simatech Shipping LLC started its IJS service at the JICT with
\na port rotation of Jakarta-Singapore-Navasheva (India)-Colombo-
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
JICT president director WS Wirjawan said the opening of the
\nnew direct service proved that Jakarta was more than ready to
\nhandle more direct vessels efficiently and accurately.<\/p>\n
\"We will continue soliciting new direct services to berth at
\nJICT to make it unnecessary for local exporters and importers to
\npay a double handling charge and other inefficient costs,\" he
\nsaid in a media statement.<\/p>\n
Indonesia exported and imported a total of 5.5 million TEU
\ncontainers last year, with 80 percent of them passing through
\nSingapore.<\/p>\n
The government has been working to overcome the notorious
\ninefficiency and rampant illegal fees in Indonesian ports as part
\nof an effort to slash the high cost economy and boost the
\ncompetitiveness of Indonesian products on the global market. --
\nJP<\/p>",
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