Port development needs breakthrough: INSA<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Angered by what it sees as inefficiency at international ports
\nthroughout the country, the Indonesian National Shipowners
\nAssociation (INSA) has called for massive improvements in the
\nmanagement of ports.<\/p>\n
\"Inefficiency at ports has caused direct annual losses of more
\nthan US$20 million to the shipping industry,\" INSA chairman
\nOentoro Surya said on Monday.<\/p>\n
He said inefficiency at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta
\ncaused an average two-day wait for ships to dock at the port.
\nThis results in higher waiting fees for the shipping industry.<\/p>\n
The port website says the current hourly waiting fee ranges
\nbetween Rp 120,000 (US$12.80) and Rp 1 million for domestic ships
\nand between $145 and $1,700 for foreign ships.<\/p>\n
Oentoro said because Tanjung Priok Port, the country's largest
\ninternational port, was so poorly managed, there was a need to
\ndevelop new ports to increase the country's international
\ncompetitiveness.<\/p>\n
\"Rehabilitating the old port would be difficult because there
\nis a lack of access and the surrounding area is occupied by
\nresidents,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Tanjung Priok Port -- occupying 604 hectares of land and 424
\nhectares of breakwater area -- has three container terminals and
\nis operating at only half its capacity.<\/p>\n
According to a 2003 study by the Institute for Management at
\nthe University of Indonesia's School of Economics (LM-FEUI), the
\nannual capacity of Tanjung Priok Port is 1.1 million TEU (20 foot
\nequivalent unit) while the forecast demand in 2012 is about four
\nmillion TEU.<\/p>\n
In line with suggestions from the INSA, the Jakarta
\nadministration and the LM-FEUI will host an international
\nworkshop on March 21 and March 22 to find suitable models for the
\ndevelopment of new ports.<\/p>\n
Media have reported that the city administration plans to
\nbuild the Jakarta New Port to support export and import
\nactivities.<\/p>\n
The focus of the Rp 8.1 trillion plan -- based on a study by
\nthe Japanese International Cooperation Agency -- is to develop a
\nspecial car terminal needed by many Japanese car manufacturers
\nexporting their products to the ASEAN region, LM-FEUI director of
\nresearch and consulting Toto Pranoto said.<\/p>\n
The project, which would be located on reclaimed land in East
\nAncol, North Jakarta, has been opposed by state port operator
\nPelindo II, which says it plans to construct an integrated port
\nin the same area. (003)<\/p>",
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