Quick removal of containers encouraged<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has told the Ministry of
\nTransportation to force owners of containers at Tanjung Priok
\nport to remove their containers immediately after arrival to
\nreduce the pile-up.<\/p>\n
Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto said yesterday
\nthe President had asked him to reduce the congestion at the
\nport's container terminal.<\/p>\n
\"Many container owners delay picking up their containers from
\nthe terminal for as long as six days, as they are only charged a
\none-day fee. This causes congestion at the terminal,\" Haryanto
\nsaid after a meeting with the President.<\/p>\n
Existing regulations say imported containers are allowed to
\nstay up to six days at the port with a one-day charge, but from
\nthe seventh day owners have to pay a daily parking fee.<\/p>\n
Haryanto said that usually only 10 percent of containers were
\nremoved on the day they arrive. The number declined to 2 percent
\non the second day, and 0.9 percent on the third day, he said.<\/p>\n
On the fourth day the average container outflow rose to 11.7
\npercent, while on the fifth day it could reach 61 percent, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The pile-up poses problems for the 596-hectare container
\nterminal's management.<\/p>\n
At yesterday's meeting, Haryanto and Jakarta's Governor
\nSurjadi Soedirdja reported to the President on the progress of
\nthe reclamation project along the city's North Jakarta coast.<\/p>\n
The Tanjung Priok port will be expanded to 1,668 hectares.<\/p>\n
The expansion would increase the port's receiving capacity to
\nsix million TEUS (twenty feet equivalent units) a year from 1.8
\nmillion TEUS, he said.<\/p>\n
The port will then be able to handle general cargo of about
\n170,000 tons a day, he said. (das)<\/p>",
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