Backlog of 3,100 Containers at Tanjung Priok Eases, 700 Remain
The pile-up of containers in the Tanjung Priok Customs inspection lane has begun to decrease. Previously, as many as 3,100 containers had accumulated, triggering a disruption in logistics flow at Tanjung Priok Port.
Based on monitoring by CNBC Indonesia at the Customs and Excise post at the Koja Container Terminal (TPK), North Jakarta, on Wednesday (17/6/2026) at 16:00 WIB, loading and unloading activity for inspections appeared relatively quiet. At the inspection site, checks were being conducted on frozen meat labelled with Arabic script. The examination was carried out by Customs and the Indonesian Quarantine Agency (Barantin).
Besides frozen meat, other imported goods undergoing inspection were also visible, such as imported bags, motor dynamos, plastic rolls, and various other items. However, there were no containers holding components from BYD and Wuling vehicles. Customs revealed that the BYD and Wuling containers were recorded as entering the green lane. From CNBC Indonesia’s observation, goods bearing Mandarin script, indicating they originated from China, were being checked.
Head of Tanjung Priok Customs, Adhang Noegroho Adhi, stated that the number of containers still undergoing inspection in the red lane as of 17 June 2026 had sharply declined to around 700 containers, down from 3,100 containers last May.
“From nearly 3,100 containers last May, it has now decreased to around 700 hot outstanding containers. We have resolved many of them with the provision of several additional inspection yards we prepared,” Adhang said when met by CNBC Indonesia on Wednesday (17/6/2026).
This is the result of Tanjung Priok Customs’ efforts to reduce the container backlog. Adhang explained that several measures had been prepared, ranging from increasing inspection personnel, adding inspection locations at the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) and TPK Koja, extending inspection operations into the night, to adjusting services.
“To anticipate this situation, we are using operational measures from upstream to downstream. So, how to accelerate each party, both stakeholders, the TPS management, and Customs. The TPS side is certainly striving for this acceleration together with Customs to anticipate future steps,” he explained.
As part of the effort to expedite the flow of goods, Tanjung Priok Customs also initiated a series of meetings and coordination with various stakeholders, including the DKI Jakarta trucking association (Aptrindo), import producers, importer associations, forwarder associations, container depot managers, and Temporary Storage Site (TPS) operators.
The meetings were held to identify various obstacles faced in the field and to formulate concrete steps that can be immediately implemented to accelerate the release of goods from the port. Tanjung Priok Customs emphasised that containers which have obtained a Customs Release Order (SPPB) have, in principle, completed their customs obligations and can be immediately removed from the port area.
The agency is also preparing an early warning system so that stakeholders can monitor the process and promptly remove containers after inspections are completed.
“We are building a process to create a system that we can mitigate together. Also, containers that have been completed and received SPPB so they can be immediately released, we will also monitor that. We will also trigger this alarm. We can build it together, we call it an early warning system, and all stakeholders can monitor it, even knowing the position of the container and so on,” he concluded.