Cargo distribution center

Cargo distribution center

JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port is ready to
operate its 12,000-hectare cargo distribution center starting
April, an official of state-owned port management firm PT
Pelabuhan Indonesia II said yesterday.

Pelabuhan Indonesia's Technical Director, Suprihat, said the
distribution center would expedite the flow of industrial raw
material imports from Japan.

The center is being developed by the International Federation
of Port Cargo Distribution (IFPCD) of Japan and will be operated
by Pelabuhan Indonesia.

Suprihat was quoted by Bisnis Indonesia as saying that the
first phase of the project was now 50 percent completed. The
second phase would be completed in April next year.

Suprihat said that IFPCD would get a 50-percent discounted
rate until 2007 when using the facility's services. (pwn)