Pramono Ensures Tanjung Priok Port Horror Congestion Will Not Recur
Governor of DKI Jakarta Pramono Anung has ensured that the severe congestion in the Tanjung Priok Port area following this year’s Lebaran will not recur. He claimed that traffic conditions in the port area are now more controlled compared to the previous year.
He mentioned that the experience of long congestion in mid-April 2025 served as an important lesson. At that time, a surge in loading and unloading activities at the port triggered queues of trucks stretching and paralysing access roads around Indonesia’s largest logistics area.
“Learning from the experience after the previous Lebaran when horrific congestion occurred at Tanjung Priok, the DKI Provincial Government, together with Pelindo, collaborated and we provided approximately 5 hectares of space at Terminal Tanah Merdeka for parking,” said Pramono at the DKI City Hall on Tuesday (31/3).
He emphasised that one of the root causes of last year’s congestion was the lack of parking space for logistics vehicles. The surge in port activities was not matched by the capacity to accommodate trucks and containers, resulting in vehicles piling up on the road bodies.
“So that it doesn’t happen like before, because there is an increase in port activities, while there is no parking space, which then causes horrific congestion,” he explained.
According to him, the provision of 5 hectares of parking land can now accommodate around 200 containers. With this parking pocket, queues of logistics vehicles can be reduced and no longer overflow onto the main roads around the port.
“Alhamdulillah, up to today after Lebaran, activities at Tanjung Priok are running well and normally because that place can accommodate approximately 200 containers,” he stated.
Pramono added that the DKI Provincial Government is also providing the land free of charge to Pelindo. This policy was taken as a preventive step to curb the potential for much greater economic losses due to congestion.
“The cost if there is congestion like last year would be too high,” he concluded.