Priok port has cargo center

Priok port has cargo center

JAKARTA (JP): State port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II
(Pelindo II), which is responsible for the management of
Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port, has started operating a new cargo
distribution center to facilitate container flow through the
port, especially for shipments from Japan.

The port's spokesman Sudjarwo said yesterday that the new
distribution center had been jointly built by Pelindo and the
International Post Cargo Distribution of Japan (IPCD), according
to Antara.

"The project was completed in 17 months. The 11,385 hectare
complex comprises 9,343 hectares of warehouses, 1,740 hectares of
offices, and 311 hectares of other facilities," he said.

He said that 50 percent of the warehousing facilities would be
reserved for IPCD members and the remaining 50 percent could be
used by other companies.

To encourage Japanese traders, IPCD members would be offered a
30 percent discount on fees for using the new distribution center
until the year 2007.

The distribution center has large capacity container cranes,
and on-line information facilities, which will link the center
with banks and container terminals, Sudjarwo added. (gis)