Disambut Baik Kapal CMA-CGM Titus Kapasitas 8.500 TEUS Masuk Ke Tanjung Priok

Asosiasi Logistik dan Forwarder Indonesia (ALFI) menyambut baik masuknya kapal kontainer asal Prancis, CMA-CGM dengan kapalnya yang bernama CMA-CGM Titus yang berkapasitas hingga 8.500 TEUS.

Ketua Asosiasi Logistik dan Forwarder Indonesia (ALFI) Yukki Nugrahawan Hanafi mengatakan bahwa DPP ALFI menyambut baik dengan adanya kapal besar masuk ke Tanjung Priok itu.

"Walaupun sebenarnya jenis ukuran 8500 TEUS bukan kapal terbesar yang ada di dunia saat ini. Tapi, sudah baik untuk memulai secara bertahap naik ke 10.000 TEUS, meski prinsip Ship Follow the Trade tetap berlaku," ujarnya.

Pihaknya berharap kesepakatan CMA-CGM ini dapat berjalan secara rutin dan bukan satu dua kali shipment saja, hingga pada akhirnya biaya ekspor dan impor khususnya, akan lebih efisien dan kompetitif.

Sekjen ALFI Akbar Djohan menuturkan, bahwa masuknya kapal kontainer berkapasitas besar ke Tanjung Priok seharusnya memang bukanlah hal yang luar biasa. Pihaknya menilai memang sudah menjadi kewajiban dan tugas Pelindo II untuk mendatangkan pelayaran asing dengan kapasitas besar demi menekan biaya logistik yang tinggi.

Namun demikian, pihaknya berharap, setelah berhasil mendatangkan kapal tersebut, Pelindo II harus memastikan dapat merawat dan mempertahankan keberadaan layanan dari kapal besar itu dengan memberikan insentif-insentif tertentu.

Menurut Akbar, untuk mempertahankan itu tidak bisa hanya bersandar kepada infrastruktur yang ada guna mendukung performa pelayanan Pelindo II.

"Akan tetapi pemberian insentif - insentif tertentu kepada perusahaan pelayaran akan lebih menjadikan biaya lebih kompetitif dibandingkan dengan pelabuhan lainnya, seperti Singapura. Kalau tidak, mimpi untuk mewujudkan Priok sebagai transhipment port hanya akan selesai di angan saja," ujarnya.

Diketahui, PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) II / Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC) memastikan salah satu perusahaan kapal kontainer raksasa di dunia asal Prancis, CMA-CGM mulai pekan depan akan melayari Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok.

Kepastian kerja sama Pelindo II dengan perusahaan pelayaran bernama lengkap Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement - Compagnie Generali Maritime (CMA-CGM) itu akan diwujudkan dengan kedatangan kapal raksasa berkapasitas hingga sekitar 8.500 TEUS di Tanjung Priok pada 9 April 2017.

Kapal raksasa dengan bobot 95.367 ton, berkapasitas 8.469 TEUS, panjang 335 meter dengan estimasi draft sekitar -14 mLWS dan bakal menjadi kapal kontainer terbesar yang melayari Tanjung Priok itu bernama CMA-CGM Titus.

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"Akhir pekan ini, 9 April 2017, satu kapal dari CMA-CGM kapasitas 8.500 TEUS akan sandar di Tanjung Priok untuk pertama kalinya. Rencananya, ke depan akan melayani setiap pekan sekali," tutur Prasetyadi, Direktur Operasi dan Sistem Informasi Teknologi Pelindo II, kepada Bisnis, Rabu (5/4/2017).

CMA-CGM Titus yang merupakan kapal generasi kelima yang termasuk jenis Post Panamax Plus itu akan melayani pengangkutan barang-barang yang akan di ekspor atau impor ke Amerika Serikat dengan nama layanan Java Sea Express (JAX).

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Indonesia to invest US$2.47 billion to boost port's to 18 million TEU

INDONESIA Port Corporation (IPC), the largest port operator in Indonesia, is planning to invest US$2.47 billion in the development of Kalibaru Port, an extension to the existing Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta, Indonesia, according to UK's Port Technology International.

Upon completion in 2023, Kalibaru Port, or New Priok, will more than triple the annual capacity of Tanjung Priok from five million TEU to 18 million TEU.

Indonesia Port Corporation confirmed earlier this month that it had received approval from Indonesia's Presidential Regulation to begin works on the ambitious project, the port operator said in a statement.

The first phase of the project will include the installation of $1.38 billion worth of container terminal infrastructure and related equipment, while $730 million will be made available to construct the port's new petroleum product terminal. In addition, a further $305 million will be used to build toll roads, a power station and industrial area, with the remaining $50 million earmarked for other services.

IPC also said that further funding in the development of New Priok could come from outside investors and in the form of loans from national and international lenders.

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TANJUNG PRIOK to get new IT system to ease congestion

State-owned port operator Pelindo II will install a new information technology system at Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta, the country's main shipment gateway, in the middle of this year to help ease congestion, reported the Jakarta Post.

Pelindo II president director Richard Joost Lino said that his company would use the IT system to monitor vessel traffic online.

"With this system, we can ease vessel congestion as well as decrease the number of vessel collisions. The system will make the work flow at Tanjung Priok port more effective and efficient," Lino said.

Pelindo II has allocated US$11.55 million to build the IT system, he said.

By the end of 2011, container traffic at the port had reached 5.47 million TEUs, surpassing the maximum capacity of five million TEUs.  In 2009, traffic was at 3.7 million TEUs and in 2010 at 4.7 million TEUs.

"We have also converted a 1,000 sq m plot of land in Terminal three into an international container terminal to help ease the traffic," he said.

Pelindo II will inform the port's service users about the IT system, and expects them to fully adapt to the system within six months, he added.

"We must be able to decrease the container idle time from six days to three days in near future," he said.

Pelindo II will also install the vessel traffic information system at Palembang, Pontianak, and Jambi ports in 2013, he said.

Pelindo II has also been mulling buying new container loading cranes, comprising two quay container cranes (QCC) and 11 luffing container cranes.

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Container transit in Singapore continued to decrease

The volume containers which transit at the Port of Singapore continued to decrease. In 2009 as many as 60-65 percent of containers from Tanjung Priok, Jakarta has to transit in Singapore, while in 2010 only 20 percent, but now only 18 percent. In 2011, Pelindo II has discharged nearly 6 million units of 20-foot container.

"This accomplishment is due to the better performance of Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, the equipments more complete. The container to East Asia has shipped without transit in Singapore, "said Director of PT Pelindo II, RJ Lino.

Lino said in 2012 Pelindo II is also working to achieve the standard port of the world. "In the ports of the world, after (vessel) berthing, only took 15 minutes for loading and unloading. In Tanjung Priok still need 15-30 minutes, but at the other Indonesia ports it took two hours, "he said.

Lino asserted, Pelindo II will help the government accelerate work Inaport site so that standard is reached. "What also becomes the bottleneck is the desire to go up and down the quarantine on all vessels. That's a long time, "he said.

At the end of 2012, said Lino, Pelindo has finished installing vessel traffic information system (VTIS). With the device, vessel traffic can be regulated electronically, with no radio communication.

The bottom line, says Lino, all efforts aimed at revamping ports to reduce costs and optimize the logistics of port infrastructure without having to invest too big.
"In February 2012, a container vessel with a capacity of 5000 TEUs will be bert at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta. Soon, container vessel with a capacity of 6000 TEU will also come. With a large vessel, transiting in Singapore no longer needed, "said Lino.

Shipping industry observers from Sepuluh November Institute of Technology, Saut Gurning said, if the Korea, China, and Japan destination without having to transit in Singapore, logistics costs are more competitive.

"The container vessel which more likely to stop at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta is interesting from economies of scale. More efficient. However, it should be noted, not only the size of vessel that are important, but also requires the availability of routes and frequencies are competitive, "said Saut Gurning.

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The LARGEST and BUSIEST port in Indonesia,Tanjung Priok is OVERLOAD

The capacity of Port of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, is considered no longer adequate to accommodate the amount of goods entering.

"As a result, there is accumulation of goods and this resulted in losses to hundreds of millions of dollars per day," said Vice Chairman of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (Kadin) Transportation sector, Syafrizal.

Syafrizal said the number of incoming flows of goods, particularly containers each day increases. If calculated per year, the increase reached 13% to 15%. Medium capacity of accommodating of the largest and busiest port in Indonesia, now no longer sufficient entry of goods.

According Syafrizal, ideally the load of each container must not be equal to the area. Stacking goods overloaded by more than 100%. Supposedly, the accumulation of goods is only 70% or at most 80%. But now the number has more, even up to 140, said Sayfizal.

As a result, the accumulation of goods out of control. Even container crane was difficult to work and often suffered damage because of excessive usage.

"We must also shift the accumulation of these containers of goods to another place. It means there was a shift takes place and it costs more," he said.

According Syafrizal, to shift one container, then the costs that range from IDR 1 million to IDR 2 million. While the containers are moved each day totaling more than 300 units. Syafrizal said the accumulation of goods will increasingly be seen at the time of holidays or other big day. For that it hoped the government to reform infrastructure.

At least it took five years to fix Tanjung Priok port infrastructure and a maximum of about 10 years. But, now it needs is extremely urgent. So should be done immediately, he said.

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