Bandarlampung, Lampung Province (ANTARA News) – State-owned inland waterway transportation service PT ASDP has prepared 42 ferries to anticipate increasing number of passengers during 2013 Lebaran holiday exodus, according to its operation manager Heru Purwanto. “Every day we operate 29 ferries to serve the passengers and vehicles from the ports of Bakauheni to Merak…
TEMPO.CO, Kendari – A container ship, the KM Pemudi, drowned in the Banda Sea, Southeast Sulawesi on July 2. The ship, sailing from Surabaya to Nabire, Papua, was discovered to have been missing on Sunday. Of the 21 crew, 19 people are still missing. “Our team continues to search by sea and air,” Wahyudi,…
A Chinese cargo ship has sunk off South Korea in the Yellow Sea after colliding with a Greek bulk carrier. All twelve (12) Chinese crewmembers were rescued by the Panamax Blessing bulker, operated by Cyprus Sea Lines in Athens – the other vessel involved in the collision. The collision occurred six miles on the…
With increasing inefficiency at Tanjung Priok, the country’s main port, Cikarang Dry Port in West Java remains under utilized by both exporters and importers. The privately controlled dry port recorded 9,869 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of volume realization during the first half this year, well below its total capacity of 400,000 TEUs. Containers can…