BITUNG – State-ownned Port Authority Pelindo IV to invest IDR70 Billion for procurement of two Container Crane (CC) units to be allocated to the Port of Bitung and Jayapura. The company is optimistic with a more comprehensive port facilities, to create new market opportunities. Pelindo IV Equipment Senior Manager Farid Padang Farid said, in addition…
JAKARTA – Freight forwarders urged quarantine authorities at the Port of Tanjung Priok to conduct physical examination of containers that must be checked, before issuing clearance or warrant expenditures (SPPB) from the local Customs and Excise. Chairman of the Employers Forum Transportation and Customs Clearance Services (PPJK) Tanjung Priok port, M.Qadar Zafar said, as long…
Singapore: Two tankers were hit by pirates on March 6 and a bulker was also attacked this morning, all near Singapore, according to an alert by the Information Sharing Centre of Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP). ReCAAP urges all vessels transiting the area to enhance vigilance…
JAKARTA – Chairman of Central Executive Board of Indonesian Logistics and Forwarders Association (ALFI) Iskandar Zulkarnain said the 2015 Asean sole market highly enable the increase of shipping and logistics activities via sea transportation. “Thereby, the service in the port needs an escalation, especially on logistics distribution,” he said to Bisnis.com (3/6). Further he said…