Port Train Re-Activation Is Expedited

JAKARTA – Transportation Ministry promised to expedite train network development from and to ports to improve inter-mode connectivity. Hanggoro Budi Wiryawan, Train Directorate General’s Train Transportation and Traffic Director, said the great focus on train development in this year is on Trans-Sumatra train connecting Banda Aceh to Lampung. However, he asserted Transportation Ministry will keep…

Transportation Ministry Prepares Port Hierarchy

JAKARTA – Transportation Ministry is arranging ferriage port hierarchy to split authority and responsibility of port management to improve public service. Land Transportation Acting Director General, Sugiharjo, said hierarchy arrangement process is on focus group discussion (FGD) phase conducted by consultants and involving Transportation Ministry and Provincial Transportation Department. “Hierarchy arrangement is mandated by Law…