JAKARTA – PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) recorded last year, it carried 4.56 million passengers or a 4.29-percent drop than in 2013 of 4.77 million passengers. Akhmad Sujadi, PT Pelni Institutional Relations and Communication Manager, said passenger number drop is sparked by passenger number limitation of two-fold from vessel capacity during Christmas and New Year…
SEMARANG – Employers in Central Java are asked to maximize the utilization of Tanjung Emas Port, Semarang, for export-import activity along with the improvement of facility and infrastructure in the area. Tanjung Emas Port Authority and Harbormaster Office Head, Karolus Sangaji, said until now, service capacity and quality at the port is boosted to facilitate…
JAKARTA – Transportation Ministry obligates all vessels operated in Merak-Bakauheni ferriage route must have minimum weight of 5,000 gross tonnages (GT) to optimize berth’s installed capacity. Transportation Ministry’s Public Communication Central Head, J.A. Barata, said the regulation is regulated in Transportation Minister’s Regulation (Permenhub) No. 88/2014 about size regulation for the vessels serving Merak-Bakauheni ferriage…
BANDAR LAMPUNG, Kompas – Bad weather in Lampung waters for a month affects maritime commodity. The greatest impact is squid price hike up to 50 percent. Contacted in Fish Auction Location, Payang Fisherman Village, Sukaraja District, Bandar Lampung, on Thursday (1/8), Ismiati, a fish vendor, said squid price hike has occurred since early December. “Since…