BP Batam transforms Batu Ampar Port into Smart Port

Source: The Jakarta PostDate: November 19, 2021. Badan Pengusahaan (BP) Batam has been developing the Batu Ampar Port into a Smart Port to boost the port's maximum effectiveness while providing low-cost services in the international sea trade sector. To that end, BP Batam has installed InaPortnet, a...

SOE Port Official Merger, Erick Thohir Melts Pelindo I, III, And IV Into One

Source: VOI Date: 2 September 2021 The government through the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) has decided to merge four port operator companies, namely PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) I, II, III, and IV into one Pelindo.Deputy Minister of SOEs Kartika Wirjoatmodjo said that this merger w...

Gateway to Top Ten Global Players: Pelindo integration set to be implemented in Q3 2021

Source: Investor Daily Date: 30 June 2021 The integration of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia/Pelindo I, II, III, and IV (Persero) is set to be realised in the third quarter of 2021. Later, there will be four subholdings under Pelindo that are integrated to focus on handling different sectors, namely containe...

Labuan Bajo Port Multipurpose Terminal Ready to Operate

Source: BisnisDate: June 17, 2021 Bisnis.com, SURABAYA - PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III has ensured that the multi-purpose terminal of Labuan Bajo Port in Wae Kelambu, West Manggarai, is ready to operate following trials that have been carried out since April 10. Pelindo III VP Corporate ...

Reactivation of Railway Logistics Transport at Surabaya Container Terminal

Source: Surabaya Container Terminal (tps.co.id) Date: 3 June 2021  Surabaya (3/6), early June 2021, the operation of rail logistics transportation services that connect the Surabaya Container Terminal (TPS) with Kalimas Station will begin. This was done after the signing of a Memorandum of Unde...

Zhejiang and Rotterdam ink agreement to develop Kuala Tanjung Port

Source: bisnis.com Date: 8 May 2021 PT Pelabuhan Indonesia I (Persero) or Pelindo I had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a Term Sheet for the Kuala Tanjung Port and Industrial Estate Development Project Cooperation with the Port of Rotterdam and Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Investment &...

Priok to Adjust LoLo and Storage Tariff for International Container

Source: Indonesia Shipping Gazette Date: 8 April 2021 Tanjung Priok will adjust the LoLo (Lift on – Lift off) and storage tariff for international container (full load) per April 15. The LoLo and storage tariffs, on one hand, will be raised, while on the other hand, the existing recovery tariff...

KBS Strengthens the Java-Sumatra Island National Gateway Logistics Hub

Source: kompas.com Date: 15 April 2021  PT Krakatau Bandar Samudera (KBS) will strengthen the logistics hub of the National Gateway Connectivity (national gateway connectivity) at the western tip of Java and Sumatra. Thus, KBS is also optimistic that it can represent as an Integrated Maritime I...

Dubai’s DP World inks $1.2bn agreement to build port and logistics park in Indonesia’s Gresik

Source: Gulf Business Date: 7 March 2021 Dubai port operator DP World has partnered with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) investment group to sign a $1.2bn agreement with Indonesia's Maspion Group to construct an international container port and industrial logistics park in Gresik in In...

Ports and Nature-based Solutions: An Overview of 12+1 Financial Instruments

Source: Water Science PolicyDate: 31 January 2021 A variety of nature-based and hybrid solutions are available to build sustainable value in and around ports.Financiers and investors are willing to jump in, but diffused benefits and a lack of hard and enforceable cashflows prevent uptake at scale12+...

Modernized seaport connects Selayar, Surabaya

Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 15 September 2020  The government has launched a new shipping route that will connect the modernized seaport in Selayar, South Sulawesi, with Surabaya in East Java.  The modernized Rauf Rahman Benteng Port saw its first shipment on Monday after being off...

​Erick: The construction of Benoa Bay Port encourages maritime tourism

Source: ANTARA News Date: 14 August 2020 BUMN Minister Erick Thohir said that the construction of the Benoa Bay Port in Bali is to encourage tourism as well as the maritime economy.  "There is Pelindo III, where we want to ensure Bali becomes a hub for national tourism. So far, if we look ...

Indonesia needs investment of US$47 billion to develop ports: official

Source: ANTARA News Date: 13 August 2020  Indonesia needs US$47 billion in investment to develop ports across the country, a Transportation Ministry official said. "Based on the master plan for national ports (RIPN), we need US$47 billion to develop ports from Sumatra to Papua," director o...

20,000 trucks serving Tanjung Priok port can’t operate amid floods: Association

​Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 25 February 2020 Flooding on thoroughfares of the capital and major roads in satellite cities has disrupted operations of at least 20,000 trucks in Greater Jakarta. The deputy chairman of the Indonesian Trucks Business Association (Aprtindo), Kyatmaja Lookman, said the...

Patimban port slated to begin operation in September

Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 17 February 2020​ Patimban port in Subang West Java, a strategic project expected to ease logistics in the busy industrial neighborhood, has been scheduled for partial operation in September, according to the Transportation Ministry.  The ministry's sea transportat...