Tanjung Priok Port is Ready to be a Transit Port

By : Herry Barus And Aldi Firhand. A | Wednesday, November 15 2017 - 07:44 IWST

President Director of Pelindo II Elvyn G Masassya
President Director of Pelindo II Elvyn G Masassya

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - President Director of PT Pelindo II Elvyn G Masassya admitted that his side has prepared for Port of Tanjung Priok to be a transit port.

"It's not just a 'transhipment', but geographically strategic among other ports, we have brought 'mother vessel', equipment and services are adequate, we have digitized," he said in a discussion entitled "Realizing Transhipment Jakarta Port "in Jakarta, Tuesday (11/14/2017)

Meanwhile, the Director of Customs Technical Customs Directorate General of Customs Fajarudin said all document submissions have been online system.

"The way to support 'transhipment', the key must do simplification, automation, customs facilities in order to reduce the cost of national logistics," he said.

On the same occasion, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi considered that Tanjung Priok Port should be efficient to be a transit port or transhipment port as in Singapore.

"I think it's an ideal, a good wish. This transhipment name will happen will be new, it will only happen if it is efficient," said Budi.

To achieve efficiency, he explained, should be created a cheap and easy tariff in the whole process, especially moving the ship (transhipment). "Cheap and not 'complicated' and baseball there are thugs," he said.

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