ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – Indonesia consistently continues to strengthen the capacity of its ports to become global players, increase efficiency and encourage reductions in national logistics costs.
This breakthrough has led to ports in Indonesia now becoming one of the 20 best ports in the world out of all ports in Southeast Asia.
One of the ports that is now playing a big role is Makassar New Port. This port, which is included in the list of National Strategic Projects, was just inaugurated by the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Thursday, February 22 2024.
The Makassar New Port Phase 1A, 1B and 1C pier which was inaugurated has a total length of 1,280 meters and was built by PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Persero) on an area of 52 hectares. This port is the world gateway for Eastern Indonesia.
President Joko Widodo said that competition between countries is currently very tight. Whoever has good efficiency will win the match and competition. Ten years ago, national logistics costs were at 24%, even though other countries had 9-12% due to lack of integration between ports and industrial areas.
“Now, our logistics costs have fallen by approximately 14%. “It has fallen a lot but is still slightly higher than other countries and this is our collective homework,” said President Jokowi in his speech.
President Jokowi explained that Makassar New Port is the second largest port after Jakarta’s Tanjung Priuk Port with a depth of 16 meters and is the deepest port which is very good for large ships carrying containers to dock.
The presence of Makassar New Port with a current total capacity of 2.5 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) containers is also a breath of fresh air for shipping companies. Because with a depth of -16 meters LWS (Low Water Springs), Makassar New Port can accommodate large post-Panamax generation ships which are usually used for direct calls or direct overseas shipping.
Minister of State-Owned Enterprises, Erick Thohir, said that the Makassar New Port was a big breakthrough for Indonesian Ports.
“We have increased the loading and unloading speed of port containers in Indonesia, which was previously an average of 20 boxes (per crane per hour) to 34 boxes (per crane per hour), which has brought ship berthing times down from previously an average of 38 hours now. it has been 22 hours, meaning this is an extraordinary acceleration. “We also continue to organize 122 ports in Indonesia through integrated port system monitoring,” explained Erick.
The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises is collaborating with the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Public Works to present 3 international ports by integrating the surrounding infrastructure and integrating several industrial areas to become part of the port ecosystem.
Therefore, the presence of Makassar New Port is very important as a world gateway for the Eastern Indonesia Region.
“We continue to consolidate. “From a financial perspective, Pelindo currently has a profit of IDR 3.9 trillion and the investment in Makassar New Port is independent from Pelindo itself worth IDR 5.4 trillion and will continue in stages to IDR 10 trillion,” added Erick.
President Director of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Persero) or Pelindo, Arif Suhartono, said that his party was presenting the Makassar New Port National Strategic Project to support the government’s efforts to continue to encourage economic growth, especially in the eastern region of Indonesia.
The construction of Makassar New Port Stages 1A, 1B and 1C absorbs investment worth IDR 5.4 trillion and is still continuing with the procurement of loading and unloading equipment, additional facilities and development of Makassar New Port Stage 1D which will be carried out in stages according to needs and the market with an investment budget of up to IDR 10 trillion.
The facilities currently available in the Makassar New Port mega project are 6 units of Container Crane (CC), 16 units of Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG), 2 units of Reach Stacker (RS), 15 units of Terminal Tractor, 1 unit of 2 ton Forklift and 392 Reefer Plug units. All tools support the green port program.
“Makassar New Port has also been equipped with an Integrated Planning and Control Room (PnC), an innovative step to monitor and control ship, terminal, container and logistics services centrally. “This transformation aims to increase service efficiency and support national logistics competitiveness with a scope of supervision that is not only limited to Makassar, but also covers other regions such as Kendari, Balikpapan, to Maluku and Papua.” explained Arif.
With 24/7 or 24 hour service for 7 days, the presence of the Makassar New Port, which will later be integrated with a large-scale industrial area and also a railway linking cities in Sulawesi, is expected to be able to boost Indonesia’s economic growth at large. (AT Network)
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