ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – Pertamina’s Tanjung Uban Integrated Terminal in Bintan, Riau Islands continues to improve its performance and readiness to become a trading hub in Southeast Asia.
Since the implementation of the program to move logistics handover points from overseas to domestic or supplier head stock (SHS), the number of cargo managed by the terminal has continued to increase.
The Tanjung Uban Integrated Terminal is managed by PT Pertamina Energy Terminal (PET), a subsidiary of PT Pertamina International Shipping (PIS), Pertamina Sub-Holding Integrated Marine Logistics (SH IML). The terminal’s strategic position near the Malacca Strait, previously only managed the distribution of fuel oil and Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) on Sumatra Island and the western part of Kalimantan Island.
Through the SHS program which began in 2002, 13 ships received SHS cargo, with a capacity of 4.83 million barrels. The next phase, namely from the end of 2023 to July 2024, will be 18 vessels, with a capacity of 5.3 million barrels.
This strategic terminal’s performance and operational improvements were confirmed directly by PIS Finance Director Diah Kurniawati during a series of Management Walkthrough (MWT) visits to Tanjung Uban last week.
“With better facilities and a strategic position, it will attract customers on a global scale. “Of course this is in line with SH IML’s plans and strategy to develop a non-captive market,” said Diah in a press release, Thursday, July 25 2024.
Various upgrades from PET over the last few years have meant that the terminal now has a throughput level of 8,715 kl/day for fuel oil and 2,693 mt/day for LPG with a total of 200 ship calls per month.
In the future, Diah said, in the SHS plan for 2025-2028, the terminal will be positioned as a trading hub for foreign and domestic consumers. One of the ways this is done is by maximizing the blending facility for gasoline products so that it can manage two to three components at once in one tank.
PIS Risk Management Director Muhamad Resa added, as part of risk mitigation, the Tanjung Uban Integrated Terminal has also been equipped with a buffer zone as a safe distance between operational areas and residential areas of 1,675 meters. The buffer zone contains forests and swamps covering an area of 205 hectares or 83% of the area. PET has also installed a Lightning Protection System at 18 points in all operational areas.
“This is also a form of PIS support for worker welfare with global HSSE standards, which will be achieved in 2023 with zero fatalities and 40.5 million safe working hours,” said Resa.
The Tanjung Uban Integrated Terminal has an area of more than 250 hectares with a storage capacity of 402,413 kiloliters (kl) for fuel oil and 93,500 metric tons (MT) for LPG. Through seven berths that can accommodate ships ranging in size from 600 to 100,000 DWT, distribution of fuel oil and LPG and other cargo can be carried out efficiently.
The Tanjung Uban Integrated Terminal is one of six strategic energy terminals managed by PIS through PET, where PET manages several main terminals in Indonesia, including the Tanjung Sekong Refrigerated LPG Terminal (Banten), Sambu Island Fuel Terminal (Riau Islands), Fuel Terminal Kotabaru (South Kalimantan), Baubau Fuel Terminal (Southeast Sulawesi), and Tuban Refrigerated LPG Terminal (East Java). (AT Network)
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