SOP of MTI the Highest in SE Asia MTI is able to conduct stevedoring activities to 26,000 tons per day

PT Multi Terminal Indonesia (MTI) succeeded to grab an award and admittance from its business partner as a stevedoring company (PBM) with the highest Ship Output Per Day (SOP) in Southeast Asia region, with total SOP of 26,000 tons per day from previously 8,000 tons per day.

“We hope that this working achievement may be able to attract more markets (port users) to use the facilities in MTI, because their berthing time is shorter and thus makes lower operational cost of ship,” Saptono Irianto Rahayu, the President Director of MTI who was accompanied by Imanudin, the Corporate Secretary of MTI, said in Jakarta recently.

Saptono, who was the ex-General Manager of PT Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok, admitted that he was happy to see the MTI’s working achievement. At least, the company has involved in the effort to smoothen cargo throughput via Priok port, and thus help to roll up the wheel of national economy. To the market, MTI offers three business segments via multi purpose terminal, container terminal and logistics service.

In the multipurpose terminal, the facilities are among others 5 berths. Berth No. 144 with draft of -11 LWS and extended to 350 meters length, Berth No. 300 with depth of -12 LWS and 258 meters length, Berth No. 207 with depth of -6 LWS and 144 meters length, Berth No. 007 North with depth of -5 LWS and 75 meters length and Berth No. 005 South with depth of -4 LWS and 14.6 meters length. “Most of the berths also have been completed with Warehouse No. 114 with total space of 4,950 m2 and Yard No. 114 that spreads for 900 m2,” Saptono said. Meanwhile, in the container terminal, it has 404 meters length of berth with depth of -8.7 LWS.

It is completed with 59,981 m2 container yard with Harbor Crane (HC) with a capacity of 9,907 TEUs. There are also 104 units of reefer plugs with 26 BCH per hour. Other supporting facilities are 4 unit Gantry Crane with 35 tons capacity, 11 units Rubber Tired Gantry 35 tons, one unit side loader of 15 tons, one unit top loader of 35 tons, one unit reach stacker of 35 tons, 16 units of head truck with 40 tons capacity each, 16 units chassis with 40 tons capacity, and two units weight bridge with capacity of 60 tons each.
Meanwhile, at the Logistics unit, MTI has prepared facilities like Cargo Consolidation/Distribution Center (CCC/CDC) in Banda, field No. 107 with total area of 7,291 m2, Open Storage No. 215X in Banda Street that spread to 25,632.41 m2 and the Pasoso Container Terminal with total area of 14,383 m2. ProductionSaptono also revealed that until the third quarter of 2008, total ship calls were 899 ships, or increased by 44.53% if compared with the same period in 2007, which were recorded only 622 ship calls.

Stevedoring production at multipurpose terminal until the third quarters of the year was 447,525 tons for general cargoes and 428,567 tons for bag cargoes. Meanwhile, in the stevedoring service of bulk cargo, it was recorded 2.2 million tons, down if compared with last year’s period, which recorded 2.9 million tons. The declining, Saptono said, was mainly caused bay low exports of bulk cement and clinker.

“In addition, since April 2008, Berth No. 114 and Berth SS haven’t been able to run optimally because they are being rehabilitated. It is expected that the works will be finished this year, and by 2009, they can resume the operation to serve ships with draught -13.5 LWS,” he said. The increase of stevedoring production was also recorded at the container terminal Regional Harbor, which noted 128,093 TEUs, up by 23.15% if compared to the same period in 2007.

“As an effort to improve services and the optimizing of terminal, we have provided container tracking service via SMS, which will record the information of the container’s location, handling charge estimation and ship call schedules on our berth,” Saptono said. According to him, shipping lane and the basin at Berth No. 009 would be dredged to reach the depth of -9.5 LWS and would build a warehouse for behandle activity.

This terminal 009 also has got certificate Statement of a Port facilities No. 02/0223-DV from the Directorate of Sea Transportation which declares that the terminal has met ISPS Code standard. Meanwhile, in CDC Banda and CDC Nusantara, total production of exported cargoes until the third quarter of the year was 86,562 ton/m3, increased by 34.5% if compared to the same period last year which was 64,363 ton/m3.

For imported cargoes, the production was 120,035 ton/m3, increased by 5% than last year’s period, which was 114,321 ton/m3. Saptono called on all of his executive members and also operational staff to keep improving their performance professionally, so that shippers would remain interested to use the facilities in the MTI. “We keep preparing professional human resources here, as well as qualified facilities,” he said.

December, Container Handling Charge in TPS Rises

PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (Surabaya Container Terminal – TPS) plans to increase the Container Handling Charge (CHC) to 14% per December 1, 2008, after successfully reaching an agreement with several port users’ associations in Tanjung Perak Port. Corporate Public Relation of PT TPS, Wara Djatmika said numbers of associations in Tanjung Perak Port, as port customers, have approved the increase of CHC tariff. In the last meeting on October 17, 2008, there was the agreement between TPS (Surabaya Container Terminal) with port related associations, including INSA (Indonesian National Shipowners’ Association) Surabaya. The agreement was closely related to the amount of CHC tariff hike to 14% and officially applied on December 1, 2008,” he said.

Wara admitted that firstly the effort to implement CHC tariff hike was rejected by the port business community. The rejection was based on the objection that economic condition currently was not so good, and therefore it was assumed to burden the businesspeople.

“Firstly, we expected to apply the new CHC tariff on November 1, 2008. But numbers of associations, especially INSA, wanted that it could be applied in 2009. The new CHC tariff actually had been approved by the Minister of Transportation on September 2, 2008,” he said.

He said, with the new 14% tariff hike, then the CHC for 20-foot container, which previously was US$70, would be US$80 per box. Meanwhile, CGC tariff for 40-foot container was up from previously US$105 to be US$120 per box.

New Officers

Wara disclosed that this subsidiary of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III was just replacing its Managing Director from Adji Pamungkas to the new officer Mohammad Zaini.

“Mr. Zaini previously held the position of Deputy Managing Director of PT Portek (a joint venture firm of PT Pelindo III and Portek System of Singapore), whereas Adji Pamungkas would be posted at other place. The process of inauguration has been held on October 28, 2008,” he said without detailing the new post of Adji. However, according to the source of the Ocean Week, Adji would hold the position as one of commissioner at one of Pelindo III’s subsidiary.

AIRIN Offers Depot, Agency and Fumigating Businesses

As an effort to improve service to its customers, the management of PT AIRIN (Indonesian Air & Marine Supply) has expanded its container yard to 2.2 hectares more with total investment value of Rp 4.5 billion. It also plans to add one unit of reach-stacker with 45 tons capacity in 2009.

Container yard expansion was intended to anticipate whenever Yard Occupancy Ratio (YOR) at Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) and in Koja Container terminal (TPK Koja) was too high, which usually forced the two terminal operators to overbrengen (relocate) the containers to a Temporary Container Yard (TPS) nearby.

Sukardjo, the President Director of PT AIRIN who was accompanied by Sigit Slamet Haryadi (Human Resources and General Affairs Manager) told the Ocean Week that in order to provide and increase its services to the port users, AIRIN has prepared several suitable facilities. “Our container yard has been expanded to reach 6 hectares. In 2009, we plan to add one more reach stacker,” he said.

The decision to expand container yard was taken because PT AIRIN management saw that container depot business was quite prospective. “We have held plenty of cooperation with other private firms in the operation of our installed facilities, such as PT Transporindo, PT Transworld Centralindo Logistics and others,” he said.

However, for the operation of TPS, AIRIN decided to operate it personally, because the TPS has got license from the Ministry of Finance No. 4674/KPU.01/2008 dated September 2008. Meanwhile, for its operational license, it has been given by the Customs Office of Type A Primary Office in Tanjung Priok number S-2334/KPU.01/BD.07/2008 dated September 24 2008.

Sukardjo felt optimistic that with the current facilities, AIRIN would be able to backup export-import containers, including container behandling activities in JICT, which so far was focused in PT Graha Segara. In addition, the location of AIRIN to JICT and TPK Koja is only 1 kilometer.

Meanwhile, Sigit Haryadi revealed that the company has succeeded to exceeding the revenues target in 2008. “In the company’s working and budgeting plan (RKAP) 2008, it was set at Rp 21 billion. But the target now has been exceeded at the seventh month of 2008, so the company now should set higher target next year,” he said.

PT AIRIN, which in the early of its establishment in the 1970s was focused on the ship’s expedition and warehousing, now following the business development in Priok, has changed to be TPS.

Sukardjo also added that the company observed that it needed to hold business diversification, so it decided to enter fumigation and agency business. “Fumigation business has got approval from the Ministry of Agriculture,” he said.

It is expected that the diversification would enable the company to remain existed in the future, so that AIRIN might enjoy a little bit of container throughput via Tanjung Priok, which currently is around 3 million TEUs.