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[130212.EN.SEA] Will Iran Block the Strait of Hormuz?

2012-02-13T02:16:00.000-08:00

The European Union agreedthis week to introduce a ban on Iranian oil imports to the EU. Iran’s responsewas unequivocal. The strait “would definitely be closed if the sale of Iranianoil is violated in any way,” a member of Iran’s influential national securitycommittee in parliament, Mohammad Ismail Kowsari, said on Monday.

Iran might be able toinflict substantial disruption on oil exports if it tries to carry out itsthreat to block the Strait of Hormuz, analysts say, but talk of a blockadewhich would be counter-productive is almost certainly a bluster.

Iran might be able toinflict substantial disruption on oil exports if it tries to carry out itsthreat to block the Strait of Hormuz, analysts say, but talk of a blockadewhich would be counter-productive is almost certainly a bluster.

The European Union agreedthis week to introduce a ban on Iranian oil imports to the EU. Iran’s responsewas unequivocal.

The strait “would definitelybe closed if the sale of Iranian oil is violated in any way,” a member ofIran’s influential national security committee in parliament, Mohammad IsmailKowsari, said on Monday.

Iran might be able to inflictsubstantial disruption on oil exports if it tries to carry out its threat toblock the Strait of Hormuz, analysts say, but talk of a blockade which would becounter-productive is almost certainly a bluster.

Sanctions on Iran by theOECD states could push oil prices up 20-30 percent to $140 per barrel unlesssupplies from elsewhere make up for the shortfall, the International MonetaryFund (IMF) said on January 22. Saudi Arabia has promised to increase productionif need be.

"[The Strait's closure]could trigger a much larger price spike including by limiting offsettingsupplies from other producers in the region," the IMF said this week.

Blocking the strait wouldseem to be relatively simple. Iran’s largest naval bases are at the head of theGulf, around 450 kilometers from the strait, which is just 45 kilometers wideat its narrowest point.

In 2008, Iran opened a baseat Jask, right next to the strait. Iran’s Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said theopening of the base represented a new line of defense, blocking the entry ofthe “enemy” into the Gulf.

Iran is unlikely to attemptto take on Western nations in a direct fight, but will likely use “asymmetric”means of negating their naval strength, particularly mines, experts say.

Asymmetric warfare means fightingthe enemy using dissimilar weapons and tactics to achieve military goals, suchas al-Qaeda’s use of airliners as cruise missiles in the 9/11 attacks.

“In a straight-up fight,they would struggle, which is why they would plan to fight an asymmetric campaign,”said Christian Le Miere, a naval warfare specialist at the London-basedInternational Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

Iran has a range of assetsto threaten shipping, of which submarines and mines are the most lethal, navalexperts say.

“Their surface assets aregenerally limited but those fast missile boats do present a serious threat tomerchant shipping, They would primarily use their fast boats and mines tothreaten anything in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz,” Le Miere said.

Iran also has significantair and missile assets which would present a limited threat to naval forces.

“The air and missilecapability presented by Iran can’t be ignored in any operational planning,”says Douglas Barrie, an air warfare analyst with the IISS.

“Iran has a credibleinventory of anti-ship missiles, both sea and land-based, which also pose athreat. Some of these anti-ship missiles have also likely been integrated onaircraft and helicopters,” Barrie said.

Just how potent thesemissiles are was demonstrated in 2006, when Israel took on the Iranian-backedHezbollah militia in Lebanon.

A Chinese-made YJ-82 missileIran supplied to the Lebanese Hezbollah group hit an Israeli patrol boat in theMediterranean Sea in 2006, killing several crew but not sinking it. Iran mayhave at least another 60 of these weapons, according to U.S. military analystsquoted by globalsecurity.org.

Israel said that after theattack its naval air defenses were hamstrung because of the threat of a“blue-on-blue” incident with friendly aircraft – an issue which would probablybe of relevance to a naval coalition of friendly local forces and NATO nationsin confronting Iran.

“Coalition navies have goodanti-submarine warfare capabilities, but a submarine is never easy to detect,”says a former Royal Navy submarine officer on condition of anonymity, whoserved in diesel-electric boats like those possessed by Iran.

“All would depend on theskill with which the submarine is operated, the size of the area, the weatherand water conditions, and the strength of the forces deployed to detect it,” hesaid.

“Much depends not on thesubmarine itself, but on the skills and experience of the captain and crewoperating it,” he noted.

Just how skilled Iraniansubmariners are is unclear, IISS naval analyst Le Miere says. “They have beenoperating submarines for a fairly long time so a fairly decent level ofcapability can be assumed,” he says.

One indicator of howconfident Iran feels in using its submarines is that it deployed them to theRed Sea for the first time last year, according to government officials quotedin Iran’s FARS news agency.

“They know the area becauseit’s their back yard, and are aware of the hydrography of the region, whichthey need to be,” Le Miere says. “But I’m not aware of any action or trainingthey have undertaken against other submarines, or experience they may have inanti-submarine warfare. Some of their older boats are very noisy, which willmake them easy to detect.”

Some who have operated withthe United States Navy think it would have a hard time tracking Iran’s bestsubmarines, their three stealthy Russian-made Kilo-class boats.

“I think anyone will have ahard time tracking subs in shallow seas, especially the USN which is ablue-water navy,” says a former Lynx anti-submarine helicopter pilot from aEuropean navy on condition of anonymity.

“In brown (coastal) water,they are not so good,” he adds. “They are also not so good at hunting downsmaller conventional subs,” he says (the U.S. Navy only operates largenuclear-powered submarines). “They had a Swedish Gotland class submarine onlease and based in the States for training, and a hard time detecting it,” hesays.

While the Iranian submarineswould be a threat because they could carry out traditional torpedo or missileattacks against shipping, their real value is as a covert mine-layer.

The mine threat is probablytop of the list for the forces facing Iran.

Of the 19 U.S. warships sunkor damaged since World War Two, 15 were struck by mines, most recently in theGulf during the first “Tanker War” of the early 1980s, when Iran and Iraqattacked each other’s shipping and those of their customers in a bid to chokeoff exports and cripple the enemy.

Information on Iran’spotential for mine warfare remains scarce, but Tehran used significant numbersof them in the 1980s Tanker War.

Then, Iran used relativelysimple drifting mines, such as were used in World War Two. Today, it probablyhas access to far more sophisticated mines which can be left on the sea bed,ideal for deployment in the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf.

“There is a new generationof mines … that will cause us much more time and effort trying to find them,”said Capt. Robert Lineberry, commander of U.S. Mine Countermeasures Squadron 7,in an interview with Stars and Stripes in May 2011.

“It’s not just this littleround spiky thing. Now they have mines that will bury, they have mines thatdon’t look like mines. It’s a big challenge.”

Exactly what kind of minecapability Iran has is unclear, but may well include advanced weapons, expertssay. China’s advanced bottom-laid mines are capable of discriminating betweendifferent kinds of ships, and can be set to activate days or even months afterdeployment, or allow friendly forces to pass by safely.

No one in the West knows forsure if China has sold such mines to Iran, but given the number of mines Iranhas bought, and its close contacts with China, it seems probable that someChinese mine technology has reached Iran.

“Dealing with mines would bedifferent, but even if the shipping lanes were closed for a short period,eventually narrow lanes would be cleared. Those would possibly besubmarine-laid, which would be the best thing for the Iranians tactically,” LeMiere says.

Much depends on Iran’sintentions, and many doubt that Iran really intends to carry out its threat,but merely wants to remind the West that it could attempt to close the straitif provoked or attacked.

“It absolutely doesn’t wantto because it would make no sense, and will mean war with the U.S., and itdoesn’t want that,” says Sergei Demidenko of the Moscow-based Institute forStrategic Studies and Analysis.

“It has no way of standingup to the U.S. Navy at sea and it’s well aware of that,” he says.

“European sanctions meanthey lose about a quarter of their oil exports, which they can probably moveelsewhere. A war in the Gulf would mean the loss of all their fleet and defensecapability, the stability of their regime, their economic stability. It’s notworth it.”

The economic effects of ablockade would hurt Iran more than anyone else.

“Eighty-seven percent ofIranian imports and about ninety-nine percent of its exports are by sea, and soclosure to the Strait will probably impact Iran more severely than any othersingle nation,” said Sabahat Khan, an analyst for the Institute of Near Eastand Gulf Military Analysis, in his study Iranian Mining of the Straits ofHormuz.

A war could break out byaccident however, due to the concentration of forces in the region andmisunderstanding of motives by “the other side.”

An Iranian Air Force F-14fighter aircraft crashed three minutes after take-off from Bandar Abbas onJanuary 26, the cause was unknown according to Iranian media. A similarincident could spark a war if Iran suspected the aircraft was shot down by “theenemy.”

It is worth remembering thatin 1992, the U.S. Navy shot down an Iranian airliner it mistook for anattacking fighter. Iraqi forces struck an American destroyer, the USS Stark,with an Exocet anti-ship missile by mistake in 1987.

Similar incidents might beall that is necessary to make Iran decide that the time has come to play itsultimate card.

Source : RIA Novosti, HowardGethin, 05.02.12.

[130212.ID.SEA] Revitalisasi APBS: Pelindo III Tunggu Izin Kemenhub

2012-02-13T02:07:00.000-08:00

SURABAYA: PT PelabuhanIndonesia III dan sejumlah pelaku usaha sektor kepelabuhan di Tanjung PerakSurabaya hingga kini masih menunggu proses perizinan untuk melakukan prosesrevitalisasi alur pelayaran barat Surabaya (APBS) dari Kementrian Perhubungansehingga proyek bernilai investasi sekitar Rp659 miliar itu bisa dimulai.

Kepala Humas PT Pelindo III,Edy Priyanto menegaskan pihaknya dan sejumlah pihak khususnya pelaku usaha yangberoperasi di Pelabuhan Tanjung Perak sangat mengharapkan pemerintah bisasegera memberikan izin untuk segera memulai proses revitalisasi APBS.

“Jawaban dari dariKementrian Pehubungan masih ditunggu, ini terkait rencana revitalisasi APBSyang diharapkan bisa diperdalam dari minus 10,5 meter menjadi minus 14 meterLWS [low water spring] dan

diperlebar dari 100 metermenjadi 200 meter. Pemprov Jatim sudah berkirim surat awal tahun ini, tapibelum ada jawaban,” kata Edi kepada Bisnis, hari ini, Senin 13 Februari 2012.

Edy menjelaskan pihaknyatelah melakukan sejumlah persiapan terkait program revitalisasi APBS.

“Proses studi kelayakan danpersiapan lainnya sudah dilakukan, untuk studi kelayakan menelan Rp2 miliar.Estimasi biaya untuk revitalisasi diprediksi mencapai US$73,33 juta atausekitar Rp654,97 miliar dengan taksiran biaya pengelolaan setiap tahun US$8juta. Sejumlah model pengerjaan juga telah ditawarkan ke kementrian BUMN,”ujarnya.

Anggota Komisi D DPRD JatimAgus Maimun mengungkapkan persoalan keterbatasan APBS menjadi kendala utamabagi proses peningkatan perdagangan dan pariwisata di Jatim.

“Faktanya akibat alur yangtidak dalam maka kapal petikemas untuk ekspor-impor masih generasi biasa, bukankelas kapal besar dengan muatan dan volume yang besar. Kasus pipa gas telahmembuat kapal

petikemas mesti mengurangimuatan sehingga batas draft kapal 8,5 meter bisa dicapai. Revitalisasi seharusnyamenjadi keniscayaan,” kata Agus.

Ketua INSA Cabang Surabaya,Steven H. Lasawengen menyatakan pihaknya merupakan kalangan pelaku usaha yangpaling dirugikan terkait belum maksimalnya APBS.

”Keberadaan APBS yang belummaksimal ini membuat high cost bagi pelaku usaha pelayaran. Bayangkan saja,APBS dengan lebar 100 meter membuat kapal mesti masuk dan keluar ditandu secarasatu-satu, kondisi ini membuat waktu bongkar muat menjadi lama dan tidakefisien yang memicu biaya produksi tinggi,” kata Steven.

Sekretaris EksekutifAsosiasi Logistik dan Forweder Indonesia Jatim, Diah Agusmuslim menegaskankalangan ekspedisi dan pengusaha logistik sangat merasakan beratnya biayaproduksi akibat lamanya proses bongkar muat dan kapasitas muatan kapal yangdikurangi.

”Revitalisasi APBS sehinggabisa two way traffic dari one way traffic, sehingga lebih lancar dan efisienterhadap cost of production. Ini sangat diharapkan pengusaha ekspedisi danforweder di Tanjung Perak,” tegas Agus. (faa)

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 13.02.12.

[120212.EN.SEA] US Treasury Warns Hong Kong That Doing Business With Iran's IRISL Is Illegal

2012-02-12T19:40:00.000-08:00

CONDUCTING business with the Iranian Republic Islamic Shipping Line (IRISL) contravenes international law, US Treasury undersecretary David Cohen warned shipping executives in Hong Kong recently.

In the past year the United Nations has tightened restrictions on an Iranian shipping company accused of helping Tehran gather materials for its nuclear programme.

Mr Cohen told the Hong Kong gathering that there were 19 ships that the Iranian company renamed and transferred ownership to Hong Kong companies to conceal their identity.

Claudia Rosett, with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, considered a major conservative think tank, which partly financed by the US Government, said she had investigated IRISL's efforts to avoid sanctions by using records in the Hong Kong Marine Department.

Ms Rosett says one former IRISL ship now registered to a Hong Kong company has even been renamed The Alias, reported Voice of America.

"You start to see what is really an amazing global network of shell companies, deceptive practices and so on, with which Iran has been trying to get around sanctions on its commercial shipping," she said.

Security Council Resolution 1929 has helped locate ships operating under IRISL and turn them away from ports in Europe and North America. The measure has been much less effective in Asia.

The US Treasury Department warns that any organisation found trading with IRISL - even one of its covertly registered entities - would be considered to be helping to thwart the United Nations sanctions.

But Hong Kong marine industry representatives say they do not have the resources adequately to police one of the world's busiest ports, through which almost half a million ships and 268 million tons of cargo pass each year.

Industry representatives say they need extra intelligence to keep IRISL out of Hong Kong and to prevent their business being unfairly tarnished.

Hong Kong Shipowners Association managing director Arthur Bowring said: "It's a minefield for operators; a lawyer's paradise in many ways. It makes life extremely difficult for shipowners, who don't want to trade with Iran, aren't trading with Iran. Yet they are caught up with the associated link," he says.

Mr Bowring said the shipping community was nervous of running afoul of the US Treasury, a view with which Mr Rosett sympathises.

"It's not the intention of the US government to scare people, but to point out that Iran is exploiting the services of Hong Kong's terrific, vibrant business community. The problem really lies with Iran," she said.
Mr Cohen also met with China's four largest state banks and warned them they could face sanctions if they do business with Iranian financial institutions with ties to Iran's nuclear programme. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman later said none of China's business with Iran violates UN resolutions.

Source : HKSG.

[120212.ID.BIZ] Dunia Butuh 600 Juta Pekerjaan

2012-02-12T19:35:00.000-08:00

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Dunia menghadapi tantangan mendesak menciptakan 600 juta lapangan pekerjaan produktif dalam 10 tahun mendatang. Ketiadaan lapangan kerja baru bakal mengganggu kesinambungan pertumbuhan ekonomi dan stabilitas ikatan sosial.

Demikian Laporan Tren Ketenagakerjaan Global Tahun 2012 berjudul Pencegahan Krisis Pekerjaan Lebih Parah dari Organisasi Buruh Internasional (ILO) yang diterima di Jakarta, Selasa (24/1/2012). ILO adalah organisasi Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB) yang aktif mempromosikan mengenai pekerjaan layak dan kebebasan berserikat.

Krisis selama tiga tahun terakhir dalam pasar kerja global yang mengganggu pertumbuhan ekonomi menimbulkan ancaman pengangguran sedikitnya 200 juta orang. Sedikitnya 400 lapangan kerja dibutuhkan dalam 10 tahun mendatang untuk menyerap penambahan 40 juta angkatan kerja setiap tahun.

Direktur Jenderal ILO Juan Somavia mengatakan, meski pemerintah telah bekerja keras menarik investasi, krisis pekerjaan belum teratasi sepenuhnya. Satu dari tiga pekerja di dunia, yang diperkirakan mencapai 1,1 miliar orang, masih menganggur atau hidup dalam kemiskinan.

”Penciptaan lapangan kerja dalam ekonomi riil harus menjadi prioritas nomor satu saat saat ini,” ujarnya.

Laporan ini juga mengungkapkan, masih ada 900 juta pekerja bersama keluarga hidup dari penghasilan 2 dollar AS (Rp 18.000) per hari di negara berkembang.

Kondisi di Indonesia

ILO juga melaporkan, jumlah penganggur berusia antara 15 tahun dan 24 tahun pada tahun 2011 mencapai 74,8 juta orang. Kondisi ini sungguh mengkhawatirkan karena bertambah 4 juta orang dalam empat tahun.

Kondisi serupa sebenarnya juga terjadi di Indonesia. Kementerian Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi sudah menyusun perencanaan tenaga kerja tahun 2012 yang memprediksi angkatan kerja sebanyak 119,39 juta orang.

Fakta yang memprihatinkan adalah 46,6 persen atau 55,7 juta orang dari angkatan kerja Indonesia didominasi pencari kerja berpendidikan sekolah dasar.

Dalam Laporan ILO tentang Tren Ketenagakerjaan dan Sosial di Indonesia Tahun 2010 pada April 2011 menyebutkan, kualitas lapangan kerja domestik kian tertinggal dalam pertumbuhan jumlah pekerjaan yang tersedia.

Di Jakarta, Menteri Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi Muhaimin Iskandar mengatakan, kenaikan jumlah dan kualitas angkatan kerja harus dikendalikan agar tidak menciptakan penganggur baru.

Menurut Muhaimin, penciptaan kesempatan kerja di sektor formal yang berkualitas harus menjadi prioritas jajaran pemerintah.

Ketua Umum Asosiasi Pengusaha Indonesia (Apindo) Sofjan Wanandi mengingatkan pemerintah agar lebih serius melindungi investor. Iklim investasi kondusif dan jaminan hukum menjadi kunci penting investor mewujudkan rencana bisnis.

”Pemerintah pusat sampai daerah harus lebih bertanggung jawab menjaga stabilitas iklim investasi,” ujar Sofjan.

Sumber : Kompas, 24.01.12.

[110212.EN.SEA] Afghanistan via Pakistan: Forwarding On The Forward Edge Of The Battle Area

2012-02-11T01:17:00.000-08:00

DEEPLY troubled asAfghanistan is, the market is "definitely worth being in" and offers"rich pickings", according to Felixstowe-based Seaport Freightmanaging director Steve Parks.

"It isn't a big marketfor Seaport, but it's one that the company has been in for years. And I see[the restrictions] lifting because of the infrastructure being put backin," he told London's International Freighting Weekly.

Good agents on the groundare vital too, he said, and Seaport has one in Karachi with a branch in Kabul.

"The other issue isthat you have to have correct paperwork in place. We had one consignment thattook seven months to sort out. It was horrific - it wasn't the cargo, it wasjust a case that someone hadn't done the paperwork, and it got stuck in thebacklog," said Mr Parks.

"The documentation mustbe in the right place. Officials have different interpretations of the rules,of course, so you have to have very good people on the spot who can get aroundthat.

"We ship fromFelixstowe to Karachi and clear in transit to the border," said Mr Parks."However, all along the route, freight can be stopped for any reason.There could be huge queues of traffic at the border, because it is shut or customsare overpowered with work, or there might be an ambush, or truck's across theroad and you can't get through," he said.

"Sometimes freight doestake an awfully long time, but we get it through in the end. If people areshipping goods to Afghanistan, they have to appreciate what is happeningthere," said Mr Parks.

"We do get irate peoplesaying 'it's been two months, why has my stuff not arrived yet?' But it isn'tlike moving goods to the US. Problems are severe. Sometimes you are held up forweeks and weeks," he said.

"You have to acceptthere are going to be problems. You just need to plan things - and even then,plans go awry."

As for the future, when NATOforces pull out, he said: "I don't think it will change in terms ofunpredictability."

Source : HKSG, 11.02.12.

[110212.ID.SEA] Infrastruktur Pelabuhan: Dermaga Jayapura Akan Diperpanjang 100 m

2012-02-11T01:05:00.000-08:00

JAKARTA: PT Pelindo IV tahunini melakukan perpanjangan dermaga Pelabuhan Jayapura, Provinsi Papua hingga 100 meter dari kondisi sekarang 214meter.

Selain memperpanjang dermagamenjadi 314 meter, perseroan itu membangun lapangan penumpukan seluas 3.000meter sehingga nantinya pelabuhan tersebut didukung 21.000 meter area lapanganpenumpukan.

Rayar Habel, General ManagerPT Pelindo IV Cabang Jayapura mengatakan kedua proyek itu dikerjakan untukmengantisipasi pertumbuhan arus kontainer ke provinsi tersebut.

Dia menjelaskan selain keduaproyek infrastruktur itu, pihaknya juga sedang memasang peralatan bongkar muat."Satu unit container crane juga sedang dipasang," katanya, hari ini.

Menurutnya pemasanganperalatan itu diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kemampuan produktivitas bongkarmuat dari rata-rata 8 TEUs per jam menjadi 20 TEUs per jam.

Data PT Pelindo IVmenyebutkan arus peti kemas di Pelabuhan Jayapura selama 2011 mencapai 54.000TEUs atau sama dengan tahun lalu meskipun turun 5.000 TEUs dibandingkan dengan2009 sebanyak 59.000 TEUs.

Sementara itu, operator pelayaran menilai pengadaanperalatan container crane atau CC di Pelabuhan Jayapura akan berdampak terhadappeningkatan produktivitas bongkar muat di pelabuhan itu.

Wakil Ketua Dewan PengurusPusat Indonesian National Shipowners' Association (INSA) Asmari Herrymengatakan peralatan bongkar muat sejenis container crane memang banyakdibutuhkan di pelabuhan-pelabuhan di kawasan KTI.

Dia menjelaskan pengadaanperalatan itu untuk mempercepat kegiatan bongkar muat yang sekarang masihmengandalkan crane kapal. "Namun, kalau nanti peralatan tersebut sering macet dan rusak, iya nanti samasaja," katanya.

Dia menjelaskan peralatanjenis peralatan tersebut akan sangatmembantu mengurangi biaya logistik jika sumber daya manusia yangmengoperasikannya benar-benar siap. "Cara pandang mereka juga harusberubah."(api)

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia,09.02.12.

[100212.EN.SEA] Authorities Stops NAVIGATION In Sea Of Azov And The Kerch Strait

2012-02-10T08:42:00.000-08:00

Passage through the KerchStrait is stopped. In ice captivity were 109 vessels. Four of them havefollowed the port of Berdyansk. Another 2 ships that were loaded at the port,tried to put to sea, but are forced to return to the docks.

According to CaptainBerdyansk Commercial Sea Port Alexander Maruhnenko, February 7 ice"plugged" the Kerch Strait, according to "Zaporozhiannews."

Strong gusty winds up to 20m / sec, and temperatures down to -21 degrees contribute to the activeformation of ice, shifting of the ice fields, the emergence of hummocks.

Passage through the KerchStrait is stopped. In ice captivity were 109 vessels.

Four of them have followedthe port of Berdyansk. Another 2 ships that were loaded at the port, tried toput to sea, but are forced to return to the docks.

By order of the Ministry ofEmergency Situations ship traffic on the navigable channel in the Azov Seawithout an icebreaker escort tugs or IB class is prohibited.

Single in the Azov SeaUkrainian icebreaker "Captain Belousov," assigned to the port ofMariupol, in the circumstances, can provide safe pilotage of vessels only 5-6at a time.

According to thecalculations Russian port workers in the Azov Sea and Kerch Strait remainsimprisoned in the ice 40 ships, taking into account those who are in safeshelters.

As reported by IAA"IAA" in the Azov Branch "Rosmorport", in the mostdifficult conditions are 10 ships in the south-western part of the KerchStrait.

For the past day from icecaptivity was derived vessel "Dolphin-7", received in difficult iceconditions, the casing is damaged above the waterline. In addition, theicebreaker "Kapitan Moshkin" brought ashore four sailors, previouslyevacuated from the burning ship "Ivan Vikulov."

Currently, ice-breakers"Rosmorport" split into two groups of two icebreakers to removefallen captive to the ice craft. According to the forecast, February 8, isexpected to storm winds and a decrease in temperature, increased ice cover andice formation in the Sea of Azov. The ice situation in the region remainsextremely difficult, ridges reach 1.5 m, ice-breakers to cope with labor.

Icebreakers"Rosmorport" act in accordance with the instructions of the Staff ofice operations (passed) , led by Captain Sea port of Taganrog.

At the moment the masterplan is the conclusion was going vessels caught in ice-prisoner in the ice edgein the Kerch Strait.

The Azov Sea"closed" to the input, the Russian ports of the Azov Sea"closed" to the output port of the vessel.

Icebreakers work in pairs.When the "clearing" will be completed, only then can we move on tothe smooth formation of the wiring and caravans as the north-east towards theport of Taganrog, Azov, Rostov-on-Don, Eisk, and from the ports in the directionof the Kerch Strait, as well as to assist the courts in Temryuk.

In the Sea of Azovinvolved four diesel-electric icebreaker "Rosmorport": icebreakers "CaptainDemidov," "Captain Moshkin," and "Captain Chudinov"Azov Basin branch and Rosmorport icebreaker "Kapitan cool" Azov-BlackSea Basin branch of the state.

In addition, the Russianports running another 3 icebreaking tug:

in the port of Taganrogworks icebreaking tug "Kama", in Azov - icebreaking tug "CaptainHarchikov" in Rostov-on-Don - icebreaking tug "Phanagoria."

Source : SN-TR, 08.02.12.

[100212.ID.AIR] Anthony Salim Bakal Beli Philippine Airlines?

2012-02-10T08:28:00.000-08:00

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Salahsatu orang terkaya Indonesia, Anthony Salim, akan membeli maskapai Filipina,Philippine Airlines (PAL), dari taipan asal Filipina, Lucio Tan. PemilikIndofood ini akan mengakuisisi PAL lewat perusahaannya yang berbasis di Hongkong,First Pacific.

Lucio Tan terpaksa menjualperusahaan penerbangannya karena tidak kuat menanggung biaya operasional yangterus membengkak dan tidak tertutup oleh pendapatan yang masuk. PAL sebenarnyapernah menjadi penguasa langit Filipina, tetapi akhirnya tak mampu bersaingdengan bermunculannya maskapai lain, antara lain Cebu Pasific, yang menghantamjalur domestik PAL.

Seperti dikutip dari lamanforbes.com, Selasa (7/2/2012), CEO First Pasific Manny Pangilinan telahmengajukan tawaran senilai 700 juta dollar AS untuk membeli PAL dan anakusahanya, Air Phil. Sebelumnya, First Pasific juga menyatakan minatnya untukmembeli hak pengelolaan Bandar Udara Manila apabila Pemerintah Filipinamemprivatisasi bandara tersebut.

Saingan First Pasific untukmendapatkan PAL adalah San Miguel yang telah menyatakan kepada Bursa EfekFilipina bahwa pihaknya tengah dalam pembicaraan untuk mengakuisisi PAL.

Sebagai informasi, Tanmerupakan orang terkaya kedua di Filipina dengan kekayaan mencapai 2,8 miliardollar AS dalam daftar Forbes 2011. Hasil penjualan maskapai penerbangan ininantinya akan dialokasikan untuk investasi bisnis lain, seperti Eton Propertiesdi Hongkong dan Fortune Tobacco.

Dikutip dari financialtimes.com, Anthony Salim merupakan chairman dari jajaran direksi First PasificCompany Ltd sejak Juni 2003. Sebelumnya, dia menjabat sebagai direktur sejak1981. Anthony Salim merupakan Presiden Direktur dan CEO dari Salim Group, PTIndofood Sukses Makmur Tbk, dan PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk. Forbes padatahun lalu menempatkan Anthony Salim dalam urutan kelima sebagai orang terkayadi Indonesia dengan harta 3,6 miliar dollar AS. (Sugiyarto)

Sumber : Kompas, 08.02.12.

[090212.EN.SEA] Mitsubishi Heavy Develops Ship Safety System

2012-02-09T08:20:00.000-08:00

Tokyo: Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries (MHI) has developed a new device to enhance the damage stability ofships and reduce the risk of capsizing.

MHI has also received anorder for a vessel equipped with the system from Nippon Shipping.

MHI proprietarily developedthe system in response to the strengthening of regulations on ship stabilityduring navigation in January 2009, based on revisions to the Solas Conventionadopted by IMO in 1974.

MHI is targetinginstallation of its newly patented righting moment recovery system on new shipssuch as ro-ro, pure car and truck carriers and ferries.

“If the ship's hull isdamaged during navigation, the new system enables prompt conveyance of anyflooded seawater into void spaces in the ship's bottom, thereby reducingcapsizing risk through enhancement of righting momentum by quickly lowering theship's center of gravity,” MHI said.

Source : STA, 09.02.12.

[090212.ID.SEA] Pelabuhan Pontianak : Pembebasan Lahan Masih Terkatung-katung

2012-02-09T08:04:00.000-08:00

JAKARTA: Proses pembebasanlahan untuk menambah lapangan penumpukan peti kemas di Pelabuhan Pontianak,Kalimantan Barat hingga kini belum rampung sehingga pelabuhan internasional itumasih dibayangi ancaman kongesti.

Solikhin, General Manager PTPelindo II Cabang Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat mengatakan hingga kini pemasanganperalatan bongkar muat untuk memacu produktivitas pelabuhan hampir rampung100%.

Namun, katanya, pemasanganperalatan tersebut memerlukan tambahan lahan penumpukan peti kemas supayakinerja peralatan tersebut semakin maksimal dalam melayani bongkar muat.

Dia menjelaskan saat inisebagian peralatan bongkar muat seperti container crane sudah beroperasi.“Sebagian peralatan memang sudah beroperasi, tetapi kondisi lapangan penumpukanyang terbatas menyebabkan kongesti,” katanya hari ini.

Menurutnya untuk mengurangiancaman kongesti itu, pihaknya segera menerapkan pola operasi baru pelabuhan,terutama setelah seluruh peralatan yang kini masih ada yang dalam prosespemasangan siap dioperasikan.

Kapasitas lapanganpenumpukan peti kemas di Pelabuhan Pontianak mencapai 4.382 twenty-footequivalent units (TEUs), sementara arus peti kemas hingga Desember 2011diperkirakan mencapai 190.000 TEUs.

Sebelumnya, Ketua IndonesianNational Shipowners Association (INSA) Cabang Pontianak M. Rasyidi Usmanmengatakan sampai saat ini keterbatasan lapangan penumpukan berpengaruhterhadap pelayanan kapal di pelabuhan internasional itu.

"Pemerintah KotaPontianak seharusnya segera merampungkan proses pembebasan lahan yang sudahdirencanakan," katanya. (sut)

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia,09.02.12.

[080212.EN.SEA] FSL Trust Monitoring Lease Payment From Berlian Laju

2012-02-08T09:35:00.000-08:00

Singapore: Shipping trustFirst Ship Lease (FSL) Trust is prepared to take stern action againstfinancially strapped Berlian Laju Tanker (BLT) should the latter default onlease payments on three chemical tankers.

The Singapore-listed FSLTrust currently leases three chemical tankers - Pertiwi, Prita Dewi andPujawati - to wholly-owned subsidiaries of BLT.

Indonesia-based BLTannounced a debt standstill last week and said it had stopped paying its debtsand leases.

“FSL Trust Management ismonitoring the situation and will take strenuous action to ensure that thelessees will continue to abide by their contractual obligations to makepayments on their lease agreements,” FSL Trust said in a statement.

The trust added that it hasreceived all its lease payments due for the month of January and the next leasepayments from the lessees are due in the first week of February. The leasesaccounted for 12.8% of FSL Trust's total revenue for the financial year 2011.

FSL Trust claimed that evenif BLT fails to make payments for February, it will not cause the trust to beunable to service the debt obligations under its loan agreement.

Source : STA.

[080212.ID.BIZ] Pabrik NOKIA: Pangkas 4.000 Pekerja, Nokia Relokasi ke Asia

2012-02-08T09:31:00.000-08:00

HELSINKI: Produsen mobilephone asal Finlandia Nokia Oyj berencana memangkas sekitar 4.000 pekerja dipabrik-pabriknya di Hungaria, Meksiko, dan Finlandia untuk mempercepatpengiriman perangkat dan lebih dekat dengan pemasok.

Dalam situs Bloombergtertera perakitan perangkat akan dipindah ke pabrik di Asia, kawasan tempatsebagian besar pemasok komponen berada. Pabrik Salo, Finlandia yang berdiripada 1979 memproduksi smartphone untuk pasar Eropa.

Pekan ini Chief ExecutiveOfficer Nokia Oyj Stephen Elop mengumumkan strategi perusahaan pada tahun lalubahwa Nokia akan memproduksi handset yang menjalankan piranti lunak WindowsPhone dari Microsoft Corp. Pabrik Salo terhindar dari putaran pertama PHK dan tawaranoutsourcing. Dua bentuk ini melanda para insinyur yang bekerja untuk pirantilunak ponsel Nokia Symbian yang produksinya kian menurun.

Penjualan smartphone turun25% menjadi 77,3 juta unit akhir tahun lalu karena pelanggan menjauhi Symbian.Nokia yang berbasis di Espoo Finlandia memperkenalkan handset Lumia yangmenjalankan Windows Phone enam minggu sebelum 2011 berakhir. Pada 26 Januariperusahaan mengatakan telah menjual lebih dari 1 juta perangkat sampai saatini.

Nokia juga membuatsmartphone di Beijing dan Korea Selatan. Pada 1 Desember perusahaan mengatakanakan mulai memproduksi Lumia 710 di pabriknya di Manaus, Brazil. Pengapalanpertama handset Lumia dibuat di sebuah pabrik Compal Electronics Inc di Taiwan.

Menurut situs perusahaan,Nokia punya sembilan pabrik handset, termasuk satu pabrik yang sedang dibangundi Hanoi. Bulan lalu dia menjual pabrik Rumania yang sudah tutup kepadaDe'Longhi SpA, produsen peralatan dapur dari Italia. Perusahaan mengatakanponsel low-end yang dibuat di pabrik itu diproduksi untuk lebih dekat denganpemasok dan pasar besar.

Pada 29 September tahunlalu, Nokia mengatakan pabrik Salo, serta pabrik di Komarom, Hungaria danReynosa, Meksiko, sedang ditinjau dan dapat bergeser dari perakitan dankemasan. (sut)

Sumber : Bloomberg, BisnisIndonesia.

[070212.EN.SEA] Splitting Zim Into 2 Units Seen As Way To Relieve Financial Stress

2012-02-07T15:11:00.000-08:00

THE Israeli government and trade unions have reportedly accepted proposals from Israel Corporation to split Zim Integrated Shipping into two units, one foreign, the other regional, according to London's Containerisation International.

The Israeli Government's approval is necessary as Zim Line is considered a strategic asset by the state and it possesses a "golden share", which was retained when it sold its remaining 48.6 per cent to Israel Corporation in 2004.

The separation of Zim International is deemed desirable as past exploratory talks with outside interests to raise fresh capital were hindered by foreign banks which were uncomfortable with the government's golden share conditions, said CI.

In 2008, Zim Line was reportedly interested in raising US$500 million on the Hong Kong stock exchange. There was another story that it planned to float 25 per cent of Zim Line, but was dissuaded from proceeding by the global downturn.

It is not yet clear how outside interests could be invited to participate in Zim International once split from the company's local interests. But who would retain control of the company afterwards given the Israeli government involvement?

For the moment, there appears to be little urgency as Zim Line has a small order book, and the delivery of its nine 12,552TEUers has been put back to 2015, though an outside investor is reportedly needed to effect deliveries.

Zim Line's recently reported failure to meet its loan covenants is said to be no different than most other ocean carriers declaring losses, according to CI.

Source : HKSG.

[070212.ID.BIZ] TRANS KALIMANTAN: Kalteng Tolak Ikut Megaproyek Kereta Api

2012-02-07T15:06:00.000-08:00

JAKARTA: Gubernur Kalimantan Tengah Agustin Teras Narang menegaskan penolakan atas rencana pemerintah pusat membangun rel kereta api Trans Kalimantan sepanjang 185 km yang akan dibangun investor Rusia.

Kepada Bisnis, Terang menegaskan Kalteng tidak ikut dalam proyek rel kereta api Trans Kalimantan yang menghubungkan Kalteng-Kaltim karena Kalteng sudah melakukan proses tersendiri untuk membangun KA di wilayah Kalteng.

“Proses tender sudah jalan dan sudah diseleksi. Dari 16 calon sudah terpilih empat calon pemenang dan RfP (Request for Proposal) akan dilakukan pada akhir April 2012 ini, yaitu untuk pembangunan rel KA sepanjang 185 km,” tegasnya hari ini 6 Februari 2012.

Besok nota kesepahaman (MoU) pembangunan KA batu bara Kalteng-Kaltim akan diteken di Hotel Indonesia Kempinski antara Pemprov Kalimantan Timur dan Russian Railways.

Penandatanganan MoU KA batu bara Trans Kalimantan seharusnya dijadwalkan saat kunjungan Presiden Rusia Dmitry Medvedev di ajang KTT Asia Timur, November 2011 di Nusa Dua, Bali.

Wakil Menteri Perhubungan Bambang Susantono kepada Bisnis mengaku tak mengetahui adanya rencana penandatanganan MoU tersebut bahkan balik bertanya tentang acara tersebut. “Don’t know. Saya tidak ikut. Siapa yang buat acara?”

Sebelumnya Teras menyatakan sudah saatnya Indonesia melaksanakan proyek yang berkelanjutan dengan memperhatikan kepentingan rakyat dan lingkungan hidup serta sumber daya alam (SDA).

“Bukan hanya sekedar dieksploitasi tetapi harus juga sebesar-besarnya bagi kemakmuran rakyat terutama yang berada di SDA [itu] berada dan juga harus ada proyek dari hulu ke hilir,” ujarnya saat itu.

Teras Narang berkeras jalur kereta api pengangkut batu bara yang menghubungkan Puruk Cahu dan Bangkuang tersebut akan meninggalkan bencana bagi rakyat Kalteng terutama di wilayah Daerah Aliran Sungai Barito.

Pasalnya, daerah yang rencananya akan dibangun jalur rel tunggal itu berada pada kawasan hutan lindung di pegunungan Pegunungan Muller-Schwanner, Kabupaten Murung Raya yang berfungsi sebagai daerah resapan air.

Seperti dikutip rbcnews.com, bos Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin menyatakan proyek KA Trans Kalimantan tersebut akan dikerjakan dengan investasi senilai US$2,5 miliar. (faa)

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 06.02.12.

[060212.EN.SEA] Spreading The Brand - Bjork.Eklund Group Changes Name To Greencarrier

2012-02-06T11:06:00.000-08:00

THE Bjork.Eklund Group has announced that it is changing its name to Greencarrier AB with effect from February 1.

A statement said that previously the Greencarrier name had only been used by companies that formed part of Greencarrier Freight Services, the division of the Bjork.Eklund Group, offering customised logistics and transport solutions worldwide.

Now the majority of group companies not currently branded Greencarrier will also change their names to reflect their membership of the Greencarrier Group. This includes the Greenship/Loadmasters liner agency division that represents Evergreen Line in several markets within the Nordic/Baltic region. Only the Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics division will maintain a separate identity.

According to Bjorn Eklund, CEO of the newly renamed Greencarrier AB, the group has grown continuously over the last few years and today has 650 employees working under several brands in 10 different markets including China.

He explains that the decision to consolidate the company's brands under one name is intended to boost the global profile of its various activities and reflect the group's commitment to provide its customers with environmentally sustainable transport solutions:

"By minimising the number of company names, our aim is to communicate even more clearly as well as to facilitate business for our customers, partners and future employees," Mr Eklund said.

"From an organisational and practical perspective, these changes will simply mean that there will be a new company name on our doors, invoices, business cards and stationery. Our phone numbers, contacts and corporate registration numbers will remain the same. New e-mail addresses will be used, although the old ones will continue to work for a while longer. From now on, our website will be www.greencarrier.com." he said.

Source : HKSG, 06.02.12.

[060212.ID.BIZ] KA Batu Bara: Pemprov Kaltim Segera Teken MoU Dengan Kalimantan Railways

2012-02-06T10:52:00.000-08:00

BALIKPAPAN: Pemerintah Provinsi Kaltim akan menandatangani memorandum of understanding (MoU) dengan Kalimantan Railways, perusahaan bentukan Rusian Railways, guna merealisasikan pembangunan rel kereta api batu bara dengan nilai investasi sekitar US$1,8 juta, sekitar Rp16 triliun.

Kepala Badan Penanaman Modal Daerah Kaltim Yadi Sabiannoor mengatakan ada perubahan nilai investasi rel kereta sepanjang total 185 kilometer yang terbentang dari Kaltim hingga Kalteng. Hal itu karena pembangunan di Kaltim hanya dilakukan sepanjang 160 kilometer, sehingga nilai investasinya direvisi dari US$2,4 juta menjadi US$1,8 juta.

“Nanti sisanya [investasi] akan ditanamkan di Kalteng yang kemungkinan direalisasikan pada 2015 mendatang,” ujarnya ketika dihubungi Bisnis, Senin malam 6 Februari 2012.

Penandatanganan kesepakatan itu akan ditandatangani besok dan dihadiri oleh Dirjen Perkeretaapian dan juga perwakilan dari Kementerian Perekonomian. Yadi mengatakan baru dua lembaga itu yang memberikan konfirmasi kedatangan pada panitia terkait acara penandatanganan kesepakatan itu.

Mengenai penolakan yang diutarakan oleh Gubernur Kalteng Agustian Teras Narang, Yadi mengatakan hal itu merupakan penundaan yang bersifat sementara. Dia menerangkan Kalteng sedang melakukan pembuatan jalur kereta di wilayahnya yang nantinya akan disambungkan dengan jalur kereta yang akan dibangun oleh Kalimantan Railways.

“Itu yang dikatakan Sekda Provinsi Kalteng ketika melakukan pertemuan bersama Kementerian Perekonomian dan Kaltim,” ujarnya.

Namun, Yadi kembali menegaskan bahwa persetujuan investasi dengan Kalimantan Railways merupakan hak dari Kalteng. Dirinya hanya menyampaikan apa yang pernah diutarakan ketika mengikuti rapat bersama membahas tentang pembangunan rel kereta api itu.

Yadi menerangkan target pengerjaan fisik pembangunan rel kereta api akan dilakukan pada 2013 karena pada tahun ini pihak Kalimantan Railways baru akan merampungkan proses perizinan. Selain itu, investor perlu membebaskan lahan milik masyarakat yang kemungkinan terkena jalur perlintasan kereta.

Menurut rencana, pembangunan rel akan selesai pada 2016 di seluruh Kaltim yang membentang dari Kutai Barat menuju Balikpapan. Untuk itu, dirinya mengatakan kemungkinan realisasi pembangunan di Kalteng baru bisa dilakukan pada 2015 karena menunggu proses penyeesaian di Kaltim terlebih dahulu. (bas)

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 06.02.12.

[050212.EN.SEA] Moody's Downgrades MOL Credit Rating To Baa1 And NYK's To Baa2

2012-02-05T02:07:00.000-08:00

MOODY'S, one of the bigthree credit ratings agencies, has downgraded Japan's two biggest carriers, MOLand NYK, saying oversupply of vessel in the industry will reduce cashflow andmake debts difficult to pay, reported Bunkerworld.

MOL's ratings, Japaneselargest and world's 10th largest carrier, have been downgraded by Moody's to"Baa1" from "A3", while NYK's ratings to "Baa2"from "Baa1" after MOL posted a US$173 million operating loss and NYKa $179 million loss in the October-December period.

Outlook for both carriershas been rated "negative" with Moody's expressing concerns thatovercapacity and soft rates, especially on Asia-Europe trade, would impairprofitability further.

In addition to containershipping, the ratings agency said NYK and MOL's dry bulk and tanker units areconfronted with weak charter rates.

Moody's said NYK and MOLcould see relief in 2013 as their car shipment businesses stabilise and thehaulage business of liquefied natural gas expands.

Source : HKSG, 04.02.12.

[050212.ID,AIR] PTDI Bisnis Simulator Pesawat

2012-02-05T02:01:00.000-08:00

JAKARTA - PT DirgantaraIndonesia (DI) mulai melakukan ekspansi bisnisnya dengan membuat simulatorpesawat. Pengembangan tersebut tidak jauh bisnis utama perusahaan yaitu membuatpesawat dan komponen pesawat. Direktur Aircraft Service PT DI Rudi Wuraskitomengatakan, sudah ada beberapa unit simulator yang berhasil dibuat.

Misalnya untuk pesawat jenisCN 235 dan Helikopter Super Puma. Tidak hanya itu, perusahaan yang dahulunyabernama Industri Pesawat Terbang Nasional (IPTN) tersebut juga membuatsimulator untuk kapal laut. "Ada 3-4 simulator yang sudah kita buat,"ungkap Rudi.

Untuk 1 unit simulator CN235, lanjut Rudi, dijual seharga USD 12 juta. Sementara simulator Super Pumaharga jualnya tidak diketahui. Sebab, PT DI hanya salah satu pemasok komponen.Bukan kontraktor utama. Tapi, untuk 1 unitnya perusahaan yang berpusat diBandung tersebut mendapatkan USD 3 juta. "Itu sebagian saja. Kitasubkontraktor. Kontraktor utama di Kementerian Pertahanan," katanya.

Menurut Rudi, PT DI baru maufokus menekuni bisnis simulator tersebut. Dulunya, perseroan tidak bisamelakukan ekspansi usaha karena diminta fokus membuat pesawat saja."Awalkita membuat simulator karena ada yang minta. Malaysia yang memiliki 8 pesawatCN 235 meminta dibuatkan simulatornya. Super Puma karena TNI Angkatan Udarabutuh. Cuma kita sifatnya membantu. Ada main kontraktor," kata Rudi.

Ditegaskan Rudi, saat inipihaknya belum bisa langsung bersaing dengan produsen simulator lainnya.Terutama dari sisi branding. Harus dibangun kepercayaan dengan konsumenterlebih dahulu. "Kita lakukan kerja sama dengan yang sudah branded.Sehingga lebih murah harganya," ucap Rudi.

Untuk membuat simulator,tambah Rudi, hal utama yang diperlukan adalah data base pesawat. Data perilakupesawat pasti dimiliki pabrik. Hanya, untuk mendapatkan data base tersebuttidak mudah. Harganya pun sangat mahal, mencapai 20 persen dari total hargasimulator. "Kalau harga simulator USD 10 juta, maka data basenya USD 2juta. Kalau bikin sendiri pakai teknologi kita bisa saving 30-40 persen. Adapenghematan yang cukup banyak," katanya.

Dikatakan Rudi, dalam 4-5tahun mendatang diharapkan PT DI sudah mampu bersaing dengan produsen simulatorlainnya. Saat ini, perusahaan sedang merintis dari yang keculu. Jika langsungmemulai dengan besar banyak yang tidak percaya. "Simulator banyak keaplikasinya. Sejauh ini kita lihat produk karena pesawat terbangnya apa,"ujarnya. (cdl)

Sumber : JPNN, 02.02.12.

[040212.EN.SEA] Greece: Navios Maritime Announces Charters for Five MR2 Product Tankers

2012-02-04T04:02:00.001-08:00

Navios Maritime AcquisitionCorporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that ithas chartered out five newbuilding MR2 product tankers.

Angeliki Frangou, Chairmanand Chief Executive Officer of Navios Acquisition, stated, “By chartering outforward deliveries, we continue our strategy of building long-term cash flowwhile also securing upside potential through the mechanism of profit sharing.As a result, we can continue patiently to wait for market improvement. In themeantime, our stakeholders can be confident in our outlook and our shareholdersshould enjoy a continued dividend which currently provides a return of morethan 7% annually.”

– Three MR2 Vessels

Three MR2 vessels have beenchartered out to a high-quality counterparty for three years at a rate of$13,331 net per day (plus two additional optional years at a rate of $14,566net per day for the first optional year and a rate of $15,553 net per day forthe second optional year) plus 50% profit sharing. The profit sharing will becalculated monthly and profits will be shared equally once market rates exceedthe relevant index by $1,000.

Navios Acquisitionanticipates that these three vessels together will generate annual base EBITDAof approximately $7.4 million. For the three-year charter period, total baseEBITDA is expected to be approximately $22.3 million (assuming operatingexpense approximating current operating costs and 360 revenue days per year).Navios Acquisition expects the vessels will be delivered within 2012 startingfrom Q2 2012.

The charterer has beengranted a short term option, expiring at the end of February 2012, for a fourthvessel at same terms as above.

– Two MR2 Vessels

Two MR2 vessels have beenchartered out to another high-quality counterparty for three years at a rate of$13,331 net per day (plus an additional optional year at a rate of $14,813 netper day) plus profit sharing. The charterers will receive 100% of the first$1,000 in profits above the base rate and the owners will receive 100% of thenext $1,000. Thereafter, all profits will be split 50% to each party.

Navios Acquisitionanticipates that these two vessels together will generate annual base EBITDA ofapproximately $5.0 million. For the two-year charter period, total base EBITDAis expected to be approximately $14.9 million (assuming operating expenseapproximating current operating costs and 360 revenue days per year). NaviosAcquisition expects delivery of one vessel in Q4 2012 and the other vessel inQ1 2013.

The charterer has also beengranted an option for a third vessel, exercisable through January 2012, at arate of $13,825 net per day for three years (plus an optional additional yearat $15,306 net per day) with profit sharing on the same terms as describedabove.

Source : SN-TR.

[040212.ID.BIZ] Aset BUMN: PP Alih Aset Ke 3 BUMN Perhubungan Diterbitkan

2012-02-04T03:58:00.000-08:00

JAKARTA: Presiden Susilo BambangYudhoyono menerbitkan PP untuk pengalihan aset senilai Rp2,7 triliun kepada PTASDP Indonesia Ferry, PT Angkasa Pura II, dan PT Pelindo III.

Ketiga BUMN itu mendapatkanpengalihan aset dari Kemenhub berupa aset dermaga, kapal, fasilitas dan prasaranabandara.

Menurut Sekretariat Kabinet,ASDP mendapatkan pengalihan aset bernilai Rp586,75 milira, Angkasa Pura IIsenilai 1,91 triliun, dan Pelabuhan III mendapatkan aset Rp209,7 miliar.

"Ketiganya mendapatkantambahan penyertaan modal negara dalam bentuk pengalihan aset milik KementerianPerhubungan, yang keseluruhannya mencapai nilai Rp 2,7 triliun lebih,"ujngkap Setkab dalam situs resminya, sebagaimana dikutip hari ini.

Berdasarkan PP No.5/2012yang ditandatangani Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono per 6 Januari disebutkanASDP memperoleh tambahan modal Rp 686,7 miliar dalam bentuk DermagaPenyeberangan Lembar, NTB, Dermaga Merak III dan Bakauheni II.

Lalu rehabilitasi DermagaPenyeberangan Kolaka, Rehabilitasi Dermaga Gilimanuk dan Dermaga Padangbai, KMPPulau Sagori, Raja Enggano, KMP Terubuk-1, KMP Madani, KMP Belida, KMP Belanak,dan lain-lain.

Angkasa Pura II berdasarkanPP No.7 /2012 disebutkan mendapatkan tambahan modal Rp1,9 triliun dalam bentukpengalihan aset berupa fasilitas elektronik dan listrik Bandar Udara HuseinSastranegara Bandung, fasilitas elektronik dan listrik Badan Udara SupadioPontianak.

Selanjutnya, aset PararelTaxiway, connection taxiway dan airfield lighting system Bandar Udasra SultanMahmud Badaruddin II Palembang, peralatanan keamanan Bandara Soekarno Hatta,Runway dan Overlay Bandar Udara Hussein Sastranegara Bandung, prasarana dansara Bandara Minangkabau Padang, dan prasarana dan sarana Bandara Sultan MahmudBadaruddin II Palembang.

Pelindo III sendirimendapatkan penambahan aset berupa pelebaran trestel Pelabuhan Martapura BaruII, Banjarmasin, perpanjangan Dermaga Nusantara Pelabuhan Lembar, Lombok Barat,pengerukan kolam pelabuhan pada Proyek Pengembangan Pelayanan Transportasi LautNTB dan reklamasi.

Menurut Setkbab, penambahanmodal negara kepada ketiga BUMN itu bertujuan untuk memperkuat strukturpermodalan yang awalnya berasal dari pembelian dengan menggunakan APBN padamasa anggaran 1985-1986 sampai 2007. (tw)

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia,04.02.12.

[030212.EN.SEA] Maersk CEO Not To Be At Work As Scheduled, Extends Medical Leave Till April

2012-02-03T20:36:00.000-08:00

AP Moller-Maersk Group CEO Nils Andersen is again in hospital with heart trouble and is no longer expected back at work this week as scheduled, but will extend his medical leave until April.

Mr Andersen, 54, is back in hospital in Switzerland for treatment for a leaks in his heart valves and related infections, the company announced.

This comes at a time when Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding, 52, is leaving the company to join Danske Bank at the end of next week, to be replaced by Maersk Tankers CEO Soren Skou, aged 44.

"During a vacation in Switzerland his condition deteriorated acutely, and therefore he has undergone surgery, which comprised replacement of a cardiac valve. The operation went well. Nils Andersen is expected to be absent for a month, and the doctors are expecting a full recovery," said a company statement.

"I am very sorry that Nils S Andersen is going through this course of illness, but I am pleased that he received skilled treatment, which coupled with the fact that he is in good shape means that we can soon welcome him back," says Maersk Group chairman Michael Pram Rasmussen, aged 56.

"The executive board will continue to run the AP Moller - Maersk Group, however, during Nils Andersen's absence the individual board members will be in close contact with me," said Mr Rasmussen.

Source : HKSG, 31.01.12.

[030212.ID.BIZ] Arah Bisnis & Politik 2012: Ayo Berselancar Dalam Gelombang Krisis

2012-02-03T20:32:00.000-08:00

Kekuatan imbas krisis global terhadap perekonomian Indonesia pada tahun depan masih menjadi tanda tanya bagi pelaku bisnis dan juga kalangan ekonom. Apakah Tanah Air bakal ikut terseret cukup jauh oleh arus krisis atau sebaliknya; selamat, bahkan surfing dengan menaklukkan gelombang.

Saat ini, perekonomian Indonesia tengah berada dalam dua persimpangan jalan yang saling berdekatan dan tanpa sekat. Tidak ada jaminan ketika satu arah yang ditempuh akan permanen karena banyaknya kendala dan kondisi licinnya jalan

Kedua pilihan arah jalan itu adalah menjadikan tahun depan sebagai titik balik perekonomian atau ikut dalam arus keresahan atas risiko perlambatan ekonomi.

Untuk arah yang pertama, pintu sebenarnya sudah terbuka sangat lebar setelah Fitch Ratings mengganjar utang jangka panjang Indonesia dengan peringkat BBB- dari posisi sebelumnya BB+ dan peringkat utang jangka pendek dengan nilai F3 prospek stabil. Adapun opsi kedua adalah larut di dalam risiko perlambatan perekonomian global.

Beberapa lembaga internasional seperti Dana Moneter Internasional (IMF) dan Bank Dunia jauh-jauh hari sudah menurunkan prospek pertumbuhan perekonomian 2012 untuk Indonesia masing-masing menjadi 6,3% dan 6,2%.

Angka ini memang lebih pesimistis jika dibandingkan dengan asumsi dasar APBN 2012 yang memasang proyeksi pada posisi 6,7%. Dasar pertimbangan proyeksi kedua lembaga dunia itu sama, faktor krisis global yang dapat berimbas terhadap nilai perdagangan.

Masalah structural adjustment di AS dan terutama ketidakpastian di Eropa telah memberikan keyakinan bakal terjadinya penurunan permintaan atas produk ekspor dari negara-negara yang menjadi mitra dagang.

Secara khusus Bank Dunia telah memperkirakan laju perdagangan tahunan Indonesia pada 2012 untuk mitra dagang utama akan menyusut dari 3,9% menjadi 3,5%.

Dengan kondisi ekspor yang melemah tersebut, kinerja impor justru diperkirakan dapat meningkat. Ini terutama untuk permintaan barang modal dan bahan baku penolong yang dipakai oleh perusahaan domestik dan asing di tanah air.

Kondisi ini diperlemah oleh prediksi penurunan harga komoditas dunia sehingga neraca berjalan pada 2012 akan mengalami defisit US$1,7 miliar. Ekspor yang melemah itu telah merevisi perkiraan Bank Dunia sebelumnya atas surplus dagang sebesar US$0,3 miliar.

Di balik laju ekspor yang akan melambat itu, arus investasi masih dipertanyakan arahnya. Aliran dana diperkirakan akan mondar-mandir mencari tempat yang aman atau yang disebut safe haven.

Menjadi tantangan Indonesia untuk menjadi salah satu safe haven dunia sekaligus peluang guna mendorong investasi fisik guna menyokong pertumbuhan dengan memanfaatkan gelar investment grade. Pasalnya, dengan investment grade, arus modal diperkirakan akan semakin deras, baik dalam investasi portofolio maupun investasi fisik (pembentukan modal tetap bruto).

Yang menjadi pertanyaan, pemerintah akan memilih jalan yang mana? Tentu saja, jawabnya pasti jalan pertama. Keinginan untuk memacu ketertinggalan ekonomi dengan negara tetangga setelah sekian lama terpuruk seakan memberi tenaga baru setelah pengakuan internasional menilai Indonesia pantas naik kelas.

Namun, apa yang telah disiapkan Pemerintah Indonesia karena pilihan jalan yang pertama itu tidak memiliki jaminan stabilitas bagi negara manapun?

Mitigasi krisis
Adalah Menteri Keuangan Agus D.W. Martowardojo yang menegaskan telah menyiapkan segala paket fleksibilitas anggaran untuk memitigasi imbas krisis. Dia mengatakan pemerintah dan bank sentral juga sudah memiliki protokol krisis untuk mengamankan APBN agar imbas global tidak terlalu mengganggu postur anggaran dan asumsi dasar seperti kurs, harga minyak dan inflasi.

Selain itu, kerangka stabilisasi obligasi negara sudah ada di kantong untuk mengantisipasi terjadinya pelarian modal asing. “Paling tidak kita sudah punya policy untuk jaga-jaga kalau terjadi shock,” katanya.

Menkeu menegaskan perekonomian Indonesia pada tahun ini dan 2012 masih tergolong kuat karena didukung oleh stabilitas makro yang sehat. Namun dia mengakui pada tahun depan, ada risiko perlambatan akibat pengaruh krisis ekonomi global.

Menanggapi perbaikan peringkat kredit, Agus menyatakan pemerintah tidak mau gegabah menambah utang baru pada tahun depan. Peringkat investasi bukan berarti lampu hijau untuk jor-joran dalam berutang. Pemerintah baru akan menarik pendanaan dari pasar internasional melalui penerbitan obligasi di saat dan posisi harga yang tepat.

Slamet Sutomo, Deputi Neraca dan Analisis Statistik BPS, menuturkan sumber dana investasi di Indonesia sepanjang 2010 sebenarnya cukup besar, namun masih berbentuk investasi portofolio.

Arus dana masuk pada tahun itu mencapai Rp5.407,8 triliun yang terdiri dari investasi portofolio Rp3.321,1 triliun dan investasi fisik Rp2.086,6 triliun. Artinya, sumber dana investasi di Indonesia cukup besar, namun masih berbentuk investasi portofolio.

“Kalau bisa diturunkan jadi investasi fisik yang punya multiplier effect yang lebih besar akan membuka lapangan pekerjaan, meningkatkan upah gaji, surplus usaha, dan mendorong pertumbuhan ekonomi,” ujar Slamet.

Bank sentral juga mengatakan perlambatan ekonomi global yang tak kunjung tuntas telah meningkatkan persepsi risiko global.

Ketidakpastian kondisi dunia saat ini membuat investor mencari aman dengan memburu obligasi berbentuk dollar AS. Hal itu memberi tekanan pada nilai tukar yang tidak hanya dialami Indonesia tetapi juga di seluruh dunia.

Azhar Lubis, Deputi Pengendalian dan Pelaksanaan Penanaman Modal BKPM, yakin target investasi langsung 2012 senilai Rp283 triliun akan tercapai seiring investment grade. BKPM memprediksikan arus investasi langsung pada 2012 akan mengalir ke industri pengolahan produk tambang, pengolahan pertanian, infrastruktur, dan energi.

Bagaimanapun, risiko perlambatan pada 2012 baru sebatas perkiraan. Bisa saja salah atau sebaliknya, lebih parah dari itu. Krisis yang terjadi pada 1997 dan 2008 telah memberikan pelajaran bagaimana proyeksi tidak bisa dijadikan pegangan ataupun juga diabaikan begitu saja.

Pemerintah—dalam hal ini otoritas fiskal dan moneter—harus memiliki segala persiapan dalam menghadapi gelombang besar yang diperkirakan lembaga ‘ahli badai’ akan tiba di bumi Nusantara. Ibarat sebuah kapal, segala perangkat untuk melindungi diri dari terpaan gelombang harus disiapkan mulai dari sekoci hingga jaket pelampung.

Faktor lain yang patut diwaspadai oleh pemerintah adalah kesiapan mental nakhoda dan para penumpangnya. Peristiwa 1997 memberi pelajaran bagaimana krisis multidimensi bisa saja terjadi sewaktu-waktu. Tensi politik yang tidak kondusif dapat mencari bentuknya sendiri kapan saja sehingga memberi citra buruk kepada Indonesia.

Ketua Asosiasi Pengusaha Indonesia Sofjan Wanandi mengingatkan agar situasi politik selalu mendukung kinerja perekonomian. Dia berharap politisi tidak jangan hanya fokus pada urusan politik, tetapi perlu bersinergi dengan pemerintah dan dunia usaha dalam mengantisipasi berbagai risiko ekonomi yang menghantui dari luar.

“Saya paling takut dengan sistem politik dan keamanan saat ini. Pada situasi krisis [ekonomi] seperti sekarang, politisi tidak mau tahu dan saling menghujat dan masyarakat terhasut,” tuturnya.

Anjuran ini memang terkesan normatif tetapi dampaknya begitu besar terhadap stabilitas perekonomian. Bisa saja kemarau setahun langsung hilang oleh hujan sehari.

Jangan sampai predikat investment grade yang sejatinya pernah dipegang Indonesia 14 tahun silam hanya mampu bertahan selama 9 bulan sebelum Fitch menurunkan ranking utang hingga ke level B-, peringkat rawan default, pada awal 1998 karena arah kebijakan fiskal yang dianggap tidak jelas. (aprilian.hermawan@bisnis.co.id/redaksi@bisnis.co.id) (LN)

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 31.01.12 (edisi kliping tgl 01/02 dan 02/02 absen, biz trip ke luar kota).

[310112.EN.SEA] 'Daily' Maersk Asia-Europe Sailings To Be Cut To Six From Seven a Week

2012-01-31T10:29:00.000-08:00

MAERSK Line will curtail its direct "Daily Maersk" Asia-Europe sailings from seven to six starting this week, reports maritime analyst Alphaliner.

It will withdraw its AE-8 string that is jointly run with CMA CGM (which names the loop FAL 5). Afterwards, the world's third largest carrier will re-align the five 13,830-TEU vessels from the FAL 5 service to its new alliance with MSC on Asia-Europe trade. And Maersk will re-deploy its five 13,092-TEU ships to Far East-Med service.

Also, Maersk will revamp port rotations of its remaining Asia-Europe strings by adding calls at Le Havre, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam and Hamburg and withdrawing calls at Mediterranean ports to "free up space for Far East-North Europe cargo on Far East-North Europe loops currently wayporting in the Med, with the corresponding volumes shifted to Far East-Med loops, including the additional Far East-Med loop (AE-20)," said Alphaliner.

For its AE 1 loop, a call at Zeebrugge is added while the westbound call at Port Said is removed. For AE-2 string, a call at Le Havre is added while the eastbound Valencia call is withdrawn. For AE-6 service, a call at Hamburg is added while the westbound Algeciras call is removed. For AE-7 sailing, there is no change for port rotation. For AE-9 sling, a call at Rotterdam is added while the westbound Malaga call is moved out. And for AE-10, the eastbound calls at Algeciras and Tangier are cancelled.

Maersk has not yet announced if there will be any replacement for the AE-8 withdrawal. Nonetheless, Alphaliner said it could "offer a transshipment service via Med ports to the three North European destination ports that are currently part of its Daily Maersk offering - Felixstowe, Rotterdam and Bremerhaven."

Source : HKSG, 31.01.12.

[310112.ID.BIZ] Krisis di Timur Tengah Perlu Diwaspadai

2012-01-31T10:23:00.000-08:00

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Krisis di Timur Tengah saat ini perlu dicermati dan diwaspadai meski saat ini sanksi embargo impor minyak kepada Iran masih belum berpengaruh signifikan terhadap pergerakan harga minyak.

”Itu karena embargonya sendiri baru akan diterapkan 1 Juli nanti,” kata pengamat energi Pri Agung Rakhmanto, Selasa (24/1/2012), di Jakarta.

Secara kuantitas, kekurangan suplai minyak bagi dunia sekitar 1 juta hingga 2 juta barrel per hari. Jika embargo itu diterapkan, menurut Pri, secara kalkulasi masih bisa ditutup dengan peningkatan produksi minyak Arab Saudi.

Arab Saudi saat ini memiliki cadangan kapasitas produksi hingga 4 juta barrel per hari. ”Yang akan menentukan adalah respons Iran atas sanksi ini, khususnya terhadap kelancaran transportasi minyak di Selat Hormuz dan bagaimana Amerika Serikat serta sekutunya mengantisipasi hal itu,” tutur Pri.

Setiap hari sekitar 20 persen pasokan minyak dunia atau sekitar 17 juta barrel per hari ditransportasikan melalui Selat Hormuz. ”Harga pasti akan bergejolak naik jika terjadi gangguan pada Selat Hormuz. Sampai pada kisaran berapa dan sampai berapa lama, itu yang belum dapat diprediksi saat ini,” ujar Pri.

Secara matematis, berkurangnya pasokan minyak dunia 17 juta barrel per hari bisa menaikkan harga 30 dollar AS per barrel. Namun, faktor psikologisnya dan aksi spekulan bisa membuat lonjakan harga lebih tinggi dari itu.

Sumber : Kompas, 24.01.12.

[300112.EN.SEA] Belgian Sea And Airport Strikes Feared This Week To Protest Euro Austerity

2012-01-30T01:18:00.000-08:00

ALL Belgium seaports andairports are to be closed this week by a nationwide general strike in protestof austerity measures brought on by the Euro debt crisis.

Some 50,000 protesters tookto the streets of Brussels last month to protest against government cuts.

In a notice to trade,Inchape Shipping Services (ISS) said: "We advise shipowners and operatorsnot to attempt to deliver any cargo to Belgian ports on Monday [today], and weare warning that further disruption to schedules may continue into the week.Our offices will be running with a skeleton staff on Monday."

EU leaders are due to meetin Brussels Monday to discuss budget rules for governments and ways tostimulate growth in the crisis-hit continent. As part of the strike, aircraftare also likely to be grounded at Brussels Airport, after pilots agreed to takepart, trade unions said.

"We are, like allEuropeans, confronted with austerity programmes that only look to smallshoulders and ask nothing of the broadest shoulders. There have been amplepossibilities to negotiate but it's clear that the government is not willing tonegotiate, so we will go ahead with the strike," a trade unionist toldLondon's International Freighting Weekly.

ISS said it has beenunofficially told that terminals will be closed from 6am January 30 to 6amJanuary 31.

It expected the knock-oneffects will last for the whole week, and said that "dockers, pilots,tugboats and locks operator will be involved, and that roadblocks with strikepickets will occupy all access roads to the ports."

Source : HKSG, 30.01.12.

[300112.ID.BIZ] ARGO CAHAYA: Jakarta - Surabaya Hanya 3 Jam

2012-01-30T01:09:00.000-08:00

JAKARTA: KementerianPerhubungan berencana membangun kereta super cepat Argo Cahaya sekelas keretaShinkansen di Jepang senilai Rp180 triliun yang kemungkinan direalisasikan pada2014 yakni pasca selesainya proyek jalur ganda kereta lintas Utara Jawa.

Kemenhub bahkan sudahmelakukan studi kelayakan usaha sejak 2008 bersama pihak Jepang. Kereta iniakan melayani rute Jakarta-Surabaya sepanjang 685 kilo meter (km).

“Soal rencana pembangunankereta super cepat ini masih dalam tataran konsep awal, dan sudah kami lakukanpra FS bersama pihak Jepang yakni Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA), dan Japan Transport Consultant sejak 2008. Kami akan mengikuti konsepkereta Shinkansen di Jepang, kereta ini sudah 45 tahun tanpa ada kecelakaanatau zero accident,” kata Wakil Menteri Perhubungan Bambang Susantono diJakarta akhir pekan.

KA Cepat Jakarta—Surabaya pp

Indikator

Keterangan

Nama : Argo Cahaya

Jarak tempuh : 685 km

Waktu tempuh : 2 jam 53 menit

Kecepatan : Maksimum 300 km/jam

(Sumber: Kemenhub)

Dia menambahkan dalam studitersebut, kereta super cepat akan dibangun untuk melayani lintasJakarta—Surabaya sepanjang 685 km dengan waktu tempuh hanya 2 jam 53 menit.

Dipilihnya jalurJakarta-Surabaya, lanjut Wamenhub, karena dapat menghubungkan dua pusatpertumbuhan ekonomi terbesar di Indonesia, sehingga akan menghidupkan kota-kotalainnya yang dilalui.

“Sama seperti kereta supercepat di sejumlah negara seperti di Jepang yang menghubungkan Tokyo dan Osaka,di China, menghubungkan Beijing dan Shanghai dan di Amerika Serikatmenghubungkan Boston dan Washington,” tuturnya.

Bambang menjelaskan dalamstudi awal kereta super cepat ini, kecepatan maksimal mencapai 300 km/jam danrata-rata 250 km/jam, bandingkan dengan kereta Argo Bromo misalnya yang sudahada saat ini hanya 90 km/jam. Rangkaian akan digerakkan listrik, rencananyasatu rangkaian terdiri dari 8-12 gerbong yang akan mampu mengangkut 600penumpang. Pembangunannya membutuhkan jalur melayang atau elevated sehinggamenghindari persinggungan dengan kendaraan bermotor di jalan raya.

“Kereta super cepat ini akanmenelan dana US$14,3 miliar hanya untuk kontruksi, belum termasuk lahan, dandetail engineering desain, sehingga kalau di total menelan dana US$20 miliaratau Rp180 triliun,” tutur Wamenhub.

Dari studi awal itu,lanjutnya, biaya pengerjaan per kilometernya kira-kira mencapai US$29juta-US$30 juta/km atau Rp261 miliar per km. Di China mencapai Rp223 miliar/km,di Taipei Rp331 miliar/km. Untuk membangunnya diperlukan waktu sekitar 10 tahunyang terbagi dalam tiga periode, yakni, tiga tahun untuk masa desain, 5-6 tahununtuk konstruksi, dan sisanya untuk uji coba. Di negara tetangga juga sudah adayang melakukan kajian untuk membangun kereta super cepat ini yakni Malaysia danThailand.

“Yang mengoperasikan keretaapi cepat tersebut nantinya bisa PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) atau jugaswasta. Harga tiketnya nanti lebih murah dari pesawat dan tidak akan mematikankereta api jarak jauh lainnya karena pangsa pasarnya berbeda,” ungkapnya.

Dia menambahkan nantinyaproyek ini direncanakan menggunakan skema private public partnership ataukerjasama pemerintah swasta. Pemerintah turut andil dalam pembiayaannya.“Tetapi jika ada pihak swasta yang tertarik untuk membangun lebih dahulu denganhitung-hitungan tertentu, kami akan buka. Kalau swasta mau buka kota baru, bisajadi dia bangun kereta api. Di luar negeri antara properti dan kereta apisejalan,” tuturnya.

Bambang menekankan soalkereta super cepat ini masih merupakan studi awal, masih pra FS, tinggal kitatingkatkan menjadi FS atau tidak, dan belum menjadi prioritas. “Prioritas kitatetap fokus pada jalur ganda Utara Jawa dan jalur ganda Selatan, kereta apiperkotaan dan kereta api bandara. Mungkin kalau pembangunan jalur ganda keretaapi lintas Utara Jawa sudah selesai pada 2014, kereta super cepat ini sudahdapat dijadikan prioritas untuk dibangun,” tutur Wamenhub.

Ditempat terpisah, DirekturKomersial PT Kerata Api Indonesia (KAI) Sulistio Wimbo Hardjito mengatakan perusahaannya siap jika pemerintahmenunjuk PT KAI sebagai operator untuk mengelola kereta super cepat ArgoCahaya.

“PT KAI dalam hal ini hanyabertindak sebagai pengelola dan kami siap jika ditunjuk, kalaupun dilakukantender, perseroan juga pasti akan turut mengajukan sebagai perserta,” kataWimbo.

Meskipun belum melakukanstudi kelayakan, lanjutnya, perseroan telah melakukan kajian pra studikelayakan mengenai proyek pembangunan kereta super cepat ini. Kajian yangdilakukan PT KAI berbeda dengan yang dilakukan Kemenhub, karena menurutnyapemerintah dalam hal ini sebagai lembaga yang membangun sarana infrastruktur.(sut)

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia,29.01.12.

[290112.EN.SEA] Shipping Banks Fail to Address Vessel-Price Plunge, Lawyer Says

2012-01-29T02:57:00.000-08:00

Frank Dunne, a partner atlaw firm Watson Farley & Williams LLP, which has the largest globalshipping and vessel-finance practice, comments on how banks are handling adecline in ship prices.

He spoke at a conference inLondon today. “The more problems the banks have, the less willing they are torecognize the problems that the shipowners have.

They prefer to hold theirbreath and believe in values that seem to be somewhat surprising by marketstandards and prefer to believe in the future, because the consequence oflooking really hard at the present and admitting how bad things are in somesectors is so awful for the banks that it might be worse for the banks than itmight be for the shipowners.”

Source : Bloomberg, 29.01.12.