Jakarta: Indonesian port
operator Pelindo II will increase container storage charges by up to 500% at
Tanjung Priok in Jakarta.
“We will enforce this
regulation because the process of loading and unloading containers in Tanjung
Priok is now taking much longer than before. This is a penalty for errant
business people,” said Richard Joost Lino, president director at Pelindo II.
The current storage fee is
IDR20,730 ($2.28) per container per night and a progressive rate will be
imposed on containers that stay for more than three nights.
Due to growing container
traffic at the port, the average time needed to unload a container from a ship
and take it out of the port has increased to six days from 5.5 days last year,
according to Lino.
He added that the same
process only required an average of three days in Japan and Malaysia, and one
day in the US.
The new container storage
charges are expected to be effective from this week.
Natsir Mansyur, vice
chairman for trade, distribution and logistics at Indonesian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, said the 500% increase was too much as businesses would
be forced to raise the price of goods and consumers would have to carry the
burden.
Source : STA, 29.11.11]
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