[061012.ID.BIZ] Outsourcing Tak Mungkin Dihapus Di UU No.13/2003

JAKARTA: Permintaan kaum buruh agar pemerintah menghapus sistem alih daya (outsourcing) dinilai kurang tepat karena Undang-Undang No 13/2003 telah menjelaskan secara detil tentang sistem tersebut.

Sekretaris Jenderal Asosiasi Pengusaha Indonesia Suryadi Sasmita menuturkan UU tersebut dinilai sudah jelas mengatur outsourcing mulai dari definisi hingga petunjuk teknis.

Menurutnya, praktik outsourcing memang tidak dapat dilepaskan dalam suatu perusahaan.

Hal itu disebabkan operasional pabrik berhubungan erat dengan kontrak order pembelian produk dengan para pembeli.

"Jika kontrak pembelian hanya dilakukan setahun, maka saat permintaan kosong apakah gaji pekerja yang tidak bekerja harus dibebankan kepada pengusaha? Itu yang kami keluhkan," ujarnya, Jumat (5/10/2012). (sut)

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 06.10.12.

[051012.EN.SEA] IMO Ignores Call For Sulphur Fuel Cost Study, But Shipowners Say It's Vital

THE International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents 80 per cent of the world's merchant shipping, has expressed disappointment at the UN's International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) refusal to conduct a study on the availability of eco-friendly low-sulphur fuel and the cost of regulatory compliance.

"It's essential that a global fuel study is carried out in advance of 2020 to give the refiners time to invest and react. The major refinery upgrading required could take a minimum of four or five years. Completing the study in 2018 would be too late," said ICS secretary general Peter Hinchliffe.

"Shipowners are worried about whether fuel will be available to comply with IMO regulations on sulphur emissions, and whether the costs are prohibitively expensive, said the statement from the chamber that represents 80 per cent of the world's merchant tonnage through membership of shipowners associations.

"In some trades this could lead to significant modal shift to shore-based transport, with negative consequences for congestion and the environment. These are issues that were not anticipated when the regulations were agreed," said the ICS statement.

ICS said its proposal had been upheld by some major shipping countries, including China, several open registers and some EU member states, reports American Shipper. However, it said: "A small majority of IMO members states, led by the United States, rejected an ICS submission to the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), which was debated this week in London. Nevertheless, the IMO vote was very close indeed."

ICS believes the IMO study is more important than ever, "especially as the European Union has already decided it will definitely implement the 0.5 per cent sulphur requirements in 2020, even if the IMO study results suggest, as permitted by MARPOL, that full implementation should be postponed until 2025."

As fuel is currently the largest operations cost for shipowners and its price has increased by about 400 per cent since 2000, Mr Hinchliffe said: "ICS has not given up, and we will bring the issue back to IMO next year."

Source : HKSG.

[051012.ID.SEA] Peti Kemas : Volume Bongkar Muat di TPS Surabaya Naik 13%

SURABAYA: Arus impor produk holtikultura yang ditangani terminal PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS) untuk periode Januari -Agustus 2012 mencapai 52.180TEUs (twenty feet equivalent units) atau naik sekitar 13% dibandingkan periode sama 2011 yang mencapai 46.047 TEUs.

Fasilitas PT TPS yang merupakan anak perusahaan PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III mencatat pertumbuhan arus importasi holtikultura dalam bentuk petikemas itu terbesar terjadi pada Juli 2012 dengan volume 10.000 TEUs.

Faris Assegaf, Direktur Operasional PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III, mengatakan ada peningkatan arus petikemas impor khususnya yang menyangkut produk holtikultura menyusul adanya kebijakan pemerintah menetapkan Pelabuhan Tanjung Perak Surabaya sebagai salah satu pintu importasi produk agribisnis itu.

"Tercatat ada kenaikan sebesar 13% bila dibandingkan volume arus produk holtikultura impor tahun lalu [2011]. Hingga per Agustus 2012, produk holtikultura impor via TPS mencapai 52.180 TEUs sedangkan volume periode sama 2011 hanya mencapai 46.047 TEUs," kata Faris kepada Bisnis hari ini (Minggu 30/9/2012).

Faris menjelaskan peningkatan hortikultura impor yang masuk via Pelabuhan Tanjung Perak itu terjadi hampir di seluruh komoditas buah dan sayur.

Dia menerangkan untuk komoditas buah, hingga pertengahan September  tercatat telah masuk buah Apel mencapai 54.867 ton , buah Jeruk 50.635 ton, dan buah Pearl mencapai 37.467 ton.

"Untuk sayur, komoditas yang paling banyak di impor adalah Bawang Putih sebanyak 197.832 ton."

Faris menyebutkan  data yang diterima dari Balai Besar Karantina Pertanian Surabaya menyatakan total buah dan sayuran impor impor yang masuk melalui Pelabuhan Tanjung Perak hingga pertengahan bulan September mencapai 423.006 ton. (k21/sut)  

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 30.09.12.

[041012.EN.SEA] STX Dalian Yard Wins US$330 Million Order For Four CIMC 9,200-TEUers

KOREAN owned STX Dalian Shipbuilding Complex, the shipyard owned by South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, has signed a US$330 million order for four 9,200-TEU ships for Shenzhen box maker China International Marine Containers (CIMC), the ship yard announced.

The four newbuildings will be delivered to CIMC by 2014 after being built at the STX yard in Dalian, Reuters reports.

Marseille-based shipping giant CMA CGM will charter the ships from CIMC, according to the STX statement. The new STX-CIMC deal brought to $2.2 billion the overall amount of orders received by STX Dalian this year, leaving a backlog of orders worth $4.4 billion that will keep the yard busy for two years, the statement added.

Source : HKSG.

[031012.ID.BIZ] Akuisisi MERRILL LYNCH : Bank of America Talangi Kerugian Investor US$2,43 Miliar

NEW YORK: Bank of America Corp. (BofA) sepakat untuk membayar dana sebesar US$2,43 miliar kepada investor yang merugi selama proses akuisisi Merrill Lynch & Co dan ini merupakan pembayaran tuntutan investor terbesar sejak krisis 2008.

BofA mengungkapkan pada akhir pekan lalu (28/9) akan menyediakan biaya sebesar US$1,6 miliar untuk keperluan penyelesaian perkara pada kuartal ketiga tahun ini. Perseroan berpotensi merugi karena beban kasus ini, penyesuaian nilai, dan pajak.

Pendapatan diperkirakan turun 28 sen per saham. BofA telah menghadapi penyelidikan regulator, tuntuan hukum investor, dan kritikan dari parlemen terkait klaim perseroan bahwa para pemegang saham tidak diperingatkan akan potensi kerugian Merrill.

Para investor memutuskan membeli saham sekuritas itu pada Januari 2009 sebesar US$18,5 miliar. Selain bayar denda, BofA berjanji akan membenahi kebijakan pengelolaan perusahaaan. (sut)

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 30.09.12.