[230916.EN.BIZ] DHL Opens US$2.2 Million 1,353-square Metre Jakarta Airport Facility

GERMANY's DHL Express has opened a EUR2 million (US$2.2 million) 1,353-square metre Jakarta airport facility to support the growing trade with Indonesia, the company announced

The world's leading express service provider has launched its Jakarta Gateway 530 at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.

It is designed to support businesses in and out of Indonesia and operates in addition to the old Jakarta Gateway which has been running at full capacity in recent years.

With the ability to manage twice the number of containers as compared to Jakarta Gateway 510, the new state-of-the-art unit has the capacity to handle up to 20 million kilogrammes of shipments and process two million shipments per annum.

The new facility employs 75 people including nine dangerous good certified staff to ensure shipments processed by DHL Express meet IATA standards.

Said DHL Express Asia Pacific CEO Ken Lee: "This new facility allows DHL to continue supporting the growing export and import needs in Indonesia by providing greater access to international markets."

Mr Lee said small and medium sized companies play a vital role, contributing 57 per cent of Indonesia's GDP.

The Jakarta Gateway 530 is equipped with advanced equipment such as a Dual View X-Ray security screening, heavy duty x-ray security, and an explosive trace detector system to ensure the safety and security of each shipment.

Source : HKSG.

[230916.ID.BIZ] Sharp Bangun Pabrik AC Di Karawang

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA - Perusahaan elektronik Jepang, Sharp Corp, akan membangun pabrik pengatur suhu udara dalam ruang (AC) di Indonesia dalam jangka menengah ini, menyusul permintaan produk tersebut yang terus tumbuh di dalam negeri.

"Untuk menjadi pemimpin pasar (AC) di Indonesia, salah satu yang akan dilakukan Sharp adalah membangun pabrik AC di Karawang, Jawa Barat, dalam jangka menengah," kata GM Divisi Perencanaan Produk PT Sharp Electronics Indonesia (SEID) Herdiana Anita P, di Jakarta, Kamis (22/9/2016).

Dikatakan, AC merupakan salah satu produk elektronik yang masih tumbuh sepanjang tahun ini, di tengah penjualan barang elektronik lain yang cenderung turun.

"Permintaan AC masih tumbuh sekitar enam persen, padahal (permintaan) barang elektonik lain turun," ujar Herdiana.

Dia memperkirakan permintaan AC yang masih tumbuh tahun ini terkait dengan penetrasi produk tersebut yang masih kecil dibanding dengan lemari es, televisi, dan mesin cuci.

"Penetrasi pasar AC di Indonesia masih sekitar 26 persen, sedangkan produk elektronik lainnya di atas itu," ujarnya.

Saat ini, menurut Manager Departemen AC, Pemurni Udara, dan Mesin Cuci SEID Darma Effendi, Saat ini Sharp menjadi pemain ketiga terbesar di pasar AC Indonesia, setelah Panasonic dan LG.

"Kami pernah menjadi pemimpin pasar AC, karena itu kami mencanangkan kembali target menjadi nomor satu, antara lain dengan memperpanjang lini produk dan membangun pabrik di Indonesia," ujarnya.

Darma mengatakan SEID berencana membangun pabrik AC di Karawang pada 2018, dekat dengan pabrik lemari es dan mesin cuci, serta produk elektronik lainnya yang telah diproduksi di Indonesia. "Selama ini kami mengimpor produk dari Thailand," ujarnya.

Saat ini SEID menguasai sekitar 16 persen pasar AC di Indonesia, dengan produk unggulan di segmen AC 1/2pk dan 1Pk. "Tahun depan kami optimistis pangsa pasar AC Sharp bisa naik menembus 22 persen," ujar Darma.

Pasar AC di Indonesia sendiri diakuinya cukup menggiurkan para pemain elektronik karena tumbuh terus, seiring dengan pertumbuhan permintaan rumah di Indonesia.

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 22.09.16.

[220916.EN.BIZ] K Line Dismisses Bankruptcy Speculation

Representatives at Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) have rubbished reports from China that the line will shortly follow Hanjin Shipping into administration.

A report carried by Shanghai Metals suggested K Line will file for bankruptcy protection within the next two weeks.

Kiyoshi Tokonami, general manager of K Line’s IR & PR Group, dismissed the report today. Speaking from K Line’s HQ, Tokonami told Splash rumours of them filing bankruptcy are “untrue, completely groundless”.

Adding further fuel to the bankruptcy speculation, Splash has received an image (pictured below) purportedly to be an emergency notice from a Chinese shipper that states K Line will follow Hanjin into court receivership either next week or within two weeks.

In May, ratings agency Moody’s downgraded K Line from Ba2 to Ba3. As of the end of its last financial year, March 31 2016, its gearing ratio stood at 1.48:1.

K Line, also in the red in the first quarter, warned at the end of July its full year loss will be worse than originally forecast. K Line is now bracing for a full year loss of Y45.5bn, some Y10.5bn worse than originally predicted in April, the start of the Japanese financial year.

Japanese shipping has been rocked by big bankruptcies in recent years – Sanko Steamship and Daiichi Chuo being the two most high profile. A K Line receivership, however, would be on a whole different scale given its scale and diverse business activities.

Earlier this month Splash reported that a Japanese fund run out of Singapore called Effissimo was gearing up to take over K Line.

Effissimo has been steadily building its stake in Japan’s third largest line to the point whereby it is now the largest shareholder with a 37% holding as of early August, up from 6.2% a year earlier.

Effissimo Capital Management, established in Singapore by ex-colleagues of activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami, has become the top shareholder in the line as well as in other well known Japanese brands such as office equipment maker Ricoh. Its strategy has been to target Japanese firms it deems undervalued.

However, K Line’s Tokonami today dismissed the takeover talk. “We are having dialogue, explaining our business plans as is usual with any shareholder,” Tokonami said, adding: “Effisimo says their stake is purely for investment purposes.”

K Line shares are trading today at JPY263, up by 2.7%.

Source : Splash 24/7, 22.09.16.

[220916.ID.BIZ] Kemenperin Tidak Setuju Revisi UU Minerba

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA-- Kementerian Perindustrian mengaku tidak menyetujui rencana revisi Undang-undang Mineral dan Batubara atau perpanjangan ekspor mineral konsentrat karena akan berdampak pada bahan baku industri smelter.

Dirjen Pengembangan Perwilyahan Industri (PPI) Kementerian Perindustrian Imam Haryono menyatakan institusinya menolak revisi Undang-undang Mineral dan Batubara karena akan memengaruhi ketidak pastian bagi investor di sektor industri smelter.

“Karena sudah mengundang investor aalagi ekspor mineral memang sudah dilarang. Jadi ada jaminan bahan baku. Dan investasi pengolahan mineral tidak sedikit dan lama. Kalau direlaksasi kan kasihan nanti. Jadi pasti kami berikan kepastian dunia usaha bahwa bahan baku bisa terjamin,” katanya.

Padahal, sejak 2012, sudah ada 21 smelter yang berencana menanamkan investasi di industri smelter dengan total nilai investasi US$12 miliar. 

Belum lama ini, Plt. Menteri ESDM Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan berencana untuk mengajukan revisi  Undang-undaNg Mineral dan Batubara untuk memperpanjang ekspor konsentrat mineral.

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 21.09.16.

[160916.EN.SEA] Seaspan: Hanjin Will Be To Shipping What Lehman Bros Was To Finance

THE BANKRUPTCY of Hanjin Shipping is like the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers and will impact shipping the way Lehman's fall hit world finance, says non-operating shipowner Gerry Wang, CEO of Seaspan.

"It's a huge, a huge nuclear bomb. It shakes up the supply chain, the cornerstone of globalisation," Mr Wang said.

Seaspan, the Hong Kong-based containership leasing company that has three vessels chartered to the distressed line, is evaluating all options and examining systemic risks resulting from Hanjin's bankruptcy filing, Mr Wang said in an interview with Bloomberg Television.

In June, Mr Wang had rejected Hanjin's requests for charter-rate cuts before the shipping line filed for court receivership last month.

With about 93 ships, including 79 container vessels, stranded at 51 ports in 26 countries, the gridlock at Hanjin has disrupted global supply chains during "peak season" when stores in the US stock up before the year's busiest holiday shopping season.

The owner and Hanjin's parent are in the process of injecting funds to help the beleaguered company offload cargo stuck aboard many ships and break the impasse.

The impact on Seaspan has been small, Mr Wang said, adding he is seeing a "silver lining" as freight rates improve in the short term.

The vessels he has leased to other shippers are more than 90 per cent full ahead of the holiday season, said Mr Wang, who owns 90 ships.

Source : HKSG.

[160916.ID.BIZ] DWELLING TIME: Kesadaran Importir Mengurus Dokumen Masih Minim

Bisnis.com, SURABAYA – Lamanya proses dwelling time di pelabuhan bongkar muat yang terjadi di Indonesia disebabkan salah satunya oleh tingkat kesadaran importir atau forwarder dalam mengurus dokumen impor barang.

Kepala Humas PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III, Edi Priyanto mengatakan proses dwelling time itu melibatkan banyak instansi di dalamnya. Hingga saat ini, dwelling time di Pelabuhan Perak Surabaya rata-rata masih 5,25 hari, meski pemerintah menarget dwelling time harus 3 hari bahkan 2 hari.

Sedangkan waiting time, lanjutnya, adalah tugas Pelindo operator, di mana kapal yang akan bersandar tidak perlu menunggu dan bisa langsung melakukan bongkar muat peti kemas.

“Di Pelabuhan Perak misalnya, kami sudah zero waiting time. Artinya kapal yang mau bongkar muat sudah langsung saat itu juga,” katanya kepada Bisnis, Jumat (16/9/2016).

Dia memaparkan dalam proses dwelling time di pelabuhan ini terdapat tiga proses, yakni pre-clearance, customs-clearance dan post- clearance.

Pada pre-clearance, melibatkan sedikitnya ada 15 instansi seperti Kementerian Perdagangan, BPOM, Karantina Tumbuhan dan Hewan, Ikan, Kementerian Kesehatan, Kementerian Perindustrian, Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup, Bapeten, Kemneterian ESDM, Kepolisian, Kementerian Kehutanan, dan Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan.

“Kalau importir itu sadar, semestinya proses pre-clearance bisa diurus lebih awal sebelum barang tiba di pelabuhan, tetapi kenyataannya banyak importir malah menunggu barang datang baru mereka mengurus. Apalagi pengurusan dokumen dari semua instansi itu harus di Jakarta, tidak ada di Surabaya,” jelas Edi.

Selain itu, lanjut Edi, kurangnya koordinasi antar instansi terkait perizinan Lartas atau barang larangan atau pembatasan, juga seringnya terjadi gangguan pada Indonesia Nasional Single Window (INSW).

Pada proses custom clearance, selama ini ada masalah lamanya waktu penyerahan hardcopy dokumen jalur kuning dan jalur merah, lamanya penarikan kontainer untuk diperiksa fisik, termasuk kesiapan penerbitan delivery order (DO) dari pelayaran dan perbankan pada hari-hari libur.

“Bahkan sudah ada instansi yang mendirikan pos pelayanan 24 jam sekalipun, terkadang tidak ada pemilik kontainer yang mau mengurus, ini kan tidak efisien,” imbuhnya.

Menurut Edi, untuk mengatasi masalah dwelling time diperlukan partisipasi aktif dari para pengusaha baik importir, eksportir, shipping agent, dan forwarder.

“Kalau hanya pemerintah saja yang berupaya keras menurunkan dwelling time tapi yang lain tidak berpartisipasi maka hasilnya sama saja,” imbuh Edi.

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 16.09.16.

[150916.EN.SEA] Fear of Australian Arrest Keeps Hanjin Ship Lying Off Melbourne

THE 4,253-TEU Hanjin Milano was drifting outside the Australian port of Melbourne as the financially stricken carrier feared the vessel may be arrested by its Rickmers owner, reports IHS Media.

"There is a chance that Rickmers may arrest the ship due to outstanding charter payments," said a source familiar with the situation.

More than 90 of Hanjin ships have been stranded worldwide as the company scrambles to get South Korean court protection recognised in other jurisdictions. US courts have offered limited protection on a case-by-case basis.

Thus, the 10,114-TEU Hanjin Greece docked in Long Beach on September 10 after lying off Southern California for 10 days, and the 8,000-TEU Hanjin Boston docked at Yusen Terminals. But the 4,275-TEU Hanjin Gdynia and 10,100-TEU Hanjin Jungil are still at anchor.

The berthing of the Greece and Boston was made possible by Hanjin Shipping winning Chapter 15 protection in the United States, which allows its vessels to call at US ports without being arrested.

Vessel-tracking data from IHS Maritime & Trade's AISLive shows that the Hanjin Milano departed Shanghai on August 23 and was scheduled to arrive in Melbourne on September 12.

The ship has been chartered from Rickmers Reederei GmbH & Cie since September 2009.

Hanjin Shipping, with over US$5 billion of debt, went into receivership on September 1 after losing banker support.

So far, it is known that the 3,711-TEU Hanjin Rome has been arrested in Singapore, the 5,752-TEU Hanjin Vienna has been arrested in Canada, and major commodity trading firm Glencore, whose bunker unit Chemoil is owed money by Hanjin Shipping, has seized the 3,600-TEU Hanjin California in Sydney's Port Botany.

World Fuel Services sought the arrest of the 4,250-TEU Hanjin Montevideo over arrears of more than $488,000, causing this ship and another vessel, the 8,000-TEU Hanjin Boston, to loiter off the Southern California coast to avoid arrest.

On September 10, the 10,114-TEU Hanjin Greece docked in Long Beach after waiting off the Southern California coast for 10 days to berth, and the Hanjin Boston, will berth at Yusen Terminals on Tuesday. The 4,275-TEU Hanjin Gdynia and 10,100-TEU Hanjin Jungil are still at anchor.

The berthing of the Greece and Boston was made possible by Hanjin Shipping winning Chapter 15 protection in the United States, which allows its vessels to call at US ports without being arrested.

The Hanjin Group, its chairman Cho Yang-ho, and Hanjin Shipping's former chairwoman Choi Eun-young, are contributing about $19 million to resolve the logistical chaos that erupted after South Korea's No 1 liner operator went into receivership.

Source : HKSG.