
JAKARTA (ISL News) - Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi invited business actors to participate, invest, and conduct business activities and do business at Patimban Port. This was explained by the Minister of Transportation online at the Socialization of Business Activities at Patimban Port, in Jakarta, Wednesday (24/7/2024).
"The success of the development policies implemented by the Indonesian Government cannot be achieved without the role, contribution, support and collaboration of economic actors, businesses and producers in the surrounding area," said the Minister of Transportation.
The Minister of Transportation hopes that Patimban Port can be a trigger for business potential in the port and the region, especially West Java and its surroundings. "With the development of Patimban Port, sea transportation and logistics services can be easier, more efficient, and improve the economy in the West Java Region and Nationally," said the Minister of Transportation.
The Ministry of Transportation together with PT Pelabuhan Patimban Internasional (PPI) and PT Patimban International Car Terminal (PICT), continues to develop Patimban Port to provide sea transportation facilities, as well as a business outlet for business actors, especially in West Java. Patimban Port was built and developed in several stages, namely stage I-1 (2018-2021), stage I-2 (2022-2025), and will be continued in stages II and III.
The government is also building the Patimban Port ecosystem by developing a backup area to support the smooth running of port activities. The backup area is also offered to investors to accelerate the development of the backup area. For the purposes of the backup area, the Ministry of Transportation has freed up land of ±350 Ha. In addition to supporting the main activities of the port and loading and unloading activities, the area can also be used to develop new industrial areas that can streamline logistics costs.
Patimban Port currently has various operational facilities, including automation gates at the international terminal, receiving areas at the domestic and international terminals, complete facilities in the inspection area, pre yard, storage yard, CCTV security at 20 points, to lighting in the storage area and dock. This port is also equipped with CIQP (Customs Immigration Quarantine Procedure) to support export and import activities. Ship services at this port are carried out online through Inaportnet.
Patimban Port, which was completed in Phase I-1, has been operating since 2020 through temporary operations and in 2021 it will be fully operated with port management/operator, namely the Port Business Entity PT PPI.
In 2021, the Vehicle Terminal with a capacity of 218,000 CBU/year has served operations with a total load of 31,856 CBU/year or 15% of capacity.
Then in 2022 the total load increased to 198,064 CBU/year or 91.1% of capacity, and in 2023 the total load was 224,935 CBU or 103.18% of capacity. In June 2024 the total load had reached 90,659 CBU or 41.59% of capacity.
Also present at this activity were Director General of Sea Transportation Anthoni Arif Priadi and Inspector General Arif Toha.
(ISL News Editorial Team/Hubla/WN/HH/GT/BRD/email:islnewstv@gmail.com).