JAKARTA (ISL News) - The implementation of automatic gates (auto gates) at ports owned by PT Pelindo (Persero) will be completed in 2024. Since the beginning of 2024, Pelindo has gradually implemented automatic gates (Auto Gate) at 29 ports.
"With gate automation, payments that were previously made in cash have changed to non-cash (cashless)," said Putut Sri Muljanto, Managing Director of PT Pelindo (Persero), in Jakarta, June 14, 2024.
In 2023, Pelindo has implemented automatic gates at 13 ports in Indonesia, following 5 ports that have previously implemented a cashless system, namely Banten, Tanjung Pandan, Sunda Kelapa, Banjarmasin and Gresik, as well as 12 ports, most of which are located in Eastern Indonesia.
The ports that will operate automatic gates in 2023 include; Tanjung Pinang (Riau Islands) in Regional 1; Pangkal Balam (Bangka-Belitung), Jambi, Panjang (Lampung), and Pontianak (West Kalimantan) in Regional 2. In addition, there are the ports of Celukan Bawang and Benoa in Bali, Lembar in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), and Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) in Regional 3.
Putut further explained the expansion of the automatic gate operation. Starting July 2024 until the end of the year, he said, Pelindo will operate automatic gates at four ports in Regional 1, three ports in Regional 2, fourteen ports in Regional 3 and eight ports in Regional 4.
Thus, by the end of 2024, it is targeted that 59 ports will operate automatic gates.
The four ports that will operate automatic gates in Region 1 are Gunung Sitoli, Sibolga, Tanjung Balai Asahan, and Lhokseumawe. Three ports in Region 2 are Cirebon, Bengkulu, and Palembang. Then 14 ports are in the Regional 3 area starting from Tanjung Intan Port in Cilacap, Central Java, Tanjung Tembaga in Probolinggo, East Java, Waingapu (Sumba), Maumere (Flores) in NTT, Bima, Ende-Ippi, Kalabahi, Labuan Bajo, Kotabaru, Batulicin, Sampit, Kalianget, Tegal, and Tanjung Wangi.
By the end of the year, automatic gates will also be operational at eight ports in Region 4, namely Manokwari, Jayapura, Biak, Fakfak, and Merauke in Papua, Tolitoli and Pantoloan in Central Sulawesi, and Gorontalo.
According to Putut, the operation of the automatic gate will be carried out in stages by considering vehicle traffic at the port where the autogate system will be implemented.
"We also see the results of the evaluation of the application of autogate in previous ports that can be used as best practices," said Putut.
In addition to aiming to standardize port operations, Putut said, the automatic gates are also intended to create a port that is free from illegal levies.
(ISL News Editorial Team/Corcom Pelindo Pusat/email: islnewstv@gmail.com).
