Batam, Riau Island (Antara) – Indonesia will send one more ship from the National Search and Rescue Body (Basarnas) to help find the missing Malaysia Airline airplane, an official said. “The ship is ready. We are now taking care of other operational needs,” the Chief of Basarnas’ Riau island branch, Abdul Hamid, said here on
Read moreBITUNG – State-ownned Port Authority Pelindo IV to invest IDR70 Billion for procurement of two Container Crane (CC) units to be allocated to the Port of Bitung and Jayapura. The company is optimistic with a more comprehensive port facilities, to create new market opportunities. Pelindo IV Equipment Senior Manager Farid Padang Farid said, in addition
Read moreJAKARTA – Freight forwarders urged quarantine authorities at the Port of Tanjung Priok to conduct physical examination of containers that must be checked, before issuing clearance or warrant expenditures (SPPB) from the local Customs and Excise. Chairman of the Employers Forum Transportation and Customs Clearance Services (PPJK) Tanjung Priok port, M.Qadar Zafar said, as long
Read moreSingapore: Two tankers were hit by pirates on March 6 and a bulker was also attacked this morning, all near Singapore, according to an alert by the Information Sharing Centre of Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP). ReCAAP urges all vessels transiting the area to enhance vigilance
Read moreJAKARTA – Chairman of Central Executive Board of Indonesian Logistics and Forwarders Association (ALFI) Iskandar Zulkarnain said the 2015 Asean sole market highly enable the increase of shipping and logistics activities via sea transportation. “Thereby, the service in the port needs an escalation, especially on logistics distribution,” he said to Bisnis.com (3/6). Further he said
Read moreMAKASSAR – State-owned ports operator PT Pelindo IV plans to immediately conducting land reclamation and construction of dock as part of the first stage of the mega project Makassar New Port (MNP). For the reclamation process, the company prepared IDR100 Billion from internal treasury. Managing Director of Pelindo IV, Mulyono, explains that the reclamation will
Read moreLiputan6.com, Cilegon – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to attend The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas)’s 42nd Anniversary in Dermaga Pelabuhan Indonesia II, Merak, Cilegon, Banten. The event will also be attended by ministers and local heads. In Basarnas’s anniversary on Wednesday, March 5th 2014, two Catamaran-type new vessels owned by Basarnas having
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