Container Truck Tariff in Tanjung Priok Port Will Be Adjusted

Container Truck Tariff in Tanjung Priok Port Will Be Adjusted

JAKARTA – Jakarta Container Truck Association (Angsuspel) plans to adjust container truck tariff to IDR 55,000 per container along with subsidized fuel price drop on January 19^th. The tariff drop is calculated based on 100-kilometer round trip distance and fuel adjustment factor (FAF) formula which has been created previously.

“We have made a formula for our members. With the formula, our members can calculate tariff adjustment themselves,” Angsuspel Chairman, Gemilang Tarigan, told Investor Daily on Sunday (1/18).

In detail, he explained, FAF formula applies the calaculation of 0.5 x distance x fuel price difference. Currently, the tariff imposed to a container is IDR 2.23-2.3 million. “FAF can only be implemented if fuel price drops for over IDR 500 as occurs now. However, if solar price drop is less than IDR 500, his office will not adjust the tariff. Tariff adjustment directly takes effect when fuel price changes,” he explained.

Gemilang said if there Angsuspel members who do not implement the formula, his office will not give them sanction. “It depends on the deal between commodity delivery operator and service user. We only giver the reference,” he explained.

On the other hand, the government was reported to issue fiscal incentives to commodity and passenger delivery providers taking effect since January 1^st. The incentives are tax reduction and vehicle owner change cost for 50% to 65%.

Oversee Fiscal Incentive

According to Land Transportation Director General, Djoko Sasono, his office until now is still overseeing fiscal incentive implementation. “The policy has been issued since early January. Until now, we keep monitoring and evaluating its effectiveness,” Djoko said.

With fiscal incentives, he continued, transportation operators are expected to mull tariff adjustment logically. “We have talked to land transportation organization (Organda) and several related parties over tariff adjustment. Put it simple, if fuel price increases, the tariff will also increase. However, if fuel price drops, the tariff should also drop,” he explained.

However, Djoko asserted, related to the given fiscal incentive, officials do not intend to directly intervene commodity delivery tariff. The government only protects its people through the incentive.

Meanwhile, Indonesian Logistic and Forwarder Association (ALFI) Deputy Chairman for Land Transportation, Edwin Yudhawan, complained the fiscal policy from the government has not brought significant impact yet to logistic transportation service providers.

“The issued incentives have not brought significant impact yet. Moreover, the affecting component is not only fuel price but also vehicle spare part, cost for employee, and many more,” Edwin told Investor Daily on Sunday (1/18).

According to him, related to tariff adjustment, his office is still implementing the tariff policy agreed by operators and service users. “ALFI only provides tariff referential list. Commonly, the tariff at field has been implemented below the referential tariff due to discount mechanism from service users,” he said.

Meanwhile, transportation expert from Indonesia Transportation Society (MTI), Danang Parikesit, said the improvement of logistic system at sea and land must be balanced. In addition, land logistic system plays an important role in inland distribution.

Good utilization and improvement of port infrastructure, road access, or dry port will escalate the effectiveness of logistic system altogether. “Until now, 70% of national logistic system still uses land access and the rest 30% still uses sea transportation,” Danang explained.

He predicted if national logistic system has been improved, the government can save logistic and transportation cost around 12% to 18%. “With logistic cost drop, the rest can be used for other things to improve state economy,” he said. (Investor Daily)