Optimizing Assets, Pelindo Moves A Number of Container Loading Equipment

Surabaya, 17 May 2022 - PT Pelindo Terminal Petikemas or SPTP continues to make efforts to increase the productivity of container terminals. One of them is through optimizing the assets of loading and unloading equipment for container terminals that are spread across all terminals in the territory of Indonesia. The transfer of equipment from one terminal to another is one of the steps taken by SPTP.

SPTP Corporate Secretary Widyaswendra said asset optimization was the company's flagship program after the Pelindo merger. The transfer of equipment is expected to be able to support the loading and unloading performance of the container terminal in a terminal that has quite high growth. In addition, asset optimization is a way for the Company to be able to plan investment needs according to needs so that they are maximized.

"The transfer of equipment is also an effort to utilize loading and unloading equipment, which of course is aligned with the infrastructure and trends in ship size and container flows that continue to increase," he said, Tuesday (17/05).

Widyaswendra said the transfer of loading and unloading equipment that currently underway includes 2 units of Rubber Tyred Gantry Crane/RTG (container loading and unloading equipment at the stacking yard) from TPK Makassar New Port (MNP), Makassar to PT Kaltim Kariangau Terminal. Furthermore, 1 unit Quay Container Crane/QCC (a tool for loading and unloading containers at the dock) from the Port of Ternate to PT Kaltim Kariangau Terminal. Another transfer is 2 units of QCC from PT Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) to TPK MNP, Makassar.

"Not only for RTG and QCC types of equipment, but asset optimization is also for several other types of equipment, with the support of good equipment, but it is also expected to be able to improve the loading and unloading performance of containers which has an impact on reducing the docking time of ships at the terminal or port stay, so that ships can sail back immediately. which will have an impact on reducing costs,” continued Widyaswendra.

Meanwhile, a number of efforts to repair container terminals by PT Pelindo Terminal Petikemas have begun to be felt by service users. Head of PT Tanto Intim Line Ambon Branch Vence Pattiwael revealed that the operational performance improvement at TPK Ambon experienced a significant improvement. His party admitted that currently the loading and unloading time of one ship with a cargo of 600 containers can be completed in approximately 36 hours.

"We have experienced loading and unloading of 200 containers that took more than 3 days, with the current system, of course it is faster and most importantly for administrative services that can be accessed by telephone, there is no need to queue," he explained.

The same thing was conveyed by the Head of PT Meratus Line Makassar Branch, Steven Kristanto, who said that the customer complaint service at TPK Makassar is currently better than before. According to him, TPK Makassar is more responsive in following up on complaints submitted by shipping lines. This also has an impact on customer confidence in the goods delivery service carried out by Meratus Line.

"The loading and unloading activities at the Makassar TPK are currently also getting faster, on average it can reach 50 container boxes per hour," he said.