Dwelling Time in Perak Not as Troubled as in Priok Port: Importer
28 September 2016 09:28 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Logistics and Forwarder Association (ALFI) has reported that dwelling time in Tanjung Perak Port is not as troubled as like that in Tanjung Priok Port.
Previously, the dwelling time task force has come up with a findng that hundreds of container in Tanjung Perak have caused a stall in dwelling time.
Head of East Java ALFI, Hengky Pratoko, said that the Yard Occupancy Ratio (YOR) in Tanjung Perak is at 60 percent. "We still have a vacant slot of 40 percent," he said.
President Joko Widodo has personally asked Tanjung Perak and Belawan port to cut dwelling time like in that in Tanjung Priok - matching a 3.2 day dwelling time.
It is believed that the policy is not easy to implement, despite given the fact that Tanjung Priok has YOR at over 80 persen, much higher than that of Tanjung. The fact that Tanjung Priok can manage a quiker dwelling time is because it skips service payment mechanism.
"They run a modified storage strategy to justify their dwelling time," he said.
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