REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, COAL — The vision of The Port of Indonesia (Pelindo) 1 (Persero) to become a global logsitic gate began to materialize. This marked the birth of strategic cooperation between Pelindo 1 and two world-class ports namely The Port of Rotterdam and Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Investment & Operation Group Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang), Friday (7/5).
The signing of the cooperation is contained in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Term Sheet of Cooperation of the Kuala Tanjung Port and Industrial Estate Development Project (Kuala Tanjung PIE). The MOU was signed by Pelindo 1 Director of Business Transformation and Development Joko Noerhudha, Director of PT Pelabuhan Rotterdam Indonesia Andre G. F. Toet, and Assistant General Manager of Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Investment &Operation Group Co., Ltd. Shi Jianjie.
Attending the event online were Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi and Deputy Minister of SOE II Kartika Wirjoatmodjo, Deputy for Investment and Mining Coordination of Kemenkomarves Septian Hario Seto, President Commissioner of Pelindo 1 Achmad Djamaludin, President Director of Zhejiang Seaport Group Mao Jianhong, President Director of Pelindo 1 Prasetyo, and the entire board of Directors of Pelindo 1.
The Minister of Transportation strongly supports Pelindo1’s commitment in accelerating the development of ports and industrial estates in Kuala Tanjung. Budi considers the signing of the MoU to be a new round of development of Kuala Tanjung. He also hopes that cooperation with a number of strategic partners will continue to be added to accelerate the development of Kuala Tanjung.
“The performance of this port is quite good. When viewed from the performance of Multipurpose Terminal that increases quite significantly as a new terminal. In 2019 to 2020 container cargo, CPO liquid bulk, general cargo and ship visits continue to increase,’ said the Minister of Transportation.
For direct call shipping from Ningbo-Kuala Tanjung, Budi hopes to improve the port’s performance, thus increasing the attractiveness of potential investors to the Kuala Tanjung Industrial Estate. In addition, the existence of the port can provide maximum economic impact, reduce logistics costs and improve Indonesia’s logistics competitiveness with other countries.