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Double handling removed on Gedebage-Tanjung Priok cargo line
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A heavy vehicle moves through a cargo terminal at Kalibaru Port in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Sept. 13, 2016. (Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf)
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ouble-handling problems that have hindered textile exporters from West Java have finally been resolved after the government required shipping lines to store empty containers at a depot near Gedebage Station in the province.
“In the past, customers needed to pay double because apart from paying for the train service, they also needed to take empty containers from Jakarta to Gedebage for a separate payment,” Indonesian Textile Association (API) chairman Ade Sudrajat said on Friday.
“Now, the government requires shipping lines to store empty containers nearby Gedebage so there’s no more double handling,” he added.
(Read also: Textile exporters welcome more cargo trains leaving from Bandung)
State-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) has also ensured the fast transfer of containers from trains to vessels at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta.
Meanwhile, logistics firm Multi Terminal Indonesia (MTI) has agreed to carry out the container transfer at Tanjung Priok.
The Gedebage-Tanjung Priok container train service, which was put in place in the 1990s before closing in the 2000s due to technical constraints, was reopened last June and now offers four services a day. (bbn)
