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JICT welcomes Alexander Von Humboldt, largest-ever container ship to call at Indonesia
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Port workers secure the CMA CGM Alexander Von Humboldt, the largest container ship to ever visit Indonesia at the Jakarta International Container Capital in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Oct. 31, 2022. The 400-meter ship has a capacity of some 16,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). (Courtesy of CMA CGM/-)
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he Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) welcomed on Monday the largest container ship ever to call at the port as part of a weekly direct shipping service connecting Indonesia with the United States.
The 16,000-twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container ship Alexander Von Humboldt is owned by CMA CGM, a France-based global player in sea, land and air logistics, and is the first of three container ships of the same size to visit the JICT, a subsidiary of state-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo), both companies said in a joint statement on Monday.
Welcoming the 400-meter ship, were Transportation Ministry Sea Transportation Director General Arif Toha, CMA CGM Asia Pacific Ltd’s Laurent Olmeta, CMA CGM Indonesia president director John Lim, Pelindo president director Arif Suhartono, as well as representatives from related government agencies and businesses.
“The CMA CGM Group is delighted to make a difference to Indonesia’s maritime seascape with PELINDO and the JICT today. This milestone demonstrates our group’s commitment to enabling market connectivity and delivering service excellence as Jakarta further strengthens its position as an important international maritime port,” Olmeta said, as quoted by the statement.
The Alexander Von Humboldt is deployed on the CMA CGM Columbus JAX (JAX) service, which directly connects Jakarta and the US, the statement said.
“This development is designed to facilitate increased trade volumes between Indonesia and its second largest export market, which is forecasting double-digit export growth by the end of 2022.”
Meanwhile, Lim said that three of the 19 vessels on CMA CGM’s weekly JAX service would be 16,000-TEUs in size from Monday. “They will enable us to ship more optimally to and from Indonesia on each voyage. As a carrier of choice, we shall continue to invest in our assets, capabilities and people to serve in better ways,” he said in the statement.
