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Jakarta port to revise burdensome storage penalties
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Containers are seen at the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on March 15, 2015. The JICT will revise newly applied storage fees after businesspeople complained that they were too burdensome. (Tempo/Tony Hartawan)
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he Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) plans to revise newly applied storage fees as businesspeople claim they are financially burdensome and have insisted they be revised.
Storage fees have a progressive penalty based on how long a container remains at the port. Enacted in September 2015, the policy is aimed at reducing dwelling time. However, JICT introduced a stricter scheme on March 1.
"The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry [Kadin] complained about the new scheme. We will revise it," Tanjung Priok Port Authority head Bay M. Hasani told thejakartapost.com on Friday.
The previous system gave three days of free storage. The daily storage fee for a 20-foot container is currently Rp 27,200, and a 40-foot container Rp 54,400. From the fourth to 10th day, a penalty of 500 percent of the applied rate is levied. A higher penalty of 750 percent of the applied rate is levied from the 11th day.
On March 1, a new scheme was introduced that had a similar rates, applying no penalty on the first day of storage. From the second to fourth days, the JICT levies a penalty of 900 percent of the applied rate. After fourth day, the JICT has the right to disposed of a container.
"We will also change the counting system for container storage, from a calendar-based system to a 24-hour-based one," Bay said.
With the current calendar-based storage, a container that is loaded at 10 p.m. and leaves the port at 1 a.m. the next day is considered to have been in storage for one day. With a 24-hour-based system, it would be three hours.
"We will coordinate a meeting on Monday [March 21] and hopefully the revision will take effect the Monday after," Bay said. (ags)
