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Jokowi sets more ambitious dwell time target at 2.2 days
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Containers are unloaded at Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta, on Dec. 12, 2015. (the jakarta post/Wienda Parwitasari)
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resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has expressed outrage at long dwell times at the country's ports and reiterated his expectation of faster cargo handling to cut it down to 2.2 to 2.5 days from the current 3.2 to seven days.
Dwell time refers to how long it takes for cargo to be unloaded and receive clearance. Dwell time at the country’s main sea gateway, Tanjung Priok Port, is 3.2 to 3.7 days, while at North Sumatra’s Belawan Port and East Java’s Tanjung Perak it is double that, or six to seven days.
"Dwell time in Priok was six to seven days two years ago; today its only 3.2 days. I want 2.2 to 2.5 days. It must be improved. And not only at Tanjung Priok but also at Surabaya, Belawan and Makassar," Jokowi said on Tuesday in Jakarta.
He went on to say the long dwell time at Tanjung Perak and Belawan was due to extortion during unloading, and only one of eight cranes at Belawan port was operated. He urged the police to investigate any possible wrongdoing in the ports.
"I shall order the police chief to [investigate] Tanjung Perak and Belawan. If it [Tanjung Priok] can score 3.2 days here, they should be able to do so there," he said.
Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi added that the long dwell time was due to inconsistencies in the administrative process between the port authority and operators. He said state-owned port operator Pelindo II would launch Important, an online administrative program initiated by the government. (ags)
