Indonesia Ports Ready to Operate 24 hours

Four major ports are going to operate 24 hours a day starting at the end of the month, Bisnis Indonesia reported.

"The Ministry of Transportation is ready to fully operate ports 24 hours a day. However, we still need to coordinate things with the Directorate General of Custom and Excise," said Minister of Transportation Freddy Numberi.

"24-hour services have to be always excellent. Therefore, we keep discussing things with the Directorate General of Custom and Excise. I think this will be completed at the end of the 100-day program."

The Ministry of Transportation has determined four ports and one airport to fully operate 24 hours a day to bolster export-import performance, namely Tanjung Priok (Jakarta), Makassar, Belawan (Medan), and Tanjung Perak (Surabaya) ports, and Soekarno-Hatta (Jakarta) airport.

Source: cargonewsasia
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NOL Names ex-George W Bush Science Advisor as Director

Neptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL) appointed leading international business figure Robert Herbold to its board from February 1 and a former science and technology advisor to US President George W Bush.

Today, Mr Herbold is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University, the Heritage Foundation and the Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre.

From 1994 to 2001, Mr Herbold was executive vice president and CEO of Microsoft Corporation. After retiring in 2001, Mr Herbold worked half time for Microsoft until 2003 as Executive Vice President assisting in government, industry, and customer issues.

"Mr Herbold will bring to the NOL Board significant experience at the highest levels of major corporations and a broad range of skills in international business," said NOL chairman Cheng Wai Keung.

Before Microsoft, Mr Herbold spent 26 years at The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G). In his last five years with P&G he served as its senior vice president of marketing.

Currently, Mr Herbold is the managing director of Herbold Group, LLC, a consulting business focused on profitability. He is also an Operating Partner in the private equity firm Thoma Bravo and serves on the boards of Agilent Technologies and Vision Solutions Inc.

Mr Herbold is also currently an adjunct professor at INSEAD, originally Institut Europeen d'Administration des Affaires, or the European Institute of Business Administration at Fontainebleau, 40 miles south east of Paris, but now a multi-campus international graduate business school and research institution.

In 2002, Mr Herbold was appointed by US President George W Bush to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, serving until January 2009. He is the President of the Herbold Foundation, which is primarily focused on providing college scholarships to science and engineering students.

Source: schednet
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Pertamina dan Pelindo Kerjasama dalam Pembangunan Kilang Bojanegara

PT. Pertamina (Persero) dan PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Pelindo) telah menandatangani nota kesepahaman (MoU) untuk penggunaan lahan Pelindo untuk pembangunan kilang minyak Bojanegara milik Pertamina. Penandatangan tersebut dilakukan pada hari Selasa, 05/01 di kantor pusat Pertamina.

Penandatangan ini dilakukan oleh Direktur Utama PT. Pertamina (Persero), Karen Agustiawan dan Direktur Utama PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia II, R.J Lino di Kantor Pusat PT Pertamina (Persero).

"Sebagai perusahaan yang sama-sama dimiliki oleh negara, sudah sepantasnya di antara sesama BUMN mampu bekerjasama lebih optimal sehingga dapat memberikan nilai tambah untuk BUMN tersebut secara khususnya dan Indonesia secara umumnya." ujar Karen dalam sambutannya pada pembukaan penandatangan kesepakatan bersama.

Melalui kesepakan bersama tersebut, PT. Pertamina (Persero) dan Pelindo akan melakukan berbagai kajian terhadap potensi yang dimiliki masing-masing pihak dalam rangka pelaksanaan kerja sama meliputi kajian finansial, teknis, komersial, legalitas dan aspek lainnya.

Selain sepakat dalam pembangunan kilang Bojanegara, PT. Pertamina (Persero) dan Pelindo juga sepakat untuk pembangunan bunker BBM di Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok, kerjasama pemanduan dan penundaan kapal, serta rencana pengembangan terminal LPG di pelabuhan-pelabuhan yang dikelola oleh Pelindo II.

Selain itu juga ada kerja sama pemanfaatan lahan milik pertamina yang terletak di Marunda seluas 14 Ha, kerja sama pemanduan dan penundaan kapal, kerjasama pemanfaatan lahan beserta fasilitas pelabuhan milik Pertamina di Bagus Kuning, Palembang untuk pengembangan terminal peti kemas,kerjasama pemanfaatan lahan beserta fasilitas pelabuhan yang dikelola Pelindo II untuk pengembagunan terminal LPG, dan kerja sama jual beli BBM dan pelumas.

"Melalui kerjasama yang akan diwujudkan nanti, PT. Pertamina (Persero) berharap dapat memberdayakan dan memberi nilai tambah atas asetnya yang besar dan kompleks, terutama yang dalam kondisi idle yang juga akan menguntungkan Pelindo II," papar Karen.

Dengan Slogan “Kerja Keras Adalah Energi Kita” Pertamina berharap dapat memberdayakan dan memberi nilai tambah atas asetnya yang besar dan kompleks, terutama yang dalam kondisi idle (menganggur) yang juga akan menguntungkan Pelindo II.

"Pertamina juga berkeinginan untuk memanfaatkan lebih dari lahan reklamasi sebelah utara breakwater timur Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok yang dimiliki Pelindo, untuk keperluan yang lebih besar bagi masyarakat, terkait penyediaan sumber energi Bahan Bakar Minyak dan Gas," kata Karen.

Sumber : PT. Pertamina (Persero)

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