The five biggest ports were Pontianak (West Kalimantan), Palembang (South Sumatra), Jambi (Jambi), Padang (West Sumatra), Panjang (Lampung) and Tanjung Priok (Jakarta).Jakarta (ANTARA News) - State-owned port operator PT Pelindo II (IPC) is to implement a window system at five of the country`s biggest ports by March to ease the flow of ships, the company`s chief said.
"The window system will enable port users to have foreknowledge of the time and place where a ship will berth. Thereby much time will be saved and ships` berthing periods reduced," PT Pelindo II`s CEO, RJ Lino, said here Wednesday.
The five biggest ports he meant were Pontianak (West Kalimantan), Palembang (South Sumatra), Jambi (Jambi), Padang (West Sumatra), Panjang (Lampung) and Tanjung Priok (Jakarta).
Earlier, Lino said Pelindo II had set itself the target of earning an income of Rp6 trillion in 2012 or significantly higher than Rp4.5 trillion as projected earlier.
"We predict our income thist year will reach Rp5 trillion to Rp6 trillion with a net profit of Rp2 trillion," Lino said.
Lino said the company`s income in 2010 reached Rp3.1 trillion while it was predicted at Rp4.5 trillion in 2011. He said the company had over the past few years been able to raise its income thanks to its success in carrying out an efficiency drive.
"Of course it was also generated by an increase in the operations at almost all seaports under our management," he said.
He said a number of seaports posted an average income increase of 200 percent. Lino did not mention the net incomes of all ports, yet he said that Tanjung Priok port posted a growth of 34 percent, Teluk Panjang 480 percent, Teluk Bayur 400 percent, Pelembang 440 percent and Pontianak 150 percent.
"With the increases in the incomes of these ports' net profit, we predict that the company`s net profit in 2011 will reach Rp2 trillion, up from Rp1.26 trillion in 2010," he said.(*)
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