JAKARTA. State-run port operator Pelindo III, through its subsidiary Terminal Teluk Lamong (TTL), will commence operations of Teluk Lamong Port in Gresik, East Java, next month.

TTL operational director Agung Kresno Sarwono said the company was currently preparing a number of systems, such as the Automated Stacking Crane (ASC), to ensure the smoothing running of the terminal when it starts operations on March 1.

“We are coordinating intensively with related parties, such as contractors and vendors to make sure we can deliver full operations when we open this international terminal,” Agung said on Friday, adding that representatives from Finland-based firm Konecranes were scheduled to visit the terminal to help TTL integrate the Terminal Operating System (TOS).

In addition, he said Teluk Lamong was the world’s first terminal to implement an automatic docking system.

The system is available thanks to a collaboration between Pelindo III and French logistics company Gaussin Manugistique.

This successful collaboration had encouraged the two firms to establish a joint venture to market the docking system in the Southeast Asian market, he added.

Teluk Lamong has a capacity of 1.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) and 10.3 million tons of dry bulk.

The port, which is aimed at easing operations at the country’s second-largest port ,Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, cost the company Rp 3.4 trillion (US$268.6 million) in investment, which was sourced from internal cash and bank loans.( Nurfika Osman)

Editor: Hendra Gunawan