Businessmen Protest of BUMN's Expansion Makes 1,000 Sea Port Businessmen Bankrupt

Indobusiness - Less of more than 1,000 private companies services related to business in the Port of Tanjung Priok harbor started to slow down. This is caused by the massive expansion that made Indonesia's state-owned ports.
Chairman of the Indonesian National Shipowners Association (INSA) Hartoto Carmelita said there should be attitudinal between the government and private sectors so as not to shut down private businesses nationwide.
"The situation of port operations is now very difficult. Forwarder sector and private enterprises have started to slow down. SOE is OK to expand but do not interfere with the activities of private businesses nationwide," said Carmelita during the discussion with the media about the harbor in the House chamber Tuesday (16/04/2013).
Meanwhile Chairman of Logistics and Forwarder Association of Indonesia (ALFI) Iskandar Zulkarnain said the expansion of the Port of IPC II and other SOEs should controlling the fate of 1,200 companies registered member of ALFI 25,000 private employment who have been living and depend on the port. "IPC has the facilities and sufficient capital. Our private SMEs should not be turned off so that everyone can live and not be turned off," she said.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Indonesian Association of Stevedoring Companies (APBMI) Rakhwadi Bambang said the number of stevedoring companies continue to decrease because the port state to dominate the harbor business from upstream to downstream.
"It used Priok stevedoring companies in more than 100 companies, in recent years lived 16 companies that exist, but his condition continued to decline," he explained.
As the information in the records and Apindo Kadin, now a subsidiary. PT IPC II that has been established is PT Indonesia Vehicle Terminal, Energy PT Pelabuhan Indonesia, PT Cipta Logistics Integration Solutions, PT Pelabuhan Indonesia Equipment Services and Developer PT Pelabuhan Indonesia and PT Pelabuhan Indonesia Container.
Other companies that will be formed include PT Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok, Indonesia PT Fleet Services, PT Center for Maritime and Logistics Indonesia, PT IPC Port Container Indonesia, PT Marine Services Indonesia, PT Indonesia Bulk Terminal, PT Sarana Dredging Indonesia, PT Container Terminal Sorong, PT Container Terminal Batam.