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State-owned port operator Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III is developing a full information and communications technology (ICT) system with a total investment of $77 million. With the new system, it says, the ICT systems in 14 ports in seven provinces will be connected in real time.
Pelindo III president director Djarwo Surjanto said the system would be divided into two main sections — front end and back end systems. The front end system will include container, non-container and vessel service applications, among others. The back end system will feature applications related to administrative matters, such as human capital and financial management. The front end applications are expected to be completed in September 2016.
"With container applications in the front end system, all service users will be able to monitor the position of their containers in real time. It can be estimated when their containers will arrive at the destination ports. It can all be traced online," said Djarwo.
The ports that will be connected with the system are Tanjung Perak (East Java), Tanjung Emas (Central
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Java), Lembar and Benoa (Bali), Kumai, Bumiharjo and Sampit (Central Kalimantan), Bima and Badas (West Nusa Tenggara), Maumere, Ende, Waingapu and Kalabahi (East Nusa Tenggara) and Batulicin (South Kalimantan).
Pelindo III’s move will be followed by Pelindo I, II and IV, so that 24 ports from Sumatra to Papua will be connected under a single system and form the foundaiton of the government’s sea toll program.
Djarwo said the development of the ICT based system was predicted to be completed within the next two years. He expressed hopes that the ICT systems in all 14 ports would be connected to each other by January 2018.
To build the ICT system, Pelindo III has conducted a comparison study with several modern ports abroad, such as the Hamburg and Bremen ports in Germany and the Rotterdam port in the Netherlands.
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