The free trade zone manager's partners who had previously been running Batuampar Port, Batam's main import-export terminal, would merge with PT Pelindo I, the report said. The BP FTZ needs an operator that is able to manage Batuampar and the two other terminals. currently under its responsibility. Amidst an anticipated increase of logistics needs for import-export activities among service users Pelindo is seen as having the capacity to handle the expansion needed.
After the takeover, PT Pelindo I will be responsible for improving the logistic transportation system at Batuampar Terminal and other passenger sea transportation terminals such as Sekupang Port, which is the main passenger seaport from Batam to several areas across the Riau Islands, and Telagapunggur Port, the main seaport from Batam to Tanjung Pinang, the capital of the Riau Islands Province, and Lingga regency.
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