The Arrival Of Quay Container Crane (QCC) Prove Indonesia Port Corporation II Expansion In Port Of Palembang

Container Terminal

At, Thursday 25 Augusts 2011 I  get opportunity to pilot the ship  Yuan Jing that is special cargo heavy load ship (Specialized Weight Cargo Ship) that is special ship for carrying heavy load cargo. Pilotage is started from Musi River estuary threshold to Port of Palembang. That Ship loads 3 units Quay Container Crane (QCC) that is tool of container loading and unloading in container quay from Port of Shanghai, China. That Ship have length LOA 144m with wide 31.20m and widest together Quay Container Crane (QCC) entire 61.20m. Whereas third Quay Container are referred as to improve container service in Port of Palembang, Port of Panjang and Port of Pontianak.

Like news that forwarded on Daily Kompas in 26 Augusts 2011 that to anticipate growth of container current in Port of Palembang that average reach 10.000 twenty foot equivalent unitses (TEUs) or size container 20 feet per month, management Indonesian Corporation Port  II Branch Port of Palembang will extend open storage.

Planned in 2012, open storage in container terminal is extended one hectare until can accomodate around 1.320 TEUses.  Container Yard is referred cover by yard ex house on duty manager that can accomodate 660 TEUs and yard ex  PT Tania Selatan that can accommodate capacity in common between 600-700 TEUs. 
           
According to General Manager Port of Palembang, Andi Isnovandiono, Friday (26/8/2011), field extension is referred as assessed felicitous because beside to anticipate improvement of container current that start level since the late December 2010, also support productivity improvement and terminal performance in parallel addition of loading and unloading equipments in the port.
            
Addition of loading and unloading equipments, planned have the shape of 1 unit quay container crane, 4 units RMGC Rail Mounted Gantry Crane with capacity 35 till 40 tons, 4 units gantry jib crane, 4 units Head truck, 4 units chassis,  1 crane mobile unit, and 1 eunuch unit loader.

From China this addition of loading and unloading equipments is executed stageable coming to port. Thursday (25/8/2011) yesterday, has came 1 unit Quay Container Crane property Indonesian Corporation Port II that ordered from China start Roll Off in warf container terminal Boom Baru Palembang, and hereinafter QCC are referred as test drived and ready to October operation 2011.

Equipments Next step 4 units RGMC and 4 units Gantry Jib Crane will equip container terminal and terminal conventional. It is true addition of loading and unloading equipments in port have not already can be bargained next for handling of container loading and unloading. Predicted up to November 2011 this container current pass by Palembang reaches more than 100.000 TEUs       
       
Meanwhile in 2009, container volume as high as 85.000 TEUs, went up became 87.000 TEUs in last (2010). Then till this in the middle of the (till Juli 2011) has reached 70.000 TEUs.              
Improvement of container current has been seen start year-end 2010, that average per month reach 7.000 TEUs. Later, in five month last this, has reached more than 10.000 TEUs

Expected with this addition of loading and unloading equipments, will be able to improved two-time productivity of a recently loading and unloading.

Pac Acrux The Biggest Ship Bound To Port Of Palembang

Pac Acrux

We know that Port of Palembang are one of biggest River port in Indonesia was with traffic of ship that never silent.

Port of Palembang distance around 55 miles or 101 kilometres from estuary of Musi river. By distance that length accompanied path devious river with depth of groove variation referred have separate characteristic and it is of course limit level of ship that will bound to Port of Palembang. This condition of course differs from ports that reside in free waterfront.

Nevertheless to give maximal service, Port of Palembang in collaboration with service user will fixed deliver ships bound to Port of Palembang more amount of.

One of compromy form are referred is bounding the biggest ship halting-place in Port of Palembang that is Pac Acrux, Pac Antares, Pac Alnath, Pac Alkaid. The ship owned by Acrux Maritime Limited that in Group Legal SG House 41 Tower Hill Londons, EC3N4SG United Kingdom and operated by Paccship (UK) addressed at 19 Buckingham Gates, 4th Floor London SW1E6LB United Kingdom are referred as in at longest routine at least three weeks once by rotation enter Port of Palembang.

Pac Acrux ship that built in Zhejiang Shipyard, China in May 2003 that registered at Singapore with with length LOA 178.8 m gross tonage GT 20.471 with dead weight DWT as 27.419,68 MTs with maximum draft of 10.4 M. Whereas to step into Port of Palembang Pac Acrux enters Pelabuhan Palembang with draft of maximum 5.4m and after dredge on December 2010 she can load at maximum draft 6.4m.

Pac Acrux in routine enters Port of Palembang to loads rubber commodity for exported to federal America. Amount of rubber payload that usually loaded in Port of Palembang counted more than 4000 tons. As for process of rubber commodity loading are referred as conducted pass by lighter that tender in ship is referred as in Gerong 1 anchorage, Palembang.

Pac Acrux have crew a number of 23 people consist of 19 citizen people of China and 4 citizen people of Philiphine with Master by Lin Shan from China.

As for sea transport route Pac Acrux from Port of Palembang continue sailing to Ciwandan Cigading then Padang and continue its long distance voyage to Houstan and New Orleans the United States. The voyage from Padang Indonesia to Houstan the United States usually gone through for 25-28 days depend on weather situation was in its sailing said Lin Shan the master of Pac Acrux when halting-place to Port of Palembang on 20 January 2010.

Welcome to Port Of Palembang

Ampera Bridge Palembang

In accodance to Port administration  of  Port of  Palembang expresses, superficiality condition Musi River becoming hard, because muddy deposit reaches around 40 cms per month. Even, sediment volume can reach 2,5 million meter cubices. As long as water ways Musi River from Port of Palembang till to Selat Bangka, there is 13 superficiality dots, even four dots already very its gristle because superficiality reach 4 metres.

Location that enough that gristle, namely in C2 and C3 pin-cushion north Pulau Payung and Selat Jaran whereas location that experience of superficiality most hard, for example at the verge of outside, Selat Jaran, and Pulau Payung south territorial water and sedimentation length reaches 7 kms. Head of Port administration  Palembang, Sugiono expressed condition Musi River at this time differ from history Musi River at era 70s, where heavy goods big ships can  ease sail out or enter to Port of  Palembang that its deepness path river around up to 6 metre metre-7.

He said, depth of groove river, also very base on water tide, until now only ships with tonage less than 3.000 tons can sail. Difference tide between outer bar and Port of Palembang abaut 6 hour until ships that will enter must accomodate schedule and tide condition, while height of tide situation Musi  River between 30 cms and 375 cms have the character of daily single. "That means, if is withdrawing, then ship must awaits 1 day new can sail." (Express Sumatera 20/12/2009)

Path Musi River Palembang, South sumatra now gets innings is being dredged its section some spots superficiality happens especially in two path positions that very gristle that is path Selat Jaran that have depth  of low water  LWS (Low Water Spring) 3.6m and outer bar of path Musi River Palembang that have depth of low water LWS (Low Water Spring) 4.4 M that verge direct with Selat Bangka.

According to Kemas one of the commisioned supervisor consultant observes dredging process are grooved   Musi River are referred as that grooved Musi River will be dredged till reach deepness at low tide LWS (Low Water Spring) 6m in both gristle dot referred.  "This Dredging may not triffles because path this Musi  River insist ons for dredged to fluent current of sea ships transportation from and to Palembang, until ship will  avoid from aground " he said when met writer in dredger ship TSHD. FORT ALEXANDER.

Base explanation from ship officer THSD. FORT ALEXANDER dredging that will be conducted by dredger ship TSHD. FORT ALEXANDER that is owned by Malaysia Maritime & Dregding Corporation Sdn. Bhd are referred as will take time 1,5 month for outer bar of  Musi River and 2 week to dredge in Selat Jaran.

"Later we see fact at the site important our goals is must reached LWS 6m for second spot path Musi  River is referred as that will we dredge up this year," clear consultant of dredging supervisor Kemas in ship THSD. FORT ALEXANDER.

Finaly, on December 2010, blueprint dredging detail are delivered by Port Adminisration to Pilotage division Palembang as the reference to determine right time for ships inbound and outbound from Port of Palembang.

From blueprint dredging detail are got LWS for low water  are dredged  Musi River in deepth 6m. Nevertheless caused by a little difference of depth of  dredging measurement datas Musi  River from ships that routine in out Port of Palembang that found around LWS 5m with blueprint dredging detail, then for safety reason LWS for Sungai Musi is determined by 5m.

By highest tide 375 cms with dredging result referred as look has been existence of addition of  ship that have loaded  draft around 7m or more with tonnage more then 3000 gross tonnage enter Port of Palembang especially ship of container that start clear existed its improvement of visit frequency either ship Indonesia or foreign ship.

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