PORT SERVICES
Still Unsettled

Export and import activities plunged drastically. Indonesia's ports are still inefficient.

April 14, 2009

TWO forklift trucks were standing idle at the mouth of Port II Tanjung Priok, on Tuesday of last week. One of the drivers was lounging at the wheel with his eyes closed, another was playing a game on his cellphone. Not far from there, two cranes were also standing idle. "All we do is wait," said Iwan, one of the forklift drivers. Usually, the two types of port equipment are hardly ever idle. Businesspeople would often queue for hours to use the con

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