Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok Overload

JAKARTA: The capacity of Port of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, is considered no longer adequate to accommodate the amount of goods entering.

"As a result, there is accumulation of goods and this resulted in losses to hundreds of millions of dollars per day," said Vice Chairman of Kadin Transportation Establishments, Syafrizal, in Jakarta, Friday (21 / 1).

Syafrizal said the number of incoming flows of goods, particularly containers each day increases. If calculated per year, the increase reached 13% to 15%.

Medium capacity of accommodating the largest and busiest port in Indonesia, now no longer sufficient entry of goods.

According Syafrizal, ideally the load of each container must not be equal to the area.

Stacking overload goods to over 100%. Supposedly, the accumulation of goods is only 70% or at most 80%. But now the number has more, even up to 140%, said Sayfizal.

As a result, the accumulation of goods out of control. Even goods mover tool was difficult work and often suffered damage because of excessive usage.

"We must also shift the accumulation of these containers of goods to another place. This also indicates that the shift takes place and it costs more, "he said.

According Syafrizal, to shift one container, then the costs that range from Rp1 million to Rp 2 million. While the containers are moved each day totaling more than 300 units.

Syafrizal said the accumulation of goods will increasingly be seen at the time of holidays or other big day. For that it hoped the government to reform infrastructure.

At least it took five years to fix infrastukutur. And a maximum of about 10 years. But, now it needs is extremely urgent. So should be done immediately, he said. (Ssr/OL-9)

Indonesia Can Brush Business Opportunity Aircraft Maintenance

JAKARTA: Indonesia has an opportunity to increase the absorption of aircraft maintenance market as growth in world airline industry continues to increase significantly. Market is estimated maintanance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) will reach U.S. global $ 56.7 billion in 2014, an increase of approximately U.S. $ 49.3 billion in 2009.

"Global aviation industry began to squirm along with improving the economy of the country, especially the United States and Europe. The frequency of flights also began to recover close to pre-crisis. Airlines that had ceased operations since 2010 went back to serve the market. The plane is back in operation last year to undergo treatment again this year, "said President Director of Garuda maintanance Facilities (GMF) AeroAsia Richard Budihadianto, Friday (21 / 1).

According to him, the phenomenon of aircraft maintenance market growth was nearly happened in all countries so that growth is higher than two years ago. In addition, it is estimated this year aircraft maintenance market will no longer monopolized by airlines that have a workshop, but will be outsourced to other parties.

"Therefore, the total available market, as many as 73% of which is outsourcing to aircraft maintenance companies. Outsourcing is directed to Asia Pacific and South America, "he said.

Was done because the alternative of outsourcing MRO companies in Europe and North America prefer to focus work on high-tech industries and capital intensive, so the Airframe maintenance outsourced. At the same time, MRO companies in Africa, India and the Middle East do not have the ability to work on the market from Europe and North America. (OL-5)

Politicians spy, British PM's aide resigns

British Prime Minister David Cameron (Photo: Getty Images)

LONDON - British Prime Minister's Special Advisor for communication affairs resigned from his post, after urging the journalists to spy on the conversations of politicians, celebrities and even members of the royal family.

This insistence done when he was still working as an editor disebuah influential media in the UK. Prime Minister David Cameron, said Andy Coulson advisers felt had to resign, but did not mention about the scandal.
"It is with great regret that I announce Andy Coulson decided to resign from his post," Cameron said in a statement quoted by the Associated Press on Friday (21/01/2011).
Coulson was the adjutant of the most trusted by Cameron, making his resignation is certainly a serious blow to him. Previously, Cameron assess Coulson deserve a second chance, despite the scandal hit hard enough to make the ranks of his administration.
The case broke when two journalists from the News of the World caught illegally monitor conversations of the royal family, via telephone. The incident occurred when Coulson was still serving as editor at the News of The World.

(Faj)

After a long hiatus, Peter Weir finds “The Way Back”

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Australian director Peter Weir is back in U.S. movie theaters on Friday with his first film in seven years — the drama “The Way Back.”

Inspired by Slavomir Rawicz’ 1956 book “The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom,” the film is about prisoners who escape from a Siberian labor camp and walk through Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, China and India, to find freedom.

Weir, who has directed such films as “The Truman Show,” “Dead Poets Society” and “Witness”, sat down with Reuters to talk about the film and why he’s been laying low for the past few years.

Q: You are known for taking your time between projects. For the past two decades, you’ve only done five films. What made “The Way Back” worthy of your attention?

A: “I think it was the nature of the journey, to walk 4,000 miles to freedom. These were innocent people, ordinary people. It was a chance to look closely at the human spirit. What kind of qualities does an individual have which will draw them to push on, to put one foot in front of the other? That, coupled with the fantastic series of landscapes.”

Q: You’ve assembled quite an international cast to play Eastern Europeans, including Irish actors Colin Farrell and Saoirse Ronan, and Britain’s Jim Sturgess.

A: “There’s always a temptation to cast the nationality in the part, but that gets impractical. Plus there’s certain people you want to work with. And after all, this is show business — the actors are pretending. I didn’t want the group to be all American, or all English who are doing accents. I wanted to get a representation of nationalities.”

Q: Prior to this film, what have you been doing since “Master and Commander?”

A: “There were three other projects I was working on but they didn’t happen. I pulled out of one and we disagreed over something on the other. It was a frustrating period. I had to find a kind of patience so that I didn’t panic and take on a movie that wasn’t right for me.”

Q: Then what happened?

A: “Then I read ‘The Way Back’ and thought, maybe it’s this one. I would go off to do interviews in Moscow with survivors and what they were telling me made me feel like this was worth doing. I put some of those stories or aspects of their description of camp life into the script.”

Q: You shot the film chronologically, shooting in Bulgaria, Morocco and India. Any memorable days?

A: “Any director who shoots in the desert always thinks of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ or (filmmaker) David Lean. David Lean owns the desert. One day in Morocco, I noticed an Arab man in long robes — he was in charge of keeping the snakes off the set. He had been watching me for three days. He came over to me, leaned toward my ear and said: “The desert is with you.” My first thought was, ‘Wow, that was just like a movie scene!’ Then I thought, I’m glad it’s not against me!”

Q: Being in the Himalayas, having just wrapped this long journey, what was going through your head?

A: “You know what I was thinking in between moments of dancing and hilarity? I was thinking, ‘How is that scene going to cut? I better get back to the cutting room!’”

(Editing by Jill Serjeant)