JAKARTA: Transport Ministry provides opportunity for private companies to win Kalibaru Terminal project bid although PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II has obtained right to match compensation for that project.Private company can win the bid if they have innovation and superiority that is not owned by PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) II, Deputy Transport Minister Bambang Susantono said.Right to match is a compensation of additional value or granting the right to make an offer to the best bidder.The bidder that has creativity and innovation like market guarantee of one million TEUs and having operation method with the most efficient operational unlike other bidder and PT Pelindo II, can be the winner," he said yesterday.As listed until yesterday, 23 foreign and local companies will certainly compete in the project bidding.Transport Ministry cant directly appointing certain prospective and company to build Kalibaru Terminal without conducting the auction process.He believes the competition will still produce a better price so that the government or private-initiated project auction will remain to be implemented. "Kalibaru project is the simple example," he said.The best bidder will later compete with Pelindo II even if the bidder is capable to pay IDR3 trillion per annum to the country.We will review the competency of each party and its payment capability to the country, he affirmed.The company prepares a strategy to enlarge the contribution of Kalibaru container terminal to national economy, PT Pelindo II President Director R.J Lino said.Pelindo II is cooperating with several large shipping companies like China Shipping, Cosco, NYK and Maersk Line as partner and not as investor.The objective is to facilitate their large vessel to dock at Priok port, he said, recently.Partnership with JICATransport Ministry will take Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to finance the dredging project at the east lane of Tanjung Priok Port and construction of bridge to the Kalibaru Terminal.The Japanese investment agency is still willing to help although Kalibaru construction concept doesnt adopt JICAs study.JICA will help if the countrys financial condition is limited. It remains interested in helping Indonesia.The bridge construction and dredging project is the governments task in accordance to statutory provision.In the prequalification auction announcement, the government separated the dredging project and bridge construction from the package of container terminal development project in northern Kalibaru.Such separation will save IDR2.9 trillion of investment costs that must be disbursed by investor for dredging project and 700 meter bridge construction.The government will not insert the dredging project and bridge after considering investors desire, Transport Ministrys Directorate of Port and Dredging Kemal Heryandi said.Prior to the bidding, seven potential foreign investors and local Port Enterprise Entities (BUP) are targeting the bid of terminal project in northern Kalibaru. (t06/msw)

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