Banjarmasin, 22/3 (Reuters Kalsel) - Director of Traffic and Transport Directorate General of Sea Transportation Adolf R Tambunan said ports in Borneo have quite a lot of problems compared to other areas.
According to Adolf many problems at the port of Borneo, among others related to the transportation of coal. "As in South Kalimantan is pretty much the problem of loading and unloading coal often complained by various parties," he said while fostering socialization and unloading labor cooperative arrangement in Banjarmasin on Thursday.
Adolf added that unloading technological developments is growing fast, so a lot of loading and unloading facilities are now using these technologies, including the coal mining sector. The development of technology makes many workers lost their jobs. In addition, the problem of loading and unloading time, which should be done a few hours, but due to various constraints such as inadequate dock, making loading and unloading be longer.
These conditions, if not solved soon, will also hamper the growth of the local economy. " We continue our evaluation of those things to immediately find a way out, including the Port of Trisakti Banjarmasin, if it is not possible to be developed the possibility is not closed that we look for a new location," he said.
Chairman of the South Kalimantan of Indonesia Association of Loading and Unloading Djumadri said, it need specialized for workers of loading and unloading, among others, for containers, coal and other sectors.
