By Ulul Maskuriah
Banjarmasin , South Kalimantan (Antaranews) - PT Adaro Indonesia immediately accelerate medium-term target to increase coal production from 40 million tons to 80 million tons per year to meet domestic energy needs and serve 50 companies from 12 countries.
President Director of PT Adaro Energy Garibaldi Thohir here on Tuesday said in an effort to support an increase in the production PT Adaro has built a coal port or " floating transfer".
"Today we have just inaugurated the use of floating transfer, as one of the supporting an increase in coal productivity of PT Adaro to 80 million tonnes," he said.
According to him , the floating transfer, has a capacity of up to 60 thousand tons per day or four times the capacity of floating crane owned by PT Adaro today.
The facility is one of the company's efforts to improve services through the implementation of an integrated information system from mine to point of destination. Floating transfer will improve efficiency.
Director and Chief Operating Officier Adaro Energy Chia Ah Hoo said , the construction of the port is large enough , as evidence that Adaro is not affected by the global economic crisis that is going on.
South Kalimantan Governor Rudy Ariffin said the port management and supervision in logistics in Tabonio not only strengthen Adaro but also to develop a port in Banjarmasin . Adaro standards would be a good model for a new era of national ports oriented at little cost.