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INSA have prioritized national tanker

JAKARTA: PT Pertamina refused to re-tender for the procurement of tankers which were won by foreign fleets sailing despite the insistence of the national organization is very strong.
DPP Secretary-General of the Indonesian National Shippowners' Association (INSA), Budhi Halim said Pertamina had to deliver a written reply confirming INSA does not make a tender back.
Based on documents received by Business, INSA No.097/PRTM/04-2004 letter requested that MT Durgandini as the only Indonesian-flagged vessel was won in the tender.

"However, Pertamina said if done tenders will be re-auction process that is not healthy. Durgandini Win MT, the auction will become unhealthy and unfair," Budhi said quoting the letter of Pertamina.

Deputy Director of Shipping Directorate of Marketing and Trading company PT Pertamina Suhartoko in a letter No.226/F20000/2010-SO INSA promised to consider input regarding the procedure of procurement of rental boats at the state's environment in the next tender.

He asserted that the auction mechanism carried out by Pertamina are in accordance with applicable regulations. "However, we continue to consider proposals for improving the mechanism of INSA next ship."

According Suhartoko, in order to support the implementation of cabotage (domestic sea transport of commodities required to use the national board), Pertamina has given the widest opportunity for national shipping companies can invest.

However, he said, must comply with applicable regulations, namely during the vessel must be operated with Indonesian flag. "It had been agreed by all bidders, including the PT Ocean Line Tbk so in our opinion, are in accordance with cabotage," he asserted.

Based on the tender documents Pertamina, the Indonesian-flagged vessel fleet was defeated by a stranger in the project's procurement of state-owned tankers. As a result, the number of tankers being unemployed more and more national.

INSA DPP Chairman W. Johnson Sutjipto disclose the availability of Indonesian-flagged tanker when it was excessive.

Therefore, he explained, along with the implementation of cabotage in the tender for the procurement of ship types, the INSA requested a national tanker fleet should be prioritized.

Johnson said it was responding to the results of the tender procurement Pertamina tanker, recently. In the tender, the Indonesian-flagged fleet owned MT Durgandini Ocean Line Tbk was defeated by a foreign ship while the lowest lease bid, namely U.S. $ 11,238 per day.

Arpeni owned vessels that actually has been used by Pertamina for oil transportation in the country for 17 years, but this time the tenders were defeated by foreign fleets MT High Rider despite a higher bid, ie U.S. $ 11,380 per day.

Major share

Budhi revealed Pertamina is currently the only company who became the major share of the operator of oil tankers in the country so that the company should give priority to the interests of national shipping.

Pertamina data states to meet the transportation needs of oil and gas amounted to 90 million kiloliters (assuming oil and gas transportation in 2009), requires vessels with a total capacity of 3.04 million dead weight tonnage (DWT).

Currently, the state that operates 165 ships of various types, including two fleets of Very Large Crude carriers (VLCC) and 12 tankers pengangut gas. Of the 165 ships, 35 of whom owned their own units and 130 units for rent.

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