Indonesia’s leading container terminal – Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) – again handled another new services, the Asia-Indian Subcontinent 5 (AIS5). The AIS5 is a joint service among three shipping lines of Wan Hai, Interasia Lines (IAL) and KMTC.
Its first call to JICT took place on April 26, 2024.
AIS5 connects Jakarta – Surabaya – Singapore – Port Klang(N), Mundra – Nhave Sheva – North Port Klang and Jakarta. This weekly service with transit times of 28 days will deploy 4 containerships in total.
On its first call to Jakarta, AIS5 Service used the KMTC Yokohama, a Liberian-flagged container ship built in 2020.
On his welcoming remark for this new service, JICT Vice President Director Budi Cahyono said: “As a terminal operator, we always strive to improve our loading and unloading services to meet the needs of our service users. The arrival of this new service gives pride in the trust that continues to be given to JICT.”
“With this new route, it is hoped that it can continue to contribute to the flow of goods in Tanjung Priok and of course improve the Indonesian economy,” Budi, who also acts as JICT Commercial Director, said.
General Manager of KMTC Jakarta, M. Trisno, who was present at the welcoming ceremony for the inaugural AIS5 ship, also expressed his joy at the start of this new service, “We hope that this service will call regularly with maximum loading and unloading capacity”
The captain of the KMTC ship-Mr. Hong Yoon Hyung, along with the crew who were met by the JICT management delegation at the dock also expressed their appreciation for the reception of the Maiden Call.
KMTC Yokohama is a ship with a length of 196 meters with a width of 32 meters and is currently recorded as having a draft of 10.6 meters.
JICT was currently planning to deepen the basin and strengthen the pier which would be completed in 2025. JICT was also upgrading its equipment to be electricity powered, toward the vision of a green port.
