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Letter: JICT responds
Mon, 09/01/2008 11:01 AM | Reader's Forum
With reference to the report published in The Jakarta Post, (Aug. 21, p. 13) titled "Security at RI container ports slack", the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) assures the public that our container terminal is safe and secure, with no unauthorized access being permitted.
This statement is supported by the U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Advisory which names JICT as one of the best among Indonesia's 16 ports in implementing effective security measures and compliance with the International Standard of Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code.
In addition, the U.S. Embassy has insisted that U.S. Navy ships visiting Indonesia should dock at JICT because of its high levels of security.
Since Nov. 1, 2006, JICT, as the largest container terminal in Indonesia, has enforced a 100 percent Sterile Terminal policy. This initiative was undertaken to fulfill the International Standard of Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code and to improve security around JICT.
All persons, vehicles and goods entering or leaving JICT require a pass issued subject to thorough checks and identification procedures. This regulation is applied without exception, including for staff, customers, TKBM labor, transport crew and relevant Government personnel.
JICT uses an online electronic data system for container haulage trucks entering and leaving its terminals. Special IDs in the form of stickers with unique numbering are distributed to the trucks.
This assists the checking of all vehicles and improves the service, speed and data accuracy for trucks entering the yard. The monitoring system will soon be reinforced by the implementation of magnetic ID cards. To ensure sterile port facilities, security regulations are enforced within the terminals through patrols, additional guards in high risk areas, as well as by thorough inspection of documentary completeness and the physical condition of containers, including seals at the gate. JICT employs 349 security personnel to ensure a 100 percent sterile terminal is achieved.
JICT has also installed high quality equipment and infrastructure to improve JICT's security systems, such as the construction of the restricted area steel main entrance gate, including barbed wire barricades, and installation of closed-circuit TV cameras.
AGUS BARLIANTO
Public Relation Manager
The Jakarta International Container Terminal
Jakarta
