IBT declares force majeur on broken belt conveyor

South Kalimantan coal terminal operator PT. Indonesia Bulk Terminal had to declared force majeur to its customers due to broken belt conveyor.

A company employee contacted by Petromindo.Com said that the belt conveyor was broken Sunday night, forcing IBT to stop loading activities. He did not say how long the repair process would take place. ?All vessels that were due to loading had already gone,? he said.

Company officials in charge of operations are not available for comment.

IBT's terminal, located on South Pulau Laut, lies on major domestic and international shipping routes. The terminal's major clients are PT Adaro Indonesia, PT Arutmin Indonesia, PT Baramulti, PT Multi Harapan Utama.

The terminal has stockyard capacity of 800,000 metric tons and is capable to receive 85,000 dead weight ton vessels. In 2002, throughput from this port reached 6.9 million tons of coal.

IBT is equally owned by Australia's New Hope Corp. and local company Dianlia Setyamukti.(robert)