Ministry to suspend coal activity at Cirebon port
Monday, March 14 2016 - 02:30 AM WIB
The Directorate General of Sea Transportation at the Ministry of Transportation had on March 10 issued a letter to state-owned port operator PT Pelindo II, which operates the Cirebon Port in West Java, to suspend coal unloading and loading activities at the port, Kompas reported on Monday.
The paper quoted Head of the Cirebon Port Rivolindo (one name) as saying that the coal unloading and loading activities must be suspended within 14 days after the issuance of the letter amid complaints of environmental pollution.
He said that the port can resume coal activities after Pelindo completes revision of the environmental impact assessment study (or Amdal) of the port.
The Cirebon port currently handles about 3 million tons of coal per year, a surge from 300,000 tons per annum in 2002, to serve the coal demand from industries in West Java. (*)