Having obtained the government’s approval for an environmental impact assessment – Amdal study, Pelindo II, a state-owned port operator, may commence construction works at New Tanjung Priok port that is located in North Jakarta. The operator has set January 2013 as the scheduled launch date for the project that entails an investment of $2.36 billion; all the requisite approvals and clearances have been obtained as of June 2012. The port’s planned capacity will be 13 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
