Badan Pengusahaan Batam (BP Batam) will transform the Batu Ampar Port located in Kota Batam, Indonesia into a smart port in an attempt to boost the port’s efficiency and provide low-cost services in the maritime trade sector. The company has deployed InaPortnet, a single-entry system for ship-to-ship/floating storage unit (STS-FSU) activities, the BP Batam Seaport Information Management System (B-SIMS) and Foreign Ship Agency Notification (PPKA).
BP Batam will also install the Autogate system at the Batu Ampar Port which will automatically record vessel arrivals and departures. The system is expected to help alleviate traffic congestion and queues at the port. The Autogate technology replaces the Batam Logistic Ecosystem (BLE), which was introduced earlier in 2021. To expedite item entrance and departure, BP Batam also supports B-SIMS, which is integrated with the Autogate system and Customs Temporary Storage (TPS). The information tracking mechanism for things kept in the TPS is also improved by B-SIMS.
The short-term construction of the Batu Ampar port is scheduled for completion in 2025. Initial works include the dredging of the harbour pond with a depth of 12 m low water at springtide (LWS) and the construction of a shipping container yard. Development of the port project will then proceed with the reinforcement of the northern wharf and rearrangement of the main gate together with gate automation. The Port Business Association of BP Batam will further provide six units of container cranes (CC), 12 units of rubber-tired gantry cranes, 24 units of truck heads, six units of reach stackers, three units of 40-ton top loaders, and 48 units of chassis.
By 2025, the Kota Batam port intends to have 1.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in container streams and to be able to accommodate ships with a capacity of 3000 TEUS or third-generation vessels for domestic containers.