Chief Of The TNI Yudo Margono Receives A Visit From The President Director Of Pelni, Both Will Strengthen Cooperation In Shipping Security And Control

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Navy and PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) are strengthening cooperation to assist in securing and controlling ships on board during shipping. The effort to strengthen cooperation was revealed when the Chief of Naval Staff (Kasal) Admiral TNI Yudo Margono received a visit from the President Director of PT Pelni Tri Andayani, in the lobby of the Main Headquarters Building, Cilangkap, East Jakarta, Friday, April 22. In a press release, quoted from Antara, Saturday, April 23, the purpose of the visit was in addition to hearings and gathering to introduce the new Board of Directors of PT Pelni, as well as to establish cooperation and strengthen synergy between PT Pelni and strategic stakeholders in order to carry out the strategic role of the two institutions as development agents. During the meeting several issues related to cooperation between PT Pelni and the Indonesian Navy had been discussed, such as security and control in port at the time of embarkation/debarkation activities to prevent anarchic, illegal, criminal actions from both passengers and crew members (ABK) or other parties that disturb security and order.

PT Pelni hopes that in addition to increasing the cooperation that has been established so far, it can also open up several other cooperation opportunities, such as maritime logistics cooperation in the context of meeting the logistics needs of the Navy, becoming a partner of the Indonesian Navy for logistics activities for the Navy needs to and from the TNI base. Navy, in collaboration with the Indonesian Navy's Hydro-Oceanography Center (Pushidrosal) related to shipping lanes and priority map information updates. In addition, cooperation in the maintenance and maintenance of Indonesian Navy ships and bench marking the management of the Indonesian Navy's control room or port as a reference for improvement Operations and operation room services of PT Pelni can be realized as a form of strategic collaboration between the Indonesian Navy and PT Pelni.