185 Containers Affected By Rob Flood At Tanjung Emas Port, Semarang

Illustration of loading and unloading crates at the port. (ANTARA-Sigid K)

SEMARANG - As many as 185 containers at Tanjung Emas Port, Semarang were affected by tidal flooding. The disaster from the overflowing sea water and the broken embankment hit Semarang in the last few days.

Head of the Semarang Tanjung Emas Customs Office, Anton Martin, said the 185 containers contained commodities to be exported or imported.

According to him, customs are trying to provide the best service to reduce costs incurred due to this disaster condition.

He ensured that the service operates for 24 hours with several priority services provided, such as speeding up the cancellation process, Export Goods Approval Letter (SPBE), and inspection before leaving the Customs Area.

"We are trying our best to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," he said in a press release in Semarang, quoted from Antara, Friday, May 27.

As for loading and unloading activities at the Semarang Container Terminal on Thursday, May 26, it was recorded that 161 containers passed through the export gate and 115 containers passed through the import gate.

Previously, the broken sea wall in the Lamicitra area caused tidal flooding in the Tanjung Emas Port area of Semarang since Monday, May 23.

The high seawater runoff that occurred in the past week that hit the northern coast of Central Java was suspected to be the cause of the sea wall collapse.