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Industry brief - long holidays result in containers pile-up at Tanjung Priok
According to Bisnis Indones ia , as cited by Carg o News Asia , import containers are piling up at Indones ia's Port of Tanjung Priok. The problem comess truckers and importers gradually return to work after the long Muslim holiday. Yard occupancy ratio (YOR) of the port's Koja Container Terminal, Mandiri Alam Lestari (MAL) Container Terminal and Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) has reached 10 2%, 10 3.7% and 8 7% respectively. The port operator is using export container areas to cope with the high yard occupancy ratio. Officials believe the situation will have eased by the firs t week of October 2009 . This