Page 184 - Colours Magazine June 2017

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GARUDA INDONESIA OPENS REGIONAL CARGO OFFICE FOR KALIMANTAN
AND EAST INDONESIA
pendapatan kargo pada 2016 sebesar 26,3 juta USD atau 11,5% dari total pendapatan seluruh Garuda Indonesia Cargo.
Hal ini, sambungnya, akan terus naik disebabkan karena potensi pertumbuhan market komoditas pertanian sebesar 39,7 juta ton dan perikanan 1,2 juta ton yang terus bertumbuh di Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Ambon, dan Papua.
Sementara itu, Wali Kota Makassar Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto mengatakan kerja sama ini dapat mendukung perkembangan industri logistik regional Makassar. Hal ini ditunjang oleh potensi demogra Makassar sebagai salah satu pusat komoditas lokal pertanian dan perikanan.
PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk., has o cially opened its Regional Cargo O ce for Kalimantan and East Indonesia and a sales o ce based in Makassar, South Sulawesi, in a move to expand its logistics services network with a cargo hub in eastern Indonesia.
Garuda Indonesia Cargo Director Sigit Muhartono said the new o ce marks a signi cant step forward for Garuda Indonesia’s cargo business as it looks to strengthen its reach within Kalimantan and Indonesia’s eastern regions.
Sigit expressed optimism in the growth
of the company’s cargo business in eastern Indonesia following the success of 2016, when Garuda Indonesia earned a record- breaking US$26.3 million from the region, or 11.5 per cent of its total cargo earnings.
He added that the numbers are expected
to increase based on potential growth in farming commodities, projected to reach
39.7 tonnes, and growth in the shing industry in Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Ambon and Papua, projected to reach 1.2 million tonnes.
During the event, Mayor of Makassar Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto, said the partnership will help support the growth of Makassar’s regional logistics industry, which is further strengthened by the city’s demographic potential as a centre for local farming and shery commodities.
Kantor Regional Kargo Kalimantan dan Indonesia Timur Resmi Beroperasi
PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk., memperluas layanan jaringan bisnis kargo dengan meresmikan Kantor Cargo Regional Kalimantan dan Indonesia Timur dan Sales O ce di Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan. Peresmian ini merupakan upaya Garuda Indonesia sebagai “hub” kargo di wilayah timur Indonesia.
Direktur Cargo Garuda Indonesia Sigit Muhartono mengungkapkan kantor kargo baru ini menandai langkah ekspansi bisnis kargo Garuda Indonesia yang semakin agresif di regional Kalimantan dan Indonesia Timur.
Sigit optimistis, prospek pertumbuhan kargo di kawasan Indonesia Timur dipastikan terus cemerlang, tercermin dari rekor