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Adaro’s vertically integrated operations have various subsidiaries along the pit-to-power supply chain to ensure operational excellence in all aspects of the business. The logistics segment, led by AEI’s subsidiary PT Adaro Logistics, is an essential part to ensure that Adaro’s coal deliveries will arrive at the customers’ locations according to the agreed schedule, specifications, and quality.

Established in 2014, PT Adaro Logistics (AL) now has an extensive range of businesses from coal barging and ship loading, channel dredging and maintenance, multi purpose terminal and stockpile management, stevedoring to dockyard. While most of these logistics operations are handled by its subsidiaries, in 2021, AL started to handle fuel handling and logistics management business to serve companies within the Adaro Group by acquiring four fuel tanks of 4200-kiloliter capacity to be placed at Kelanis port KM 0 and three fuel tanks of 4,400-kiloliter total capacity to be placed at KM 73 of Adaro Indonesia’s hauling road. Out of the operations collaborated with HBI and IBT, in 2022, AL generated Rp69 billion in cost savings for AEI from this business. 

  

PT MARITIM BARITO PERKASA (MBP)

MBP barges coal from its client’s ports of loading at Kelanis, Muara Tuhup, Teluk Timbau and Muara Enim to the mother vessels’ transshipment points at Taboneo and IBT, or directly to customers’ ports of discharge all around Indonesia. As at the end of 2022, its fleet consisted of 45 barges and 51 tugs, and three self-propelled barges (SPBs) with around 558,000 tonnes of carrying coal capacity and six transshipment facilities comprising four floating cranes and two floating transfer units (FTU) of 166,800 tonnes per day throughput rate. In addition, in 2022, MBP added coal barging service for MIP’s coal to its operations, transporting the coal from Muara Enim to mother vessels’ transshipment points at Muara Musi Banyuasin, Palembang. 

In 2022, MBP expanded its fleet by adding one barge of 8,000 dwt, one tugboat of 2,000 hp, three tugboats of 2,200 hp and one tugboat of 3,200 hp. MBP intends to order more sets (tug and barge) in 2023 to serve barging at the upper and lower cycle for PT Adaro Minerals Indonesia (AMI) and Muara Enim for MIP. The main purpose of this investment was to reduce chartered sets from third parties and thus increase operational cost efficiency.

In 2022, MBP barged 57.6 million tonnes and transshipped 42.1 million tonnes of coal from the Adaro Group. Particularly for AMI, the barge operations faced major challenges of unpredictable water level. In order to increase the capacity efficiency, MBP applied a system of barge-to-barge (B2B) transfer (a mechanism to increase efficiency by transferring coal from a small barge of less than 5,000 dwt to a bigger barge of 10,000 to 15,000 dwt). Up to the end of 2022, the B2B system had been used to deliver around 2.5 million tonnes of AMI’s coal and is expected to grow significantly along with the increase of AMI’s sales. MBP also continued the process to modify one of its floating cranes to facilitate the barge-to-barge transfer for AMI’s coal at a jetty currently being constructed at North Kelanis, which is scheduled to be completed in Q2 2023.

In 2022, MBP barged a total of 57.6 million tonnes of coal which belonged to the Adaro Group. MBP will continue to capitalize the extensive experience of serving large-scale coal operations and operating stronger barging fleet that can withstand rough weather conditions for both sister companies and third parties.

 

PT HARAPAN BAHTERA INTERNUSA (HBI)

At AI’s Kelanis Dedicated Coal Terminal, HBI performs various shipping administration tasks such as scheduling barges’ in-and-out movements, coal-loading activities and berthing-and-unberthing of barges and assist-tug services. In 2022, HBI continued dredging in Kelanis to accommodate the size of its barges and recorded 4,406 calls of SAMS volume, or increase 18% y-o-y due to increase transported volume. 

HBI also transports fuel from IBT’s Pulau Laut terminal to Kelanis using 3 (three) units of fuel oil transportation barges (FOTB) and to Muara Tuhup using 2 (two) units of self-propelled oil barges (SPOB). In 2022, IBT has served bunkering fuel to barges in Kelanis using SPOB with capacity 250 kl. In the same year, HBI barged a total of 580 million liters of fuel.  

 

PT INDONESIA MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL (IMPT)

After obtaining the concession from the Port Authority of Banjarmasin on September 15, 2018 for the right to carry out commercial operations at Taboneo, on May 10, 2019, IMPT officially commenced operations to handle port control and vessel placements in coal transshipment area by separating vessels based on sizes, such as Handymax, Panamax, and Capesize.

IMPT’s officer places vessels at well-defined vessel loading points and monitors all activities performed on the vessels, including stevedoring activities. All offshore loading operations are managed and monitored from a floating command center equipped with adequate satellite communications and GPS tracking systems, to achieve a quick turnaround time from arrival to departure. The tracking and monitoring activities have been improved by installing a land-based radar to ensure proper operations of vessel placements. 

In carrying out these activities, IMPT prioritizes the port’s safety and security as guided by the environmental impact license and a certificate of compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code it has maintained since 2015. As a result, these activities have significantly enhanced the safety of vessel navigation into and out of Taboneo and the transshipment process at the port. Out of the revenue generated from the port services at Taboneo, IMPT pays a concession fee to the government. In 2022, IMPT contributed Rp3.2 billion non-tax revenue, or increased by 28% from Rp2.5 billion in 2021. 

 

PT INDONESIA BULK TERMINAL (IBT)

IBT provides services for coal and fuel handling at its Pulau Laut terminal at the southeastern coast of South Kalimantan. The coal handling services include coal ship-loading, temporary stockpiling, and coal blending services. IBT’s customers can purchase coal from the most economical sources and get IBT to blend the coals according to their requirements to reduce production costs. IBT also offers facilities that can load vessels of up to 80,000 dwt in less than two days and an annual throughput capacity of 12 million tons, added with a feature that can help to detect and separate metal contaminants in coal before it is loaded to vessels.

For fuel handling services, IBT is equipped with four fuel tanks of 80,000-kiloliter total storage capacity, in-line blendling for blending fuel and FAME (fatty acid methyl ester) and two jetties with loading capacity of 1.5 million kiloliters/year.

For the Adaro Group, IBT is a high capacity back up for Taboneo transshipment operations and a location for sourcing fuel, which is essential for the group’s pit-to-power integrated operations. Although it was positioned to prioritize companies within the Adaro Group, IBT will also utilize its capacity and capitalize on its experience by expanding third-party relationships, especially the coal miners of the central, south and southeast regions of Kalimantan Island, for whom IBT’s location and its comprehensive facilities are most strategic. Since 2015, IBT has been maintaining a strategic alliance with Pertamina, a prominent state oil company, which has been using IBT as a facility for blending biodiesel.

 

PT SARANA DAYA MANDIRI (SDM) 

SDM started to operate in 2008 by working on a capital dredging project at the Barito River channel to make the channel navigable for two-way traffic 24/7. Since then, SDM has maintained the width and depth of the 15-km channel through regular dredging to keep it safe for navigation. For proper monitoring and control of the traffic and navigational safety, SDM ensures that its surveillance equipment is at operable condition at all times.

The Barito channel has recorded a steady increase in traffic over the years. The cargo volume passing through the channel in 2022 totaled 127 million tonnes, or 16% higher than 2021. This increase was attributable to the increase in the third-party cargoes. With the capacity of accommodating up to 200 million tonnes of coal per year, the channel still has ample room to accommodate higher volumes.

 

PT PURADIKA BONGKAR MUAT MAKMUR (PBMM)

PBMM offers cargo stevedoring services to ensure safe loading activities using proper procedure and equipment, with operations commencing at Taboneo in July 2013 and at Kelanis in the 3rd quarter of 2017. In 2022, PBMM recorded 47 million tonnes of stevedoring tonnages at Taboneo.

PBMM has a captive market from the extensive shipping operations of the Adaro Group in addition to benefitting from the transshipment activities at Taboneo organized by its sister company IMPT.  In 2022, PBMM’s volume increased significantly due to the significant increase of coal volumes of its affiliated companies within the Adaro Group. Therefore, PBMM spared most of the capacity for the Adaro Group.

 

PT BARITO GALANGAN NUSANTARA (BGN)

In 2018, AL purchased an operational dockyard in Barito Kuala district on the Barito River and established PT Barito Galangan Nusantara (BGN). Having a dockyard company is essential for AL to secure reliable maintenance facilities that can readily provide the service by fitting into the barges’ schedules and requirements to ensure smooth operations and avoid costly logistics disruptions due to barge breakdowns. 

AL has made considerable investment to develop BGN to meet its quality standards and accommodate the company’s larger barges and scale of operations. In 2022, BGN continued its focus on facility upgrading and expansion activities, consisting of developing additional slipways (for tug boats and barges), upgrading dockyard’s facilities, utilizing available slipways, enhancing manpower’s skills and competencies, and implementing the Adaro Group’s applicable standards of safety.

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