Source: CNADate: 22 February 2021 The Indonesian capital of Jakarta could see more flooding and landslides this week as the meteorology agency predicted rains of moderate to heavy intensity to sweep through the city over the next few days. The rains will primarily hit Jakarta in the evening and last...
Floods trigger power outages, evacuations in Indonesia's capital
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 9 February 2021 Floods, heavy rain and power outages led people to evacuate their homes in parts of Indonesia's capital on Monday, with the conditions -- worsened by the La Nina weather pattern -- expected to continue until March or April. More than 1,000 people i...
Final Candidates for Port Academy 2020
Dear young maritime leaders, this is the list of final candidates for Port Academy 2020. For those who did not make it, you all did well and we thank you for the enthusiasm for our event. Don't worry, though, we will have another opportunity for you later this year, so stay tuned for more upda...
Announcing Port Academy 2020 Participants Soon
Port Academy 2020 Registration is officially closed! Thank you for your enthusiasm! Now, it's our time to be busy filtering the best candidates from all over Indonesia. The result will be posted here this week, so stay updated.
Port Academy 2020 Registration is now open!
The registration for Port Academy 2020 is NOW officially OPEN! Southeast Asia's best capacity building program for young people in the water and maritime sector is now awaiting your submission. This year, the event will be held on 9-11 March 2020 at Terminal Kalibaru, Jakarta. Also, take a clo...
Residents told to stay at home for 2 weeks as Jakarta goes into partial lockdown
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 10 April 2020 Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has urged all residents to stay at home for the next 14 days as the capital city imposed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) on Friday to cut the chain of COVID-19 spread. Jakarta is the first province in the country t...
DKI Jakarta Apply PSBB, What Are Restricted?
Source: Kompas.comDate: 7 April 2020 DKI Jakarta will be the first province to implement a large-scale social restriction policy (PSBB) in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because the Minister of Health (Menkes) Terawan Agus Putranto has approved the DKI Jakarta Provincial Governme...
Jakarta, a coronavirus epicenter in Indonesia, braces for quarantine
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 29 March 2020 While local administrations have begun to block road access into their areas in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, the government has prepared to quarantine the country's capital, which has been most affected by the disease. The Transportatio...
Port Academy 2020 is kicking off in 3 days
Introducing our partners, Boskalis, Port of Rotterdam, Van Oord, PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Persero), and Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investments who will share their valuable knowledge and experience to our participants. This is the first of four-edition programs to visit ...
Jakarta, Aceh, and Surabaya Threatened to Sink by 2050
Source: CNN IndonesiaDate: 28 February 2020 Jakarta, CNN Indonesia - Global temperatures and sea levels continue to rise every year resulting in coastal cities experiencing devastating floods. Some cities have even sunk because of rising sea levels that are slowly reaching their shores. Others are ...
Jakarta floods and stories of residents: 'There is no early warning' amid the possibility of another flood
Source: BBC IndonesiaDate: 25 February 2020 2020 was a tough year for the citizens of Jakarta, with at least three times flooding at several points in the capital. Some residents complained they did not get an "early warning" to get ready to evacuate, while flooding might still happen again. Jakarta...
Jakarta Flood, Head of BNPB: Caused by Groundwater Extraction
Source: Tempo.coDate: 25 February 2020 TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Head of the National Disaster Management Agency or BNPB Doni Monardo revealed one of the causes of Jakarta floods. The reason is excessive groundwater uptake. "The extraction of groundwater which has a considerable impact on land subsidenc...
20,000 trucks serving Tanjung Priok port can’t operate amid floods: Association
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 25 February 2020 Flooding on thoroughfares of the capital and major roads in satellite cities has disrupted operations of at least 20,000 trucks in Greater Jakarta. The deputy chairman of the Indonesian Trucks Business Association (Aprtindo), Kyatmaja Lookman, said the...
According to BMKG, This is What Causes Jakarta Flooding
Source: Kompas.comDate: 8 February 2020 JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Deputy of Meteorology, Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Mulyono R Prabowo suspects that floods in several areas of Jakarta on Saturday (8/2/2020) due to two factors, the time of heavy rainfall in DKI Jakarta and in Bo...
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Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater
Source: New York Times Date: 12 December 2018 A tsunami of human-made troubles in the Indonesian capital poses an imminent threat to the city's survival. And it has to deal with mounting threats from climate change. Rasdiono remembers when the sea was a good distance from his doorstep, down a hill....