Surabaya container terminal adds 18 cranes and RTGs as volumes climb 5.8 percent
TPS deployed four quay cranes and 14 electric RTGs through 2026, while freight forwarders in East Java say service speed and logistics costs must keep pace with the new hardware.
Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS), the main gateway for eastern Indonesia's container trade at Tanjung Perak, has added 18 units of modern handling equipment through 2026, President Director Ali Sodikin said on Sunday. The additions comprise four quay container cranes and 14 electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes, part of an investment push to keep cargo flowing as volumes grow. Container throughput at the parent Pelindo terminal Petikemas in the first nine months of 2026 reached 10.31 million TEUs, up 5.8 percent year on year, with international boxes up 10.34 percent.
East Java branch of the Indonesian freight forwarders association ALFI welcomed the capacity increase while stressing that what matters to shippers is service speed, reliable vessel schedules, smooth container flows and competitive logistics costs rather than crane counts alone. The pattern of physical capacity outpacing administrative throughput has been visible across Indonesian gateways this year, with terminals at Teluk Lamong and Jakarta recording similar volume growth that pushes per-shift operational documentation volumes higher.