Container Transportation System in Makassar

Container transportation system is the superior of sea and land transportations in general; container transportation has the advantage of cargo safety aspects and speed of loading and unloading processes. Along with the development of time and demands of market needs, in Indonesia a container port full container terminal has been built and operated, one of which is in Makassar port, semi container and conventional port that handles containers. This study uses the operational performance of container transportation in both ports and highways. The method used is qualitative comparative analysis of secondary and primary data, it can be explained that the container service system is good according to service standards. The road transportation network for container transportation to the Depot and South Sulawesi regions is not yet adequate, especially in the aspect of geometric road construction services. Soekarno-Hatta Port with Makassar Container Terminal (MCT) becomes the center of distribution and accumulation of commodities transported, with containers especially in Eastern Indonesia.