REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesia's state-owned seaport operator Pelindo 1 and a Spanish seaport company inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on July 11, 2016, in Valencia, Spain, according to a press statement from the Indonesian Embassy in Madrid.

According to the statement received by Antara here, Thursday, the MoU was signed by President Director of Pelindo 1 Bambang Eka Cahyana, President Director of PT Biro Klasifikasi Indonesia Rudiyanto, CEO of Fundacion Valencia Port Aurelio Martinez Estevez, and Director of Internasional Societe Generale de Surveillance SA (SGS) Roger Kamgaing.

The cooperation covers vessel traffic monitoring system and port communication systems, digitization of seaport information, and the management of seaport terminal operations, and seaport safety system.

Marsetio, an advisor to the coordinating minister for maritime affairs and concurrently chairman of the Indonesian delegation, remarked that the government was currently giving special attention to the maritime sector for developing seaport infrastructure.