Indonesië: sea projects in eastern Indonesia
The government of Indonesia says it will locate 109 million US dollar to develop sea transportation and maritime infrastructure in eastern Indonesia in 2012. “We will develop ship transportation facilities and ports for islands in Papua, Maluku, North Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara. The ships will connect islands in those provinces to facilitate communication and connectivity”, Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said.
The Indonesia Maritime Institute said in a report, issued in November 2011 that better management of the country’s maritime infrastructure could contribute at least an additional 100 billion US dollar in state revenue. According to the report, around 70 percent of the global trade took place in Asia Pacific while 1.3 trillion US dollar of commodities passed through Indonesian waters annually. However, despite the potential, maritime infrastructure development eastern Indonesia remains poor. The nation’s contribution to world total dead weight tonnage (DWT), representing shipping capacity, is also considered low. The United Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said that the country’s DWT was only 0.8 percent of total global freight in 2010, below neighbouring countries such as Malaysia (1.12 percent) and Singapore (2.53 percent).
The government would also intensify port development in other regions like Belawan port in Medan and the Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta. The planned Kalibaru port (Jakarta) will be built by the state-owned company Pelindo. Other strategic ports that will expand are located in Makassar and the Tanjung Perak port (Surabaya). The government will also develop 59 supporting port facilities in Aceh, South Sumatra, South Sulawesi, Riau, Riau Islands, East Java, North Sulawesi, and South East Sulawesi.
Bron: The Jakarta Post
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wo 11 jan 2012 - 18:59