INDONESIA PLANS TO DEVELOP 24 PORTS BY 2019
INDONESIA PLANS TO DEVELOP 24 PORTS BY 2019
24 Seaports Capacity Development , 2014-2019
The current plan includes the upgrades and improvement of the capacity of shipping containers and more feeder vessels , which move containers from the ports to terminals and then to the larger vessels for transit .
As many as 11 major and feeder ports are currently being modernized to ease passenger traffic from the western to eastern parts of Indonesia and vice versa . Besides passenger terminals , 13 ports will be specially designed to facilitate cargo handling . The ports are in two of the working regions of state-run port management firm PT Pelabuhan Indonesia ( Pelindo ).
The 11 seaports , which will be designed to facilitate passenger traffic in eastern Indonesia , are Tanjung Perak ( Surabaya ), Benoa ( Bali ), Makassar , Bitung , Manado , Tarakan , Pare-Pare , Sorong , Ambon , Biak , and Ternate .
The 13 ports designed to expedite freighting in eastern Indonesia are Tanjung Perak ( Surabaya ), Tenau ( Kupang ), Batulicin ( Kotabaru ) in South Kalimantan , Bagendang ( Sampit ) and Bumiharjo ( Kumai ) in Central Kalimantan and Lembar ( Mataram ).
In addition to the seven ports of Bitung , Sorong , Makassar , Pare-Pare , Kendari , Pantoloan and Dede Tolitoli , all within the Pelindo IV Makassar jurisdiction . Besides port development , Eastern Indonesia is currently set to prepare for the acceleration of the “ sea toll road ” maritime program .
Cargo Flow in Indonesia : 8.8 million TEU in 2009 → 30 million TEU in 2020 ( est .) → 48 million TEU in 2030 ( est .)
TEU : Twenty feet Equivalent Unit , an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals .
14 ports that are designated ports for ASEAN Connectivity : Belawan , Dumai , Pangkal Pinang , Panjang , Tanjung Priok , Tanjung Emas , Tanjung Perak , Pontianak , Banjarmasin , Balikpapan , Bitung , Makassar , Sorong , Jayapura . Source : BKPM ( Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board )
2 Trade & Investment Bulletin | Number 1 / October 2016