The Ministry of Transportation has added a new sea highway route. This is done in order to support the distribution of goods and economic development in remote areas, and in an effort to reduce the price disparity between the western part of Indonesia and the eastern part of Indonesia.
Director of Traffic and Sea Transportation Antoni Arif Priyadi said that so far the Eastern Indonesia region is well known for its quite high price disparity. This is due to the high cost of logistics distribution from producing areas to these areas.
This is what underlies the birth of the Sea Highway program with the aim of cutting logistics costs so that the prices received by the community as end users are not too expensive.
"For the year 2021, Ditjen Hubla will add 4 new routes, bringing the total to 30 routes. It involves 106 ports, consisting of 9 starting ports and 97 transit ports, ”said Antoni in a written statement, Wednesday (17/2/2021).
Ntoni added, the Sea Highway route initially only had 2 routes in 2015. Over time, the route has continued to grow because the community has already felt the benefits of the sea highway.
In 2016, the Sea Highway has increased 6 routes, continued in 2017, there are 13 new Sea Highway routes. Then in 2018 it added another 18 routes.
In 2019, it will increase 20 routes and in 2020 will increase 26 routes. The increase in the number of routes is accompanied by an increase in the number of ports and ships.
As for the addition of a new Sea Highway route with code T-19 in Papua which is served by the assignment of a ship belonging to PT Pelni, namely Ship Logistik Nusantara 2.
With this sea highway route, new ports have been opened, including Kokas Port in Fak Fak Regency, Korido Port in Supriori Regency and Depapre Port in Jayapura Regency in the context of Ships Promote the Trade.
"With the sea highway route in the Papua region, it is hoped that it will be able to improve port service capabilities so that it can smooth the flow of goods, reduce logistics costs and increase equity in the 3TP area," he said.
Based on data from the Ministry of Trade, the people in the areas that are passed by the Sea Highway have enjoyed a decrease in the price of goods between 20-30 percent.
It is known, that the Deputy Regent of Merauke has released the first voyage some time ago as a starting port by carrying 21 containers of bapokting cargo as superior commodities produced by farmers, namely 20 containers of rice and 1 container of soy sauce. The 21 containers from Merauke Regency were sent and distributed throughout Papua and West Papua Provinces.
In its first trip, the ship stopped at Kokas Port, which is a port in the Regency area. Fakfak who was greeted by the Deputy Governor of West Papua.
Next, arrive at Sorong Port and at Korido Port which is also a New Port which is still being tested in Supriori Regency. The Nusantara 2 Logistics Ship departs from Korido Port at and arrives at Depapre Port, Jayapura Regency.
Source: https://money.kompas.com/read/2021/02/17/130000026/tekan-disparitas-harga-kemenhub-buka-trayek-baru-tol-laut?page=all
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