The Sea Toll Program continues to experience improvements in terms of infrastructure, routes, fleets, cargo numbers and capacity.
Director General of Sea Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation, Agus H Purnomo, hopes that the Sea Toll Road program will continue to receive support from the community.
This is because the Sea Highway aims to improve the smooth distribution and reduce the disparity in price of goods, especially basic needs in remote, underdeveloped, outermost and border areas (3TP).
Agus explained that his party has prepared hundreds of ships for the operation of the Sea Highway. Among them were 26 PSO passenger ships, 113 Indonesian belt ships and 20 Rede ships.
"From the port and its capacity, we are preparing ports to be ready to stop by, both for loading and unloading, security, and others," said Agus.
Through the Sea Highway, the Government's efforts to provide economic justice for the people in the 3TP area can really be felt. For example, the impact of the existence of the Sea Highway is felt very well in Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan.
Nunukan Port is the entrance to meet basic needs and building materials for people living in the border area between Indonesia and Malaysia.
Head of Port Authority and Port Authority Office (KSOP) Class IV Nunukan Capt. Yohanis Tedang said that so far most of the needs of the people on the islands in the Nunukan district come from Tawao, Malaysia.
"However, the sea toll road prepared by the government is very helpful for the needs of the people at the border, especially in Nunukan Regency which is adjacent to Malaysia," said Tedang, as quoted by the Public Relations Director General of Sea Transportation.
The Sea Highway in Nunukan, originally there was only one route to Makassar. However, due to the large number of potential superior products in the area, this year the Sea Toll Route will increase with the aim of Java Island through the entrance to the Port of Tanjung Perak, Surabaya.
Tedang said that goods carried through the Sea Highway to Nunukan include building materials, wood, iron, cement, noodles, flour, mineral water, chicken feed, and other basic necessities.
Meanwhile, the superior products sent from Nunukan are seaweed and other local products.
"There are two ships operating to the Nunukan area, namely KM Kendhaga Nusantara six, the port from Makassar and KM Kawas Mas, the port from Tanjung Perak Surabaya," said Tedang.
The Ministry of Transportation noted that the Sea Toll Route has continued to increase since its launch in 2015. The route has continued to grow to 6 routes in 2016. Continuing in 2017, there are 13 new Sea Toll routes.
Then in 2018 it increased to 18 routes. In 2019, it will increase 20 routes and in 2020 will increase 26 routes. For this year, the Directorate General of Hubla added four new routes, bringing the total to 30 routes.
The increase in the number of routes was accompanied by an increase in the number of ports and ships involving 106 ports, consisting of 9 port bases and 97 transit ports.
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