CIMALAYA RATED AS THE PROPER SITE FOR HARBOR BUILDING

Kemal Haryandi, the Director of Harbor and Excavation, Director General of SEA Communication, Ministry of Transportation said that survey outcome disclosed that Cimalaya was a good location to build harbor. Cimalaya was rated as an ideal and strategic location where harbor could be build compared to Tangerang or Marunda. Besides near the location where harbor would be built there is the Karawang Jababeka Industrial Complex. Soon the industrial goods from the industrial zones near Cimalaya would be transported through the new harbor, while goods from Sunter and Tangerang would be transported through Tanjung Priok Harbor as normally.

This was outcome of feasibility study review exercised by the Ministry of Transportation and Bappenas. As planned, the study outcome would be released by the Ministry of Transportation in this March 2013. Today the process was at maturity plan for the harbor which was to be located in Karawang West Java. As known, the development plan for Cimalaya harbor had been stipulated in the Masterplan of Tanjung Priok Harbor since June 2012 last. Furthemore to be stipulated in the Letter of Decision of the Ministry of National Development Plan [BAPENAS] NO.KEP101/M.PPN/HK/11 year 2012 on the change of Mid Term Overseas Loan Plan List 2011-2014 on November 2012.

The development of Cimalaya harbor itself would not disturb development of container terminal at Kalibaru Utara Financed by Indonesia Port Corporation,  PT Pelabuhan Indonesia II. The Cimalaya harbor was part of the Government’s plan to anticipate stagnation of goods flow at Tanjung Priok Harbor which was being overloaded. Soon the rate of economic growth would greatly influence flow of goods at the harbor. Today the flow of goods at Tanjung Priok Harbor had come to 6 million TEU which exceeded the available capacity.

Therefore according to Kemal Heryandri, in the next 5 years although the capacity would be increased with the building of Kalibaru harbor, Tanjung Priok Harbor was predicted to be stagnated once more due to the ever increasing traffic of goods. In the future Tanjung Priok harbor would still need expansion of capacity to accommodate the ever increasing flow of goods year after year. Accordingly new harbors are being prepared as supporting harbors.

The problems now was financing needed to build the Cimalaya harbor which was most likely to be obtained from overseas. The amount needed for initial development was USD 50 million. As planned, by 2013 the Ministry of Transportation would finalize the design which was expected to be ready by 2013 and by early 2014 the process of tender could begin. The expectation was that after the development of Kalibaru terminal phase it was ready by 2014, the Cimalaya Harbor would reduce transportation cost for the industrial zone in West Java so the task might begin.(SS)

Business News - March 08,2013