The National Planning and
Development Board [BAPPENAS] stated they would focus effort on building harbor
and road infrastructure to promote national logistics sector. Infra structure building
was an effort to increase effectiveness on national logistics system building.
Amalia Adininggar Widyastuti Director of Trading,
Investment, and International Economic Cooperation of Bappenas stated in
Jakarta on Tuesday [14/10] explained that harbor infra structure and roads in
industrial estates today needed to be developed and promoted to support
performance of the logistics sector at home. Amalia stated that development of
infra structure and other supporting factor which was exercised simultaneously
had positive impact on the performance of national logistics
Amalia mentioned that build logistics sector of high
competitive edge there were six steps needed, i.e. to promote trading of main
commodities, infra structure, service providers, human resources, technology,
information and communication and harmonization of regulations. She felt sure
that various measures taken by the Government would enhance positive growth of
the logistics sector in the future.
He admitted that infra structure was an unending homework
to be done. Poor infrastructure was often accused as the culprit of National
economic slowdown. Infra structure being unprioritized caused infra structure being
slow. For example it took 7 years to build a small harbor at the cost of Rp. 10
billion instead of 2 years.
To learn a lesson from the above, the next Government
needed to prioritize building of infra structure since many infra structure
projects were more than ready to begin construction. He also proposed that the
new Government relaxed policies which had been the obstacle for real sector
investment and infrastructure building.
Amalia stated that many harbors and roads around
industrial estates needed development to support the logistics sector at home.
The water on Indonesia waters were mostly only around 6 meters deep while in
Singapore and Malaysia they were more than 16 meters deep therefore flow of
goods in Singapore and Malaysian harbor was high and in Indonesia it was low.
Amalia saw that sea freight transportation by big ships
and container carriers were still only concentrated in West and Central
Indonesia. In East Indonesia was still limited. Use of small boats in East
Indonesia caused prices of goods to be high compared to that in West Indonesia.
This Pendulum was expected to enhance efficient and well integrated
distribution system.
But thankfully according to Logistics Performance Index
Survey [LPI] 2014 released by the World Bank, Indonesia’s position went up to
53 against 59 in 2012. Performance of Indonesian logistics was showing
significant improvement in some aspects, i.e. logistics quality and competence,
infra structure and tax & customs service.
Meanwhile chairman of the Indonesia Logistics Association
Zaldy Masita rated that readiness of basic infra structure of harbors should be
prerequirement before any harbor was put in operation. Basic infra structure
might be defined as electrification, road access to and from harbor, water
supply and drainage system whereby harbors could be operated to the maximum.
However there was something more important than building maximizing harbor
functions, i.e. development of national sea transportation as whole.
Many harbors were built without increased number if ships
that anchored such was not contributive to national sea transportation system
and national economy. (SS)
Business News - October 17, 2014
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