The Ministry of Industry
and HKI Industrial Estate Association fully supported masterplan of Cilamaya
harbor development in the effort to make it an alternative harbor to the
existing harbors. As disclosed by the Ministry of Industry Saleh Husin in Jakarta
on Thursday (6.2), a number of business people who factories were located along
the industrial estates by in Karawang and Cikampek, West Java expressed their
grievances about difficulty in using logistic in that zone due to fast growing
industry which increased the need for sound infra Structure especially access
to harbors.
“With the increasing number of industry in West Java, the
only way out to solve traffic density problem was to build an alternative
harbor which was indispensable. Now cargo transportation from factory to harbor
could only be done once a day instead of three. The Cilamaya harbor to Tanjung
Priok harbor, and the Anyer harbor in Banten.”
“We leave the master design of the harbor to the Minister
of Transportation. Soon when the harbor was completed and be part of logistics
line nation wide. The Ministry of Industry would be involved in it and traffic
congestion would be reduced” Saleh remarked.
Separately after making audience with the Ministry
sometime ago, chairman of HKI Sanny Iskandar expressed his hope and
expectation. “We are most concerned about the role of Cilamaya harbor. We don’t
have the authority to build Cilamaya harbor like the Ministry of
Transportation, but the Cilamaya harbor would be most beneficial for industrial
estates in West Java” he said.
Soon when the Cilamaya harbor was ready Subang would also
be benefited because the location was potential for industrial estate location.
We believe that Subang had the potential for building 5 industrial estates of
various dimensions from 200ha, 1000ha or even 2,000ha. At least Subang would
developed like Bekasi and Kerawang as it had become part of a toll road
corridor.
Against Special Tariff
Increase
Today space in Karawang was getting limited, so with the
development of Subang, connectivity would be closer. The type of industry might
vary depending on the investors; it could be textile industry, or garment of
automotive and supporting as well as electronics the way it was now developing
in the corridor of Bekasi up to Purwakarta. Consumer goods were potential
commodities to be developed in Subang.”
In another opportunity Chairman I not GINSI Capt. Subandi
stated that GINSI objected to Anguspel tariff increase by 20% as result of oil
price increase of 30%. They could only approve increase of 15% although
anguspel continued to increase price by 20%.
“By signing the consensus, GINSI do not acknowledge the
tariff declared by Organda Anguspel. Therefore the Tarif is categorized as
illegal. We from GINSI ask there shall be no tariff increase as before, or
there must be no tariff increase considering that oil price have been lowered
by the Government. The Government even plan to lower price of Solar oil,”
Subandi explained. (SS)
Business News - February 11, 2015
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