Makassar, launch international port

. Thursday, January 21, 2010
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Makassar, the Government set the Port of Makassar as an open port for international port for the eastern Indonesia region. Looking ahead, all foreign shipping to eastern Indonesia will be through the Port of Makassar. This policy related to the downsizing plan that would open the port of the central government announced in the next few days. Together with Makassar Port, Port of Bitung in North Sulawesi are also designated as the international hub. The current number of open ports in Indonesia as many as 141 ports. The amount is considered too much. The government then will shrink the number of open ports only 25 ports. Included among the open port 25 to be announced are the four main ports, namely Port of Belawan in Medan, Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya, and Makassar Port.




Especially for eastern Indonesia, there are two major ports, namely Port of Makassar and the Port of Bitung. The frequency of foreign ships stopover in Makassar smaller than Bitung. But these two ports to be developed as an international hub. Makassar port has been designed as an international hub since 10 years ago. In 2004, the central government through the department of transportation set formally launches the design and development steps. In this design, the Port of Makassar will have more extensive than the area of 150 hectares of reclamation. Makassar Port Development is expected to take funds amounting to Rp 6 trillion. However, it is expected from private investment, not the state budget.

Via: Indonesia.go

1 komentar:

Cerita Inspirasi said...

woww. baru denger nih.. semoga Makassar makin maju aja deh.. ^^

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