Source: The Jakarta Post
The government says it will allocate Rp 1 trillion (US$109 million) to develop sea transportation and maritime infrastructure in eastern Indonesia this year. “We will develop ship transportation facilities and ports for islands in Papua, Maluku, North Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara. The ships will connect islands in those provinces to facilitate communication and connectivity,” Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said.
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The government says it will allocate Rp 1 trillion (US$109 million) to develop sea transportation and maritime infrastructure in eastern Indonesia this year. “We will develop ship transportation facilities and ports for islands in Papua, Maluku, North Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara. The ships will connect islands in those provinces to facilitate communication and connectivity,” Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said.
State-owned seaport operator PT Pelindo IV needs Rp 150 billion (US$ 16.3 million) to fund the expansion of the cargo dock at the Soekarno-Hatta port in Makassar, South Selawesi. Pelindo IV president director Harry Sutanto said Thursday that the dock’s expansion was aimed at reducing the queuing times for cargo ships moored at the port.
Six Indonesian fishermen will stand trial in a Timor Leste court for breaching the neighboring country’s maritime territory. The six fishermen, identified as Kahar, 25, Ceta, 45, Ambo, 45, Laji, 25, Tiar, 23, and Hasran, 23, are all residents of Sinjai regency, South Sulawesi. They were on board the KM Masagena 04 vessel when they were arrested by Timor Leste Maritime Police.
Hundreds of Pallette residents in Bone have threatened to shut down all access to the tourist sites in Pallette. Pallette is a conservation area, which means the residents cannot own land there even if they have lived there for generations.Bone Provincial House of Representatives (DPRD) spokesman Andi Pangerang, asked that Pallette be excluded from the protected forest area. “Our ancestors have lived in Pallette since the Dutch colonial era,” he said on Thursday. “Now, there’s not much that we can do.
National shrimp production is estimated to be sufficient to fulfill raw materials requirement of national shrimp processing industry. Iwan Sutanto, Head of Shrimp Club Indonesia, said the production may arrive at 400 thousand tons this year, while raw materials requirement is estimated at 297,687 tons. Farmers ask the government not to open shrimp import in order to maintain domestic shrimp price.
Ministry of Maritime and Fishery Affairs estimates 2.48 million tons raw materials requirement for fish processing industry this year, a 24.62 percent increase from 1.99 million tons year-on-year (YOY). Victor Nikijluluw, Director General of Fishery Products Management and Marketing at the Ministry, said the increment is supported by additional fish processing units and the government's policy which will be focused on national fish processing industrialization.
The fishery processing industry requires clear market certainties in order to obtain value added. Sharif Cicip Sutardjo, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, said fishery industrialization will be difficult to carry out if the entrepreneurs do not know where to market their products. A broader market penetration for fishery processing industry is therefore required, according to him.
On Sunday 18 December 20, 2011 Tourism PNPM of Bira Village, Bulukumba Regency has rehabilitated coral at Tanjung Bira Beach by transplantation coral on tables. This transplantation activities organized by Bira Tourism PNPM was assisted by 2 students of Hasanuddin University Faculty of Marine Science and Fisheries Marine Science Diving Club, and Bang hadi from Anda Dive Center in Bira.
The government will develop Medan (North Sumatra), Denpasar (Bali), and Makassar (South Sulawesi) into cities. This is part of the nine Presidential Decrees on Spatial Management Plan (RTRW) has been signed this year. In the decrees, four RTRWs are prepared for islands and borders, including Java – Bali, Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi.
