PTPP: Bali Benoa Port Project It Is Hoped That It Will Be Crowded In 2023

JAKARTA - PT PP (Persero) Tbk (PTPP), this state-owned construction and investment company stated that the current work on the Benoa Bali Port project has reached 43.73 percent or exceeded the target of 43.28 percent in the current period.

"And it is hoped that next year it can be completed," said Corporate Secretary of PT PP Bakhtiar Efendi to the media in Benoa, Denpasar Bali, Thursday, October 20.

Bakhtiar explained that the Port of Benoa Bali will have strategic value in supporting maritime tourism in the province. He said the project is one of the projects that is considered strategic (National Strategic Projects/PSN) in increasing economic growth, equitable development, community welfare, and development in the local area.

PTPP pun, kata dia, berkomitmen untuk dapat menyelesaikan proyek tersebut sesuai dengan waktu yang telah ditetapkan dan memiliki kualitas yang sudah disepakati.

In addition to Benoa Port, the company also has a number of projects currently being worked on in Bali, such as the arrangement project for the Besakih Temple area, as well as international hospitals that can later become health tours.

PTPP is working on the national project with funds of IDR 814 billion, with details for the main project of Benoa Port of IDR 552.75 billion and a provision of IDR 30 billion, and IDR 232 billion for further development.

The Site Engineering Manager (SEM) for the Benoa Port project, Rizky Torang Surya Siagian, said that this strategic project was funded by State Capital Participation (PMN) and the term in this package was initially given a down payment of 20 percent, but had to be completed 100 percent first, and will be paid 70 percent after completion. "The remaining is paid after the sea map is completed," he said.