Easible Investment Inflows, The Minister Of Transportation Encourages Digitalization Of Services In The Marine Transportation Sector

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of Transportation)

JAKARTA The Ministry of Transportation continues to encourage the digitization of services in the sea transportation sector. With digitalization, it will spur productivity and speed up services so that it is hoped that it will provide easy investment for business actors. The statement was conveyed by the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi when opening the Technical Coordination Meeting (Rakornis) for Traffic and Sea Transportation (Rakornis LALA) with the theme "Digital Services Facing Global Challenges" online in Jakarta, Wednesday, December 7. "The spearhead of the Ministry of Transportation which is the President's vision and mission is here, namely pioneer connectivity and sea toll roads. Therefore, I ask the entire ranks of the Directorate General of Sea Transportation to consistently digitize," said Budi. "Take it seriously and with heart, so that what we are doing the benefits can be felt directly by the community," he continued. He said, the process of digitalization services such as, uniforming tariffs, standard passenger activities, loading and unloading activities, and so on must be consistently carried out so that the implementation of the sea toll program can be more optimal. "I hope that we have a dashboard so that we can be monitored where the pioneer ship is located, what is the number of passengers, how long the loading and docking time at the port. What is the record from the skipper, so that we can also provide notes to make improvements quickly," said Budi.

Budi also said that coordination between stakeholders to support the connectivity of pioneering sea transportation is important. Later, the Ministry of Transportation will encourage the Port Authority Office (KOP) and the Port Organizing Unit Office (KUPP) in the regions to provide evaluations related to connectivity sections that have not been served by the private sector, so that these sections can be served by pioneering sea toll transportation. "We are still meeting the occupancy rate through sea pioneer transportation is not yet optimal. Therefore, we must proactively coordinate with various relevant stakeholders, namely the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, Ministry of MSMEs, Ministry of Trade, even with international parties such as the World Bank, so that this can be more optimal," Budi said. Furthermore, Budi said, his party will continue to optimize the sea toll program, especially for route-trayeks that have not been able to attract the interest of business actors to attend to serve. "In the future, we will simplify the auction/tender process for sea and pioneer toll roads so that competitions can be opened as wide as possible, so that there will be no conflicts of interest in this tender," he added.