Kadin Calls Many Old Ships In Indonesia

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) assesses that many ships in Indonesia are old. The number of vessels registered in Indonesia reaches 80,000 units.

Chairman of the Standing Committee for Sea Transportation of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nova Y Mugijanto said, about 50 percent of the total 80 thousand vessels throughout Indonesia are fishing vessels. Then, about 20 thousand to 30 thousand others are commercial vessels. According to him, almost half of ships in Indonesia have entered the age of more than 15 years. Therefore, Indonesia hopes for investment in the transportation sector, especially the ship industry. "If we talk about investment in sea transportation, there are ships, ports. Talking about investment, there are two. Investment in how to rejuvenate the fleet and how we add international markets," he told reporters at the Kadin Tower, Jakarta, Thursday, January 12. Even so, Nova said, his party has not thoroughly calculated the investment targets expected in the BIMP-EAGA Maritime 2023 forum. He estimates that to buy a new commercial ship unit, a fee is needed between Rp50 billion to Rp100 billion.

"So, in the future, Indonesia (hopefully) will have a more modern fleet," he said. Just to note, the BIMP-EAGA forum was founded in 1994 by Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines to accelerate socio-economic development in the four countries. The forum is implemented to increase subregional cooperation between four countries in the Southeast Asia Region and hold meetings every year.