Get PMN, Pelni Will Buy A New Ship Gradually

Staff of the Minister of SOEs Arya Sinulingga (Photo: Doc. VOI)

JAKARTA - Special Staff to the Minister of SOEs Arya Sinulingga revealed that PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Persero) or Pelni will gradually purchase new ships. The funds used come from state capital participation (PMN).

For your information, Pelni has received PMN disbursement approval of IDR 1.5 trillion from investment financing reserve funds for the 2024 fiscal year. Meanwhile, for the 2025 budget year, the Ministry of SOEs has also proposed PMN of IDR 2.5 trillion.

Arya said, the 2025 PMN will be used to buy two new ships. The ship will later replace the old ship.

"Rp 2.5 trillion (for PMN 2025), we ask (to buy) 2 ships," he said at the Ministry of SOEs, Jakarta, Thursday, July 4.

Of the total vessels owned by Pelni, 12 of them are over 30 years old, including 3 ships that are more than 35 years old. Arya said that PMN's proposal to replace the oldest ship would be carried out in stages.

"We can still be treated. So there is a ship that is 30 years old above. We buy 2 first, (the others) can still be treated, it can still be operated, ok," he said.

"While those who are very old, it's no longer possible to be tampered with, then we will change it," continued Arya.

Previously reported, PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia or PT PELNI (Persero) received State Equity Participation (PMN) from Investment Reserves for Fiscal Year 2024 amounting to IDR 1.5 trillion. Pelni will use the injection of funds to buy three new ships.

For your information, the decision to give PMN to Pelni was read out by the Chairperson of the Meeting at the Commission XI of the DPR RI Working Meeting with the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia in Jakarta, last Wednesday, July 3.

President Director of PT Pelni (Persero) Tri Andayani revealed that the company plans to use the injection of funds to pay for the advance purchase of three new ships.

"We will ensure that its utilization will be carried out with good governance and according to the rules," he said in an official statement, Thursday, July 4.

You, as he is familiarly called, said that the three new passenger ships were to replace Pelni passenger ships whose age had exceeded the technical age of 30 years.

"The ships that will be replaced are in accordance with the oldest age order of the ship owned by Pelni, namely the Umsini Ship and the 39-year-old Kelimutu Ship and the 38-year-old Lawit Ship by 2024," you explained.