Minister Of Transportation Budi Invites Investors To Investigate Capital At Patimban Port

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Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi invites business actors to participate, invest and carry out business and business activities at Patimban Port, Subang, West Java.

"The success of the development policies carried out by the Government of Indonesia will not be achieved without the role, contribution, and support and collaboration of economic actors, businesses and producers around it," he said in an official statement, Wednesday, July 24.

Budi also hopes that Patimban Port can trigger business potential in ports and areas, especially West Java and its surroundings.

"With the development of Patimban Port, sea transportation and logistics services can be easier, more efficient, and improve the economy in the West and National Java Regions," he said.

Budi said the Ministry of Transportation together with PT Pelabuhan Patimban Internasional (PPI) and PT Patimban International Car Terminal (PICT), continued to develop Patimban Port to provide sea transportation facilities, as well as a business outlet for business actors, especially in West Java.

For your information, Patimban Port was built and developed in several stages, namely phase I-1 (2018-2021), stage I-2 (2022-2025), and will continue in phase II and stage III.

The government is also building the Patimban Port ecosystem by developing backup areas to support smooth port activities. The area backup is also offered to investors to accelerate the construction of area backups.

For the purposes of backup areas, the Ministry of Transportation has freed up an area of approximately 350 hectares (Ha).

In addition to supporting the main activities of ports and loading and unloading activities, these areas can also be used for the development of new industrial estates that can streamline logistics costs.

Patimban Port currently has various operational facilities, including automation gates at international terminals, receiving areas at domestic and international terminals, complete facilities at inspection areas, pre yard, storage yards, CCTV security at 20 points, to lighting at storage areas and piers.

In addition, this port is also equipped with CIQP (Customs Immigration Quarantine Procedure) to support export and import activities. Ship services at this port are carried out online through Inaportnet.

Patimban Port, which has been completed in Phase I-1, has now been operated since 2020 through temporary operations and in 2021 it will be operated in full with port/operator management, namely the Port Business Entity of PT PPI.

In 2021 the Vehicle Terminal with a capacity of 218,000 CBU per year has served operations with a total cargo of 31,856 CBU per year or 15 percent of capacity.

Then in 2022 the total cargo will increase to 198,064 CBU per year or 91.1 percent of capacity, and in 2023 the total cargo will be 224,935 CBU or 103.18 percent of capacity. In June 2024 the total cargo will reach 90,659 CBU or 41.59 percent of capacity.