Support Palm Oil Downstream, Budi Karya Targets Full Bioavtur Aviation Industry In 2060

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi (Photo: Antara)

Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi supports efforts to downstream palm oil. Especially to create a more environmentally friendly aviation and shipping industry.

"We are targeted to complete the bioavtur by 2060. Therefore, from the beginning, it was carried out downstream, I appreciate it and we have to think in that direction," said the Minister of Transportation quoting Antara.

The Minister of Transportation said this when he was a keynote speaker at the Launch of the book "Hilirisasi Sawit, Prevent Middle Income Trap", by Saleh Husin in Jakarta.

He said that Indonesia is currently talking to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for the manufacture of bioavtur.

"But not only in the industrial world, in our transportation sector there are many challenges," said the Minister of Transportation.

Furthermore, the Minister of Transportation stated that in line with efforts to use bioavtur in the aviation industry, 30 percent of biodiesel (B30) has been used in the shipping industry.

He hopes that the use of B100 can be implemented in the future, so that fuel becomes cheaper and the Sea Toll Program can run more effectively and efficiently.

The Sea Toll Program has grown significantly since it was introduced, from the beginning less than five routes to now reaching 39 routes. This route expansion aims to increase connectivity throughout Indonesia, especially the eastern region.

The operational costs of ships are largely dominated by the use of diesel, reaching more than 59 percent, so with cheaper fuels such as B100, it is hoped that operational costs can be reduced optimally.

"So the idea of Mr. Jokowi and Mr. Jusuf Kalla is to follow up. Our brothers in the East really need a sea highway. If the fuel is cheaper, it will definitely be better. Because more than 59 percent of the ship's cost is diesel," said the Minister of Transportation.