JAKARTA - Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono said he would build 10 new surveillance vessels funded from loans. Meanwhile, the soft loan came from Spain with an initial stage of funding of IDR 2 trillion.
Therefore, Trenggono also asked for the blessing of Commission IV of the DPR for the funding initiative. This plan was also submitted to a working meeting today at the DPR, Wednesday, November 5.
Trenggono said that of the 10 marine and fisheries monitoring vessels, most of them will be built in the country.
"We get loans from the Spanish government, soft loans for ship construction where a total of about 10 ships, 4 ships built in Spain, then 6 ships built domestically," Trenggono said.
Furthermore, Trenggono said the shipbuilding process was around 3 years. Assuming the construction is carried out in 2025, the whole thing will be completed in 2028.
"Hopefully by the end of 2028 we will be able to finish it soon, here I happen to have a very expert Deputy Minister in the shipping sector, of course I think this will be faster for him to carry out surveillance and then at the same time directly lead the procurement process himself," he said.
In the meeting, Trenggono said that the KKP received a soft loan with a total nominal value of IDR 5.8 trillion. In the initial stage, it will be disbursed in the amount of IDR 2 trillion after obtaining approval.
"We propose an allocation for the 2025 budget year of IDR 2 trillion to get the approval of Commission IV of the DPR RI," he said.
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According to Trenggono, the procurement of this monitoring vessel will provide benefits for increasing marine surveillance. Moreover, coupled with real time data coordination between monitoring vessels, radars, satellites, and maritime intelligence systems.
Currently, said Trenggono, the KKP only has 34 surveillance vessels with an average age of more than 15 years. Meanwhile, Indonesia needs at least 70 surveillance vessels to oversee six water zones from illegal acts, including illegal fishing.
"We currently certainly want to convey that the condition of the number of ships we have currently is only 34 units whose average age is more than 15 years old but still operating well," he said.
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