Ministry Of Transportation Contacts, Bengkulu Provincial Government Immediately Activate Sea Toll Roads To Java Island

Illustration. The pioneering ship KM Entebee Express, a number of islands in West Sulawesi to Bontang-Balikpapan, docked at the Port of TPI Mamuju. (ANTARA-Amirullah)

BENGKULU - Bengkulu Provincial Government (Pemprov) will immediately activate the sea toll route from Baai Island Port, Bengkulu City to ports on the island of Java. "To activate the Bengkulu Sea Toll Road, in the near future the Bengkulu Provincial Government will coordinate directly with the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) RI," said Bengkulu Governor Rohidin Mersyah in Bengkulu, Friday, February 2, confiscated by Antara. Previously, throughout 2023, the Bengkulu Provincial Government had conducted sea toll trials, and in 2024 it was finally activated by the Bengkulu-Tanjung Priok Sea Toll Road service as well as the Bengkulu-Tanjung Perak Sea Toll Road Surabaya and the Bengkulu-Tanjung Emas Semarang Toll Road. "So in the near future I will meet the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia," said the Governor of Rohidin.

Lebih lanjut, Rohidin mengatakan walaupun sepanjang tahun 2023 Tol Laut Bengkulu-Tanjung Priok telah diuji coba bahkan dibuka untuk umum, para pengusaha lebih familiar menggunakan jalur darat."Setelah dicoba dengan rute bisnis, ternyata mereka (para pelaku usaha) masih menguntungkan, apalagi mendapat dukungan dari pemerintah," kata dia.Kadis Perhubungan (Kadishub) Provinsi Bengkulu Bambang Agus Suprabudi mengatakan pengaktifan Tol Laut Bengkulu salah satu pertimbangannya yakni adanya permohonan dari para pengusaha, seperti permohonan dari PT. Padang Capo Jaya."Jadi akan kami dorong pengaktifan Tol Laut Bengkulu ini, karena pihak perusahaan bisa menjamin dalam satu periode ekspor kopi bisa mencapai 1.200 ton serta ekspor lainnya, seperti ekspor teh dan buah. Apalagi dari 13 kontainer yang tersedia pihak perusahaan membutuhkan 50 kontainer," ujarnya.