Loading activities at an international port (illustration)

Two Indonesian world class ports to be operated by 2018

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesia is expected to have two international, world-class ports, Bitung and Kuala Tanjung, operational by 2018 to act as logistics gates to the east and west of the country. "We aim to have both ports in operation by 2018," Deputy Minister for Commerce and Entrepreneurship Eddy Putra Irawandi said in Jakarta on Tuesday. Irawandi stated that work on...

Loading activities at Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya (illustration)

Govt keep focusing in improving port infrastructure

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA  - The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) will continue focusing on improving ports and roads in the country to support national logistics. "Improving infrastructure is part of the efforts to ensure an effective and efficient national logistics system," Bappenas' director of trade, investment and international economic cooperation, Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, said after addressing a national seminar on Wednesday. Ports...