JAKARTA – PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) focuses on running its tourism program by announcing six new domestic destinations in 2015 following the success of two tourism programs namely Raja Ampat and Wakatobi. Akhmad Sujadi, Pelni Spokesman, explained the firm will keep focusing on developing passenger market outside the promising maritime tourism program. “Maritime tourism
Read moreJAKARTA – IDR 300 trillion loss inflicting the country due to illegal fishing per year forces Maritime and Fishery (KP) Minister, Susi Pudjiastuti, to use all of her best moves. “If we cannot deal with it using Fishery Law, can Customs and Excise Office deal with it? The point is, I will use my best
Read moreJAKARTA – Maritime and Fishery (KP) Ministry targeted this year’s salt production of 3.3 million tons or higher than 2014 salt production target of 2.5 million tons. With the target production of 3.3 million tons, Indonesia is expected to have salt self-sufficiency in 2017 as planned by KP Minister, Susi Pudjiastuti. KP Ministry’s Director General
Read moreJAKARTA – PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) recorded last year, it carried 4.56 million passengers or a 4.29-percent drop than in 2013 of 4.77 million passengers. Akhmad Sujadi, PT Pelni Institutional Relations and Communication Manager, said passenger number drop is sparked by passenger number limitation of two-fold from vessel capacity during Christmas and New Year
Read moreSEMARANG – Employers in Central Java are asked to maximize the utilization of Tanjung Emas Port, Semarang, for export-import activity along with the improvement of facility and infrastructure in the area. Tanjung Emas Port Authority and Harbormaster Office Head, Karolus Sangaji, said until now, service capacity and quality at the port is boosted to facilitate
Read moreJAKARTA – Transportation Ministry obligates all vessels operated in Merak-Bakauheni ferriage route must have minimum weight of 5,000 gross tonnages (GT) to optimize berth’s installed capacity. Transportation Ministry’s Public Communication Central Head, J.A. Barata, said the regulation is regulated in Transportation Minister’s Regulation (Permenhub) No. 88/2014 about size regulation for the vessels serving Merak-Bakauheni ferriage
Read moreBANDAR LAMPUNG, Kompas – Bad weather in Lampung waters for a month affects maritime commodity. The greatest impact is squid price hike up to 50 percent. Contacted in Fish Auction Location, Payang Fisherman Village, Sukaraja District, Bandar Lampung, on Thursday (1/8), Ismiati, a fish vendor, said squid price hike has occurred since early December. “Since
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