HOT Port From GAC

DATE: May 28, 2013

COUNTRY: Indonesia

PORT: Benoa

Dredging to accommodate large cruise ships

Access channels to three Indonesian cruise harbours will be dredged this

year to meet international demand from large cruise ship companies.

The three harbours are:

– Benoa harbour in south Bali;

– Tanjung Perak, the harbour of Surabaya, capital of East Java;

and

– Tanjung Emas harbour of Semarang, capital of Central Java.

The two latter are located on the northern coast of Java. Cruises tie up in

Semarang to allow passengers to visit the world famous Borobudur temple,

while Surabaya is the starting point for tours to the Bromo crater.

The channels will be dredged 12 metres deep to be on par with international

standard harbours and to allow large cruise ships tie up sail alongside.

Each of these cruise ships carry between 2,000 to 6,000 passengers each.

Dredging of the three harbours requires around Rp. 120 billion.

Last year, the MV ‘Legend of the Seas’, carrying 3000 tourists from

Australia, Singapore, the USA, England and Germany with approximately 1000

crew on board was the first of the world’s large cruise ships to enter

Indonesia, making it through the narrow channel, to lay alongside the Benoa

pier on 16 January 2012.

GOVERMENT