JakartaGlobe-Aug 9
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday inaugurated a major container terminal at Pontianak Port in the province of West Kalimantan six years after the construction began. The new terminal in the district of Mempawah has a capacity of 500,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), making Pontianak Port the biggest on the island, according to government data. The president said the total cost to build the new terminal is estimated at Rp 2.9 trillion ($195 million).
The new terminal will provide shipments for the island’s major commodities like crude palm oil, bauxite, and alumina to domestic and overseas markets, the president said. “We need to make sure that such a big investment will help strengthen our competitiveness and improve inter-port, inter-island, and international connectivity,” the president said. He also instructed Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono to upgrade roads around the port to allow smooth traffic of large cargo trucks and containers. The port is located on the coast of the Karimata Strait with direct sea routes to Sumatra Island, Singapore, and Malaysia. Read more at: https://jakartaglobe.id/business/kalimantans-biggest-container-terminal-begins-operations
