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Tanggamus builds SE Asia's largest maritime zone
The Tanggamus regency administration in Lampung has commenced building the first phase of the Maritime Industrial Zone (KIM) project at the Batubalai Port in Rimau district
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he Tanggamus regency administration in Lampung has commenced building the first phase of the Maritime Industrial Zone (KIM) project at the Batubalai Port in Rimau district.
The Tanggamus KIM area is projected to become the biggest maritime industrial area in Southeast Asia.
Tanggamus Development Planning Board (Bappeda) head Herman Hermawan said the first phase of the project commenced on Wednesday and was projected to be complete in two years.
The Tanggamus KIM project is carried out by PT Repindo Jagad Raya and PT PAL Surabaya.
'Tanggamus KIM is Indonesia's fourth shipbuilding site after Surabaya, Cilegon and Batam. The integrated KIM will be built in stages, with the first stage covering 263 hectares,' Herman said on Wednesday.
'A 333-hectare area has been prepared at Batubalai Port. The project will cover a total area of over 1,000 hectares owned by state oil and gas company PT Pertamina.'
According to Herman, the ecology and technology-based Tanggamus KIM is part of a project in support of the Masterplan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development (MP3EI) in Tanggamus.
Tanggamus was picked as the location for the project given the geographical condition of Semaka Bay which has deep sea and is protected from high waves. The location, which spans some 3,500 hectares, is also located close to the Indian Ocean and Sunda Strait.
Herman said the project was funded by the state budget with Rp 9 billion (US$908,000) is disbursed this year and Rp 21 billion in 2014.
'The Tanggamus regency administration provided the land and supporting infrastructures, such as roads and power, line' he said.
The project started with the construction of a dock measuring 12 meters wide and 100 meters long. The dock will have a 26-meter causeway.
The dock will serve ships with a capacity of between 1,500 and 3,000 dead weight tons (DWTs) which are supplying materials to the project.
The KIM area will later become a ship docking center equipped with a crude oil terminal or oil bunkering, international port, ship recycling yard, shore base, warehouses and other port facilities.
