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View all search resultsModernized port connects Selayar, Surabaya
The modernized Rauf Rahman Benteng Port saw its first shipment on Monday after being officially opened by the Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Ministry’s infrastructure and transportation deputy secretary Lukijanto on Sept. 9.
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he government has launched a new shipping route that will connect the modernized seaport in Selayar, South Sulawesi, with Surabaya in East Java.
The modernized Rauf Rahman Benteng Port saw its first shipment on Monday after being officially opened by the Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Ministry’s infrastructure and transportation deputy secretary Lukijanto on Sept. 9.
“Hopefully the route can help develop Selayar’s economy and restore the region’s past glory in the maritime sector,” he said during a visit to the port on Monday, as quoted in a press statement.
The route was opened after state-owned seaport operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) IV modernized the seaport by improving its container-loading capability.
Pelindo IV subsidiary SBU Intan Terminal Petikemas Indonesia Timur general manager Jusuf Junus said on Sept. 9 that the port’s modernization was part of the maritime highway program, a long-running sea transportation program initiated by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
The modernized Benteng Port currently has the capacity to load and unload 100 twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) containers per month, which will be further increased to 200 TEU containers per month, according to Jusuf.
“Selayar is located right on the maritime fulcrum, so voyaging ships go through the region. That’s why Pelindo IV is keen to develop Selayar’s port infrastructure,” he said in a separate statement.
