Indonesia to Ban Ordering Ships from Foreign Shipyards

Source:Antara
2015.06.23
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Indonesia's state-owned companies, ministries and institutions will be banned from ordering ships abroad as the country's shipbuilders have the capacity to meet the demand, according to the country's President Joko Widodo.

While visiting PT Anggrek Hitam shipyard in Batam, Widodo said that he would ask the state-owned shipping companies, ministries and institutions to create a list of ships needed in the future.

"In Batam there are 104 shipbuilding industries. After returning from here I will gather officials from state-owned companies, the ministry of defence, the ministry of transportation, the ministry of fisheries and marine resources, state-owned oil company PT Pertamina, gas company PN Gas and (order them) to no longer order ships from abroad," said Widodo.

The shipbuilding industry must be given high priority, Widodo said, as Indonesia has set out to improve connectivity through sea toll road development.

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