Massive sum required to ease Indonesia’s port congestion

Despite the Indonesian government already having invested the equivalent of R72 billion into the country’s transport infrastructure, according to Bloomberg, that's a paltry sum compared to the massive amount of R5328bn required if the country’s severe port congestion was to be overcome.

And a description of just how bad this congestion is came from Richard Lino, CEO of Pelabuhan Indonesia II, Indonesia’s state port operator. He said: “There’s no reliability, no regular frequency, so you cannot do ‘just in time.’”

However, he did believe the government is fully committed to port and logistical redevelopment. Added to plans to construct an artificial island off the coast of Jakarta, the government has outlined plans for four more ports, as well as a new network which aims to link Jakarta with a new port via canals and roads.