Cirebon plans inland port

Cirebon plans inland port

JAKARTA (JP): A dry port has been proposed to be built in
Cirebon to spur the economic growth of the West Java city.

Cirebon Regent, Rachmat Djoehana, said yesterday that the dry
port would be constructed near the district's 1,500 hectare
Kapetakan industrial estate to attract more industries to the
area.

He said the key factor for the district's economic growth was
Cirebon seaport but it would be costly to develop.

"The dry port development was the cheaper alternative," he
said, as reported by Antara.

He said the transportation of cargoes from the would-be dry
port to Tanjung Priok would be faster, especially after
completion of the double track linking Cirebon and Jakarta in
1998. (bnt)