More diesel fuel ordered for fish port

More diesel fuel ordered for fish port

JAKARTA (JP): The Bina Graha presidential office has requested
the state-owned Pertamina gas and oil company to provide more
diesel fuel for trawlers operating in Muara Baru, Jakarta, in an
effort to boost the volume of fish production for export.

The Secretary for Development Control, Tuk Setyohadi told
reporters after reporting to President Soeharto at Bina Graha
yesterday that the price of diesel fuel to be provided should be
sold for Rp 300 per liter instead of the current Rp 425, Antara
reported.

Tuk said the limited supply of diesel fuel has caused
trawlers, which normally sail for about a month to catch fish at
sea, to line up in a long queue for four or five days.

He said the problem regarding the scarcity of diesel fuel in
Muara Baru surfaced due to the fact that the status of the diesel
fuel and gas station there is not clear. The station is being
managed and run by the state-owned Pelabuhan Perikanan Samudra
company which controls fishing activities at sea.

"I think first of all the status of the station must be clear.
It should be under the control of Pertamina so that Pertamina
will bear all transportation costs," Tuk said.

He said he had requested that Pertamina and Pelabuhan
Perikanan Samudra immediately solve the problem by making the
status of the station clear. (bas)