Sulawesi-S'pore shipping link

Sulawesi-S'pore shipping link

JAKARTA (JP): A direct shipping service from Bitung in North
Sulawesi to Singapore will start on July 15, allowing the
province's exporters to cut transportation costs, according to
Antara news agency.

The news agency quoted Fenny Wurangian, chairman of the
government agency responsible for the management of the Bitung-
Manado Integrated Economic Zone, as saying on Saturday that a
vessel with the capacity of 160 twenty-foot equivalent units
(TEUs) would depart from the Bitung port for Singapore twice a
month starting July 15.

He did not specify who owns the vessel.

Thus far, he said, the province's exporters had to send their
goods to Singapore via Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya or Tanjung
Priok port in Jakarta. This has raised the transportations costs
paid by the exporters.

The direct shipping service from Bitung to Singapore will cut
transportation costs, he said. (03)