Tangerang to have fishery port

Tangerang to have fishery port

TANGERANG: Tangerang regency administration is set to build a
fishery port at the Cituis river estuary in Pakuhaji district,
Tangerang, which construction will start early next year, regent
Ismet Iskandar said on Wednesday.

Ismet said the total funds required to build the new
port was estimated to reach Rp 700.1 billions (US$83 million),
which would be jointly provided by the central government, Banten
provincial administration and his administration.

"We hope the new port will boost the economy growth in the
area," he said, adding that the port construction is expected to
be completed within four years.

The size port will be as large as the Jakarta's largest Muara
Baru fishery port in North Jakarta, according to Ismet.

The regency's potentials of fish production is 2,113 tons per
year. The current production only stands at 1,003 tons per year,
he said. -JP