Indonesia's largest port facility construction partially completed – built by using Japanese loan

Recently NHK News on-line reported the following:

インドネシア最大級の港湾施設 一部完成 日本の円借款受け建設

2020年12月20日 20時42分

インドネシアで日本からおよそ1200億円の円借款を受けて建設が進められてきた新たな港湾施設の一部が完成し、利用が始まりました。

インドネシア政府は首都ジャカルタの東、およそ120キロに位置するパティンバンに、国内で最大級となる新たな港湾施設を整備する計画で、2017年に日本政府から1189億円余りの円借款を受けて建設を進めてきました。

このうち、コンテナのターミナルやふ頭など一部の施設が完成して利用が始まることになり、20日はインドネシア政府や日本大使館の関係者が出席して記念式典が開かれました。

オンラインで参加したジョコ大統領は「この港は空港や工業団地をつなぐ重要な連結点となり、インドネシアからの輸出を加速させるだろう」と述べました。

パティンバンの近郊にある工業団地には自動車や電化製品など製造業を中心とした多くの日系企業が入居していて、新たな港湾施設でこれらの企業も物流コストを削減できると期待されています。

インドネシア政府は2027年までにすべての施設を完成させたいとしています。

Translation

A part of the new port facility which was under construction in Indonesia using an international yen loan of about 120 billion yen from Japan was completed and started to be used.

The Indonesian government planned to build a new port facility which could be one of the largest in the country in Patimban that was located about 120 km east of the capital Jakarta. It received an international yen loan of more than 118.9 billion yen from the Japanese government in 2017 and the construction was in progress.

Out of this, some facilities such as the container terminal and wharf were completed and started to be used, and on the 20th a commemorative ceremony was held with the attendance of officials from the Indonesian government and the Japanese embassy.

President Joko Widodo who participated online said, "This port will be an important link between the airport and the industrial park and will accelerate exports from Indonesia".

Many Japanese companies, mainly in the manufacturing industry such as automobiles and electrical appliances, were occupying an industrial park near Patimban, and it was expected that these companies could also be able to reduce logistics costs with new port facilities.

The Indonesian government wanted to complete all the facilities by 2027.

              So, this project could benefit the many Japanese companies in the manufacturing industry such as automobiles and electrical appliances that are occupying the industrial park near Patimban. This construction work can be viewed as a PR project of Japan.