Sea Highway to Realize Sea Connectivity Effectively

 

The government, in this case the Ministry of Transportation cq the Directorate General of Sea Transportation, is committed to continuing to optimize the Sea Highway program, especially in Papua. This is to suppress the price disparity that has been occurring for a long time in the easternmost region of Indonesia.

As one of the optimization steps, a Monitoring and Evaluation Coordination Meeting (Rakor) of the Implementation of Presidential Instruction No.9 of 2020 concerning the Acceleration of Welfare Development in Papua and West Papua Provinces with a Socio-Cultural approach by the Presidential Staff Office took place in Jayapura City.

This coordination meeting presented several related Ministries by involving the Provincial, City / Regency Governments including the Ministry of Transportation, through one of the UPTs of the Directorate General of Sea Transportation, in this case the Technical Implementation Unit of the Jayapura Class II Port Authority and Harbormaster Office and involving business actors such as the Farmers' Alliance. , JPT, Consignee, Shipper and also ALFI / ILFA Papua Province.

One of the main topics discussed as a background for the change in development approaches that prioritize Papuan culture and context, which is expected to have implications for the effectiveness of development programs that involve all stakeholders, including the Central Government, Local Governments, private sector, CSOs and communities, especially Indigenous Papuans ( OAP).

The Regent of Jayapura, Matias Awaitouw, in the coordination meeting, appreciated the Ministry of Transportation's performance in presenting the Sea Highway in his area.

"This is a manifestation of the Ministry of Transportation's seriousness, one of which is by coordinating and mentoring as well as periodic evaluation with related technical SKPDs and OPDs at the Provincial and Regency / City levels, even up to the operational level at the community level, including the components of Indigenous communities, Religion and UMKM. as well as local entrepreneurs and even a component of women's involvement, "he said, Saturday (10/4).

He revealed that the presence of the Sea Highway in Papua is one of the results of the hard work of the class II Jayapura KSOP as regional coordinator at several ports in the administrative area of ​​Papua Province as well as coordination with the Provincial Government through the related SKPD / OPD Technical Units, namely the Office of Industry and Trade and the Office of Transportation to carry out coordination. and assistance and evaluation of the Sea Toll Road service that runs in the Papua Province which is comprehensive up to the Papuan community based on local wisdom.