For those of you who want to know more about the Mega Project of Wasior port in West Papua, this article is designed to illuminate you about this matter.
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Massive infrastructure development has been carried out on numerous fronts in recent years, such as the establishment of the Trans Java toll road, which is a favorite among regular travelers. This is undoubtedly highly useful and profitable in many domains, particularly in the business sector.
The marine highway is another piece of infrastructure that is being developed. It is an extremely ambitious and profitable project for a nation like Indonesia, which is surrounded by coastlines and requires arduous water crossings between them. This sea toll road project is also being built in the eastern portion of Indonesia, which is located in West Papua, with Wasior Port as the collecting area. So, this time, allow us to talk a bit about the Wasior Port mega project in West Papua.
The Economic Benefit
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This port was established in the Wondama Bay area of West Papua with the intention of serving as a collecting port in the seaport hierarchy, connecting not only places in Papua but also islands in Indonesia. As a result, individuals from all over the nation may board a ship and sail directly to Papua by mooring at Wasior.
This port is unquestionably valuable to the Papua region, which currently lacks flight lines. This port development is also a concrete step toward reducing the economic disparity gap in Indonesian territory.
Furthermore, with the availability of this port, it is feasible to minimize logistics prices, which often increase significantly when they get outside of Java. Therefore, once again, with the presence of this Wasior Port, the distribution chain may be shortened so that it is lucrative for the Papuan people.
The Development Process
President Joko Widodo inaugurated part of the completed construction in 2016, and responsibility for its development was handed over to the Ministry of Transportation. Wasior Port is funded by a multi-year system, which means that the floating funds are taken from the Ministry of Transportation’s APBN funds from 2005 to 2015. With a total investment of 79 IDR billion, it is part of the total funding for the 699 IDR billion marine highway mega-project.
Indonesia has at least six sailing routes led by PELNI (the national cargo and passenger shipping company of Indonesia), and this mega project is scheduled to establish three new routes, one of which is the construction of the Wasior Port in West Papua.
The Critical Features
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According to the Wondama Regency Government website, the infrastructure development in the area is essential for various reasons, such as:
- As a business support center and a passenger and cargo transportation hub
- Rising human traffic is expected to aid in the acceleration of development and regional development.
- Breaking the isolation of remote communities and indigenous Papuans from the outside world, allowing them to play a more active role in various national and global changes;
- It is used as a metric for the success of various sectors’ development as a whole, allowing the Papuan population to feel more equitable treatment from the Indonesian central government.
- The primary means of connecting villages or areas
Based on the foregoing, it is possible to conclude that the Wasior Port mega project in West Papua will be a watershed moment in the context of equitable growth, beginning in the west and moving east, so that it is closer and less readily dispersed. The most important thing is to allow the people of Papua to begin opening up to the globalization tides that have been raging in recent years.
4. The Port Capacity
Wasior Port, as previously noted, is a kind of gathering port that is arranged hierarchically in the universe of ports. The point is that this port can be considered the hub of the ship’s loading and unloading process, both for passengers and logistics.
Several large-scale facilities were built to support this, including a wharf measuring 174×10 square meters, Trestle I measuring 48×8 square meters, Trestle II measuring 47×8 square meters, and Causeway I measuring 160×6 square meters, Causeway II measuring 127×8 square meters, and reclamation measuring 12,500 square meters.
This port can accept ships weighing up to 3,500 DWT with a pier face line of 10 mLWS, and a 10,000-square-meter shelter area was developed to help decrease the dwelling period. So, you can imagine how enthusiastic the government is about expanding this port in the Papua region to overcome the price discrepancy that Indonesian citizens outside Java have had to bear.
The drop in some logistics prices has been felt as a beneficial effect. For example, the price of cement, which was formerly 100,000 IDR/sack, was reduced to 80,000 IDR/sack, and the price of poultry was reduced from 80,000 IDR/sack to 60,000 IDR/sack. As can be observed, the presence of this port in West Papua has a tremendous impact on embracing Indonesia’s territory from West to East in a balanced manner.
As a result, the construction of the sea highway will be extremely helpful to Indonesia’s economic development as an archipelagic country. The Wasior Port in West Papua is one of 68 maritime lanes built by the Indonesian government to improve interconnections between islands.
References
https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/04/06/jokowi-inaugurates-wasior-port-in-west-papua.html
http://papuanews.org/sea-toll-road-for-papua-better-logistics-cheaper-prices/
https://www.liputan6.com/bisnis/read/2473523/kemenhub-rampungkan-pembangunan-pelabuhan-wasior
http://www.wondamakab.go.id/?page=detail_page&id_page=7