Chaos in Maritime Highway Shipping
The presence of the tol laut (maritime highway) program will ideally resolve interregional prices disparity in Indonesia. After five years, the program has yet to achieve this goal.
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The Kendhaga Nusantara 12 marine highway vessel departs on Sunday (8/3/2020) from Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta. At a closed-door meeting on Thursday (5/3/2020), President Joko Widodo expressed disappointment that the marine highway program had not succeeded in cutting logistics costs across the regions.
The presence of the tol laut (maritime highway) program will ideally resolve interregional prices disparity in Indonesia. After five years, the program has yet to achieve this goal.
People in the frontier and remote and disadvantaged (3T) regions have on the so-called tol laut (maritime highway) program that remains unfulfilled. Many still have to reach deep into their pockets in order to fulfill their daily staple needs. In several 3T regions, prices of goods remain high and fluctuating.