Selasa, 22 Maret 2011

Batam predicted to be a shipyard industrial base or the largest shipyard in Southeast Asia




Batam predicted to be a shipyard industrial base or thelargest shipyard in Southeast Asia. This is in line plans a numberof shipbuilding companies from Singapore, Korea, Japan, Europe and the UnitedStates to build factories in Batam.

Head of Licensing Sub BP Batam(Batam Industrial Development Authority) Yayan Achyar said data from January toSeptember 2010 there were over 19 companies from the Korean shipyard, Japan,Europe and the United States which will open its factory in Batam with aninvestment of trillions of rupiah. More than 19 foreign shipyardcompany will open a factory in Batam, so Batam shipyard will be the baseindustry in Southeast Asia, "said Yayan in Batam, Riau Islands, Thursday(28/10). The company will open ashipbuilding services, repair, and maintenance of large ships and small boats. If the plan is realized, thenBatam will become the largest shipbuilding industrial base, not only inIndonesia but also in Southeast Asia. Former Chairman of the BatamShipyard Association, Bahrun, said the company already operates shipyards inBatam is currently around 100 companies from Singapore, the United States,Europe, Korea, and Japan.

Some companies are veryinterested in foreign shipyards to build a factory in Batam because of thedepth of the sea in Batam is good enough to build the industry. In addition, labor costs arerelatively cheap and most of the workforce in Batam quite skilled. Meanwhile, the Batam Authorityor Exploitation Agency FTZ Batam provide specific land area of
​​6700 hectares with over 18 kilometers of coastline in the area of ​​Tanjung knapsack that can be rented by the company's foreign shipyards to build a plant in Batam.


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