Tangerang regency to build cargo port

The Jakarta Post

TANGERANG: The Tangerang administration says it will build a cargo port in Teluk Naga district to boost economic development in the regency.

Regent Ismet Iskandar said the National Development and Planning Board had responded positively to the plan.

"We are promoting this plan to some investors interested in being part of this project," Ismet said as quoted by news portal Tempointeraktif on Monday.

Ismet said the cargo port in Teluk Naga would cut the currently long distribution lines to and from Tangerang.

He said, for example, a shipment of cows from outside Java to Tangerang first had to go through Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta before being sent to Tangerang by land.

"If Teluk Naga has a proper port, commodities can be directly shipped to the port," Ismet said.