Indonesia inaugurates strategic seaport in Kalimantan-Xinhua

Indonesia inaugurates strategic seaport in Kalimantan

Source: Xinhua| 2022-08-09 17:42:00|Editor: huaxia

JAKARTA, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Tuesday inaugurated the Kijing seaport in the province of West Kalimantan.

The port in the city of Pontianak, approximately 800 km north of the capital Jakarta, costs 2.9 trillion Indonesian rupiahs (about 200 million U.S. dollars), and is one of the government's priority infrastructure projects.

"This is the biggest port on the island of Kalimantan," the president said at a virtual press conference, expressing hopes that the new gateway would boost the competitiveness of the province's main commodities, such as crude palm oil and bauxite, as well as improve connectivity between ports, islands, and countries.

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