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Cardig Air plane Tuna Exports
Fresh tuna export potential through the cargo facility in Padang, West Sumatra, quite large. Since April 2009, Cadig Air cargo plane has been exporting fresh tuna to Japang to 408,000 pounds.
CEO of PT Cardig Air Boyke Soebroto in Padang potential calculated for the travel time from the processing plant in Pelabuhan Perikanan Samudera (PPS) to Bungus Minangkabau Airport only one hour.
"Transportation infrastructure facilities in the Valley of fresh tuna exports classified to the destination country," he said.
Transportation infrastructure in the best Pdang compared with other regions in Indonesia. Cargo plane requires guarantee the goods arrive on time in the destination country.
Therefore, the efficiency of the time required for processing, distribution, or volume of goods continually forces. With timeliness, quality assured fish.
Shipping fisheries products require personal luggage space in the plane that can only be provided by the aircraft was caused kargo.Hal passenger plane could only carry a maximum of 3-4 tons of goods.
He is adding fresh tuna demand in international market is high. Every week it sends fresh tuna to Japang with Biong 737 aircraft an average of 11 tons. Fish are sent in the form of whole fish with guts that have been issued cargo able carrying capacity of 17 tons in each flight. While the tuna export capabilities through a new cargo of 11 tons.
Mini ship.
While Padang potential to export fresh tuna tuna supply volume in Bungus PPS has yet developed. And PPS, Bungus service the big ships measuring over 30 groos tons (GT) with a cruising range up to the Indonesian exclusive economic zone.
Ibrahim Bungus PPS officers, argued, ship capacity above 30 GT docked at the port was only 60 units. All the ships were owned by businessmen from outside the Padang. Minimal number of ships in the harbor that makes absorption of subsidized fuel oil to be not optimal, that is less than 100 tons per month.
Meanwhile, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Fadel Muhammad suggested it inaugurated the refueling station fisherman (SPBN) last Thursday. Establishment SPBN, Fadel Muhammad said, intended to stimulate large ships to be docked in the harbor and land a fish to the factory were located in the Port's.
Source: Kompas
