Cirebon Port (Pelabuhan Cirebon)

CIREBON PORT

 The port is one of the infrastructure needed for land transportation both to reduce and raise passengers or as a place of trade. In our national history the port has an important role in the economic development of the archipelago. This is in the history of the kingdoms with the emergence of trade ports such as the ports of Demak, Sunda Kelapa, and Sidayu on Java and the port of Palembang on the island of Sumatra. Along with the development of the time the port increasingly plays an important role so that the opening of new ports in the Dutch colonial era began. One of them is Cirebon Port. Cirebon Port is one of the branches of PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia II, which is located in Cirebon, West Java. This port is the economic gateway of the province of Jawa Barat and is an alternative for the Tanjung Priok Port, specifically serving inter-island trade activities.

 If identified, Cirebon Port is a Port of Goods, or a port that only serves inter-island trade activities such as coal. Geographically, Cirebon Port is located in the city of Cirebon, the main crossing of the north coast of West Java, 250 km from Jakarta or 130 km from Bandung. Cirebon Port is easily reached by road both from the direction of Jakarta, Central Java Province and the city of Bandung. With this convenience, it supports the smooth distribution of goods to and from Cirebon Port. Cirebon Harbor is supported by a depth of -7 m LWS pool. Whereas ships with a draft above 7 meters can be served in the Lego anchor area of 5-10 km offshore.

 This Cirebon port was built in 1865 by the Dutch colonial government as an export point for spices, sugar cane and raw materials from West Java. While the Warehouse and open storage were built in 1890 and the British American Tobacco cigarette factory was built in the early twentieth century. From 1927 to 1957 the Cirebon Port was still under the Semarang Port organizational structure, but switched below the Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta. In 1983 the Cirebon Port became one of the ports of PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia II (Persero), with its head office in Jakarta, Port activities are dominated by imports of bulk oil, coal, liquid asphalt and palm oil for the West Java region. Minor operations include small container terminals and single passenger beds. From the 2006 data, there were 1,957 ships accessing the port, but more than 1,600 were domestic shipments carrying bulk goods to Cirebon to be distributed regionally. For the Coal terminal itself has a storage capacity of approximately 50,000 MT and cement supplies in Cirebon, Cibinong and Bogor. In dismantling Coal has a capacity of 20 tons per hour but the utilization rate is low. This can be seen in 2005 cargo utilization fell to 41 percent. As for the asphalt and palm oil itself, it is controlled by private companies. With storage for the asphalt itself, it reaches 11,300 MT in 6 tanks, while for vegetable oil the handling facility reaches 18 km from port land which has a storage capacity reaching 10,300 MT. For bulk cement exports are aimed at European and Japanese countries, as well as tea, rice, sugar and rattan furniture produced locally.