JAKARTA, 13 July 2007 - Eight firms have completed a proposal to build a new international port in the province of Banten in an effort to improve the country's ailing infrastructure. This was told by an official at the state-owned port operator Pelindo II. The official didn't provide investment figures, but local media reported that the project is valued at around 10.1 trillion Rupiah (811 million euro). The government is planning to develop 25 international ports, including in the province of Banten in the western part of the island of Java.

“They all have registered to take part in a tender, they are six foreign firms and two local firms,” told Hendra Budi, a spokesman of Pelindo II. The firms include Singapore’s PSA International, Hutchison Port Holdings Ltd., the port operating arm of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., and Maersk Line, a subsidiary of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moeller-Maersk.

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