HISTORY OF PORT
TANJUNG PERAK
Port
of Tanjung Perak is one of gateways of Indonesia, which becomes
goods collector and distribution from and to Eastern Indonesia
including East Java. Because of its strategic position and the
existence of surrounding advantageous hinterlands, port of Tanjung
Perak constitutes the center of inter island shipping for Eastern
Indonesia.
Previously the oceangoing vessels did loading and unloading
activities at Madura Strait and then freighted the cargoes by
the means of barges and boats to Jembatan Merah (the first port
in that time) situated along Kalimas River, at heart of Surabaya
city.
Due
to the increases of trade, cargo and transportation traffics,
the facilities available at Port were inadequate. Therefore
in 1875 Ir. W. de Jonght planned to build Port of Tanjung Perak
so that the loading and unloading activities could be carried
out directly without using barges and boats. Yet this plan was
rejected since it needed a lot of funds.
During 19th century the port construction could not be found
while cargo transport traffics settled in Jembatan Merah were
sustained in their increase number. The plan of port construction
is introduced by ir. W. de Jongth was neglected.
In the first ten years of 20th Ir. W.B. Van Goor made a more
realistic plan, which was, all the oceangoing vessels might
move closer to the quay (berthing). Two experts were expected
to come from the Netherlands namely, Prof DR. Kraus and G.J.
de jong and to give any proposals on port construction planning
of Tanjung Perak Port.
After 1910 the physical construction of Tanjung Perak Port was
initiated and during the accomplishment of port construction
the demand of using incomplete –- built quay rose in number.
The
finishing of quay construction facilitated the oceangoing vessels
to do their loading and unloading activities at port. Port of
Kalimas later functioned to be a port with providing service
for traditional transport and sailing boats, in the meantime
the port at Jembatan Merah was gradually abandoned.
Therefore, starting from that time Port of Tanjung Perak started
to take part in contributing economic development in a quite
large scale and to have important role in increasing trade traffic
both at East Java and whole parts of Eastern Indonesia.
To
support the task, the construction of inter island terminal
was completed in 1983 known as Mirah Terminal. For the interests
of inter island vessel passengers, there was a passenger terminal
located at North of Jamrud area. Next to the passenger terminal,
a fery terminal was built for the service of passengers with
Surabaya –- Madura destination on 24 hours service.
Time was passing and Port of Tanjung Perak had showed its strategic
role as national gateway port. Then a container terminal was
planned to build and its physical construction was finished
in 1992.
Container terminal is acknowledged as Terminal Petikemas Surabaya.
Those various facilities put Port of Tanjung Perak in the movements
of continuously supporting the development of Surabaya city
and the territories around.
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