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Minister Promises to Revive Traditional Shipping

The Transportation Minister has promised to improve the fleet of traditional boats so local communities can continue to operate traditional shipping and water transportation services, also called \'pelra\'.

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A woman and children take a wooden boat from Obi Island, North Maluku, to reach a ship moored at sea on Monday (9/4/2014). Many villages on the island have no dock.
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A woman and children take a wooden boat from Obi Island, North Maluku, to reach a ship moored at sea on Monday (9/4/2014). Many villages on the island have no dock.

MAJALENGKA, KOMPAS – The Transportation Minister has promised to improve the fleet of traditional boats so local communities can continue to operate pelayaran rakyat (traditional shipping and water transportation services), also called pelra. The two-pronged approach to ensuring the continued operation of traditional shipping and marine transportation services involves training 100,000 sailors and providing new boats.

"Pelra is part of local customs, so it must be supported," Budi told Kompas on Tuesday, on the sidelines of his visit to the newly opened West Java International Airport in Kertajati, Majalengka regency.

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