REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Government will evaluate the policy of transshipment next April. It currently puts a ban on transshipment, aimed to fix marine sector.

"We ban transshipment. We will evaluate the regulation on April," Director General of Fish Processing and Marketing at Ministry of Maritime and Fishery Affairs, Saut P Hutagalung, said recently. 

Transshipment is imposed in several countries. They see that transshipment is as a way to save operational cost. For Indonesia, transshipment leads to fish theft, giving negative impact to local fishermen. 

However, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry asked government not to impose the regulation for all ships. Vice Chairman of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yugi Prayanto, said the ban must be imposed to vessels over 1,000 gross tonnes (gt). "Any vessels less than 1,000 gt can conduct transshipment," Prayanto said.

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