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Industrial development goals Shipping is to utilize and develop the potential of shipping industry in East Java and Eastern Indonesia Region in an area that happens synergy efforts to achieve effective productivity and efficiency in the face of global market competition. One also to increase the added value and competitiveness, employment, increased investment, increased foreign exchange through increased exports and also others.

Shipping Industrial Area in East Java or known as the Special Economic Zones (KEK) Shipping Industry, will be supported with the convenience and preferential treatment in various fields, especially in investment, labor, customs and taxation.

Development of the North Coast shipping industry Lamongan District is supported by: The availability of shipping resources from ITS – Surabaya and other universities. The existence of the National Ship Design & Engineering Center / Center for Ship Design and Engineering National (NASDEC) in ITS – Surabaya as a provider of field service centers Services Research, Improvement and Development of Ship Design and Engineering National which aims to improve the competitiveness of products shipping industry in Indonesia (from the aspect quality, cost and delivery time) in the international market by developing a ship design innovative products and efficient, especially for ship owners, shipping companies and shipyards industry.

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One of the causes of low investor interest to the shipping industry, which is related to the shipping industry characteristics capital-intensive, labor-intensive, slow return on capital and the addition of low value. In addition to the shipping industry productivity was low because the production equipment was not feasible, and the high content of imported components and lack in the amount of time designing and building ships complete orders, a problem often faced by the maritime industry, especially shipbuilding industries good ship-building industry and industrial repair / improvement ships in Indonesia.

According to Cipto Budiono, Head of Industry and Trade of the East Java Province, in overcoming these problems, the Presidential Instruction exit (Presidential Instruction) number 5 in 2005, about the empowerment of national shipping industry that it applies consistently cabotage principle, the government’s positive steps to foster develop the existing shipbuilding industry both ship building and ship repair.

Potential implementation of the shipping industry in East Java with 27 medium-large shipping industry with an installed capacity (construction of a new ship) for 170 thousand Gross Tons, or approximately 75.5% of the national installed capacity of 225 thousand Gross Tons per year than has been done to export products some countries, also has an offshore production facility to support Indonesia’s oil industry itself. As for industrial repair / ship repair for Gross Tons 685 thousand per year or as much as 19% of the national installed capacity of 3.6 million Gross Tonnes per year.

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