Shipbuildng a Need

This is piece of blog is about a glance on the condition of shipbuilding industry of Indonesia, our neighboring country in the Asean region where, its economy and political status is nearly in semblance with that of our country, the Philippines.

The reason why we need to look at the situation of their shipping industry is due to that recently we have ordered a naval ship from them that gives us a chilling reaction why then we support buying and helping the economy of Indonesia instead of ours.

This becomes the contention to look and check back our own condition with regards to our shipbuilding industry in the country on where shall we start and build our own.

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We should the same activate our national shipbuilding industry in order to sustain our maritime defese  ;protection under it if we will build and expand this sector.

Singapore which is just a very small country is taking a lead in the maritime shipbuilding capabilities. We should not only ignore this situation but rather join in the fray to put ourselves in this industry the soonest to cope  with the conditions in the west Philippine sea and protecting our marine resources within the 7,100 islands of the country.

Indonesia ranks as the world's most densely populated archipelagic nation with about a quarter billion people settled across some 17,000 islands. Shipbuilding in Indonesia dates back to the 1600s when the Konjo tribe, mostly residents of South Sulawesi, were known for building the phinisi, a two-mast wooden sailing boat that was a common sight throughout South-east Asia's colonial history.

President Jokowi found himself working against the clock to catch up when he spelt out his vision during his October 2014 inauguration speech of re-inventing Indonesia as an international maritime power.

: "God created Indonesia as an archipelago and it is God's will that Indonesia will develop into a maritime nation."

The same that this country , which is an archipelago, must find solution to the geographical conditions and become one strong maritime nation.

Some 35 newbuild vessel contracts that were due for award in 2015 have spilled over to 2016 and contracts for another 50-60 more will be tendered out in 2016. Altogether Seacom will commission the construction of up to 95 harbour craft in 2016.

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