Indonesian plans new shipyard

Indonesian plans new shipyard The Indonesian shipping entrepreneur Oentoro Surya plans to build a shipyard and heavy equipment factory at a cost of about $230 million in Batam, Indonesia, just south of Singapore.
   Antara, the Indonesian national news agency, reports that about 30 percent of the new yard’s capacity for maintenance of ships for Surya’s own company.
   Surya is president and director of Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line, a company that has grown into a fleet of about 50 vessels.