ECONOMIC - INDUSTRY, SHIPBUILDING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700210006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2002
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Indonesia
Economic - Indusv%y shipbuilding
DATE OF
DATE DIST. Feb 1953
PUBLISHED
WHERE
PUBLISHED
Monthly periodical
Djakarta
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Not indicated, probably late 1951
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fe-omment: This report describes the plant and production of
the United Shipbuilding Compare (Perusahaan Paterik ?.apal Indon-
esia) at Par. ar Ikan, Djakarta../
The United Shlplmi lding Company constructs and repairs both wooden and
steel vessels. The work is done for private concerns as well as for the
government. This shipyard occupies an area of abut 40,000 square meters
and ha.: modern equipment. The steel workshop measures 180 by 45 meters and
contains an el.prt~i.cally inwered crane as well as two sheet metal pressing
machines of 100- and 200-ton capacity. These machines are used to roll steel
plates ,.a a tbickness up to 3 millimeters. After the steel plate has bcen
measu?:d and outlined, it is placed under a giant cutting blade F.nd cut
accorrUng to the drawing or outline un the surface. All of the lathing,
grinding, and welding are done Ly electric power. Even in the carpentry
shop, the sawing, finishing, and processing of teakwood logs is done by
electric power.
In an interview, J. Koutstaal, the director, said the shipyard was opened
in 1925. Since then, the shipyard has built 342 ships and has repaired many
vessels, he said, including ships up to 500 tons. He added that this is the
only shipyard the firm owns; it employs about 800 persons; and large orders
for ships come primarily from the Sea Patrol (Polisi Laut), which was estab-
lished on 23 November 3.951.
Koutstaal said that the :ompany had to import machinery and ship engines
from ab:cad. The machines are assembled upon arrival in Indonesia. He said
the shipyard uses from 100 to 1,500 tons of steel and from 500 to 700 cubic
meters of lumber ann"lally. The company hopes to build larger ships. To this
end, the government is giving full support by making foreign exchange avail-
able to the company and by placing orders with it for new ships.
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Koutstaal srlid he was disappointed to see the government buying
foreign made ships without having first invited the United Shipbuilding
Company to submit bids. He feels that the company could fill all govern-
ment orders. The company slogan is, "Build Ships for Indonesia in
Indonesia."
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