Cabotage policy hampers trade, Indonesian Consul says
Published on: Wednesday, May 18, 2022
By: David Thien
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Muhammad Muhsinin in a group photo with the FMM business community.
Kota Kinabalu: The cabotage policy of Malaysia hampers larger volume of trade between Sabah and Indonesia, now being conveyed by wooden hull ships and smaller vessels not classified under IMO steel hull vessels restricted by cabotage limits, off Sabah’s Tawau waters and Indonesia’s Kalimantan.This was revealed to Daily Express by Indonesian Consul Muhammad Muhsinin Dolisada of the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, here, who acknowledged that his country also has a cabotage policy for transhipment of goods within the archipelago of many islands.
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