Biaya Angkut Ternak dengan Kereta Api Rp150 per Kg
Cattle Transport by Railways, the Cost Rp150 per Kg
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) dan PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines memastikan pengangkutan ternak menggunakan kereta api dan pesawat dilaksanakan per 1 Maret 2013.
Direktur Jenderal Peternakan dan Kesehatan Hewan, Kementerian Pertanian, Syukur Iwantoro mengatakan angkutan sapi dengan kereta api PT KAI biayanya Rp150 per kilogram maksimal 800 ton per hari, sedangkan dengan maskapai Merpati maksimal 3 ton sekali angkut namun biayanya belum ditentukan.
"Diperkirakan biaya angkut per kilogram daging dengan Merpati akan lebih mahal, karena yang diangkut adalah daging kualitas premium," kata Syukur Iwantoro kepada pers di kantor Kementerian Pertanian, Jumat (1/3).
Syukur menambahkan, pengangkutan ternak tersebut akan dilakukan dari sentra ternak, khususnya di wilayah Indonesia Timur seperti Jawa Timur, Nusa Tenggara Timur dan Nusa Tenggara Barat. Selain ternak dalam kondisi hidup, pengangkutan juga dilakukan dalam bentuk daging beku.
Jakarta (B2B) - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) and PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines ensuring cattle transport by train and plane carried by March 1, 2013.
Director General of Livestock and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Syukur Iwantoro said freight trains cows with PT KAI cost Rp150 per kilogram, a maximum of 800 tons per day, while the airline Merpati maximum of 3 tons of all freight but the cost has not been determined.
"It is estimated freight cost per kilogram of meat with Merpati will be more expensive, because the transport is of premium quality meat," said Syukur Iwantoro to the press at the Ministry of Agriculture, Friday (1/3).
Syukur add, transporting cattle will be done from the center of cattle, particularly in eastern Indonesia such as East Java, East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara. Besides livestock living conditions, transport is also done in the form of frozen meat.
