Dedicated Fishery Terminal, Cold Chain Staging & Marine Bunkering Hub

Positioned along the Bolok coastal corridor, this dedicated fishery terminal and marine service hub provides direct maritime offloading berths, dockside pre-sorting, ice replenishment, and fuel/freshwater bunkering for offshore longline and handline vessels operating in FMA 573 (Savu Sea, Timor Sea, and southern NTT waters). Currently, traditional landing sites such as PPI Oeba face draught constraints and congested urban traffic. Developing dedicated landing and transit infrastructure adjacent to KIB enables fishing vessels to discharge catch directly into temperature-controlled receiving halls, cutting post-harvest transit times from hours to minutes while establishing a seamless marine logistics interface for nearby processing plants.

Products & Business Formats

Dedicated Fishing Vessel Berthing & Offloading Services

Protected dockside offloading berths with modern marine fender systems and mechanical fish hoists for longline and handline fishing fleets.

Dockside Cold Chain Consolidation & Sorting Hall

Temperature-monitored receiving hall for rapid catch weighing, species grading, re-icing, and transfer into insulated logistics containers.

Marine Bunkering Services (Solar HSD & Fresh Water)

Subsidized and industrial diesel fuel bunkering pipelines and certified potable water supply points for commercial fishing vessels.

Vessel Supplies & Ice Staging Center

Direct delivery and mechanical loading of crushed block ice and provisioning supplies into fishing vessel fish holds prior to departure.

Business model

Revenue comes from margins on the aggregation of graded supplies for processors and exporters, per-kilogram handling fees (sorting, pre-cooling, and transit packing), and short-term chilled-storage rental.

Development stages

1. Stage 1 — Use ready-to-lease buildings at KIB for a chilled receiving hall, stainless-steel sorting tables, digital scales, and cold-storage rooms.
2. Stage 2 — Develop regular collection partnerships with collectors at PPI Oeba and along the coast of Kupang Regency using insulated box trucks.
3. Stage 3 — Integrate digital batch traceability records and expand cold-chain cross-docking facilities on KIB HPL land plots.

Over 3,000 fishing vessels operate throughout the Savu Sea and Timor Sea. Existing municipal landing facilities in Kupang face acute draught restrictions at low tide and severe dockside congestion, creating immediate demand for a dedicated deep-water marine terminal at Bolok.

Market Demand & Potential Buyers

• Commercial offshore fishing fleets (30–100 GT) targeting tuna and pelagics in FMA 573
• Artisanal and coastal fishing boat cooperatives operating in Kupang Bay and Rote Strait
• Seafood processing plants located inside Kawasan Industri Bolok requiring dockside raw fish intake
• Inter-island fish transport vessels carrying catches from Alor, Rote, and Flores to Kupang

Market Evidence & Context

Existing municipal fish landings (PPI Oeba, Tenau) lack deep-water berths, automated offloading cranes, and dedicated industrial cold-chain corridors. A private terminal operator at Bolok captures fleet loyalty by providing deep draught at all tides, rapid 30-minute vessel turnaround, on-demand ice bunkering, and direct contract supply linkages with KIB factories.

The terminal operates as an open-access maritime infrastructure service hub catering to commercial fishing fleets operating across the Savu Sea, Timor Sea, and Indian Ocean border zones.

Seasonality & Supply Continuity

Vessel landings peak from May to November with daily fleet arrivals. During the monsoon season (December–April), activity shifts toward vessel maintenance, slipway repair, and shelter berthing.

Collection & shipping

Direct coastal road connection via Jalan Daetepan links the landing jetty to KIB factory plots within 1.2 to 2.5 km, completely bypassing public highways.

Procurement & handling costs

Port revenues are generated through vessel docking tariffs, cargo handling fees, fuel/water dispensing margins, and dockside cold-room staging rentals.

• Marketing of Handline Tuna and Skipjack Landed at PPI Oeba
• Marine Capture Fisheries Production Dataset for East Nusa Tenggara Province
• WebGIS 2023 Agricultural Census (ST2023) of East Nusa Tenggara Province
• Understanding the Cold Chain to Preserve Fish Quality

Developing a dedicated fishery terminal along the Bolok shoreline provides naturally deep marine access, direct industrial land connection to KIB, and immediate off-taker synergy.

Sheltered Deep-Water Navigable Draught in Semau Strait

Natural bathymetry along Bolok coastline provides adequate draft for 30–150 GT fishing vessels at all tide levels, eliminating the grounding bottlenecks of Oeba. KIB development plan · Reference not yet attached

Seamless 3-Minute Drayage to KIB Seafood Processing Plants

Direct private access roads connect the jetty to KIB seafood processors, ensuring fish moves from vessel hold to factory processing line within minutes. Road Distances from KIB Bolok to Key Port, City, and Airport Hubs

Integration with KIB Industrial Power & Water Utilities

The terminal facility taps into KIB’s reliable medium-voltage electrical grid and municipal water reservoirs for dockside lighting, hoists, and bunkering. Bolok Industrial Park Profile

Project can be phased as a public-private partnership (KPBU) or private commercial jetty concession, developing the offloading pier and receiving hall in Phase 1.

Business process

1. Vessel approach and docking along designated offloading finger piers under harbormaster traffic control
2. Mechanical hoist offloading of insulated fish tubs directly into temperature-monitored receiving hall
3. Dockside electronic weighing, species sorting, quality grading, and digital catch documentation
4. Direct transfer onto insulated shuttle trucks bound for KIB seafood plants or local wholesale markets
5. Simultaneous bunkering of fresh water, industrial fuel, and crushed block ice for the vessel’s next voyage

Initial Capacity & Production Scale

Reinforced Marine Pier & Fender Infrastructure

Concrete pile jetty design engineered for wave action in Semau Strait with heavy-duty rubber arch fenders and mooring bollards.

Insulated Dockside Receiving Hall

Covered, air-conditioned receiving platform with food-grade epoxy floors and continuous wash-down sanitization points.

Fuel & Water Storage Tank Farm

Certified above-ground storage tanks for marine diesel with containment bunds, high-flow dispensing pumps, and calibrated flow meters.

Environmental Catchment & Bilge Pre-Treatment

Dedicated oil-water separators (OWS) and dock runoff sumps to prevent marine oil pollution in compliance with port environmental regulations.

Dedicated Production Facilities (Investor Scope)

Concrete offloading pier, mechanical jib cranes, insulated receiving canopy, certified fuel bunkering station, ice transfer auger conveyor, digital platform scales, and oil-water separation sumps.

Control over the dockside offloading bottleneck captures lucrative ancillary service revenues (ice, fuel, water, staging) while guaranteeing first-access raw material supply for affiliated KIB processing plants.

• Understanding the Cold Chain to Preserve Fish Quality
• Marketing of Handline Tuna and Skipjack Landed at PPI Oeba
• Solid Secondary Product Yield in Red Snapper Fillet Processing at PT Matsyaraja Arnawa Stambhapura

Key operational risks include marine licensing lead times, seasonal typhoon-level sea swells during the western monsoon, and fuel bunkering compliance.

Severe wave action during peak western monsoon squalls (December–February)

Incorporate coastal breakwater engineering or orient jetty alignment parallel to prevailing Semau Strait tidal currents.

Complex maritime jurisdiction and port operating permit approvals

Develop terminal structure under a concession partnership with KSOP Kupang and regional government port management authorities.

Credit defaults by artisanal fishing vessel operators on fuel and ice advances

Implement digital cashless payment smart cards tied directly to catch offloading settlements at the sorting hall weigh station.

Data sources include KSOP Kupang vessel traffic logs, KKP National Fisheries Port Master Plan (RIPN), and coastal bathymetry charts for Semau Strait.

Interested in developing this business at KIB?

Conduct detailed bathymetric and geotechnical marine surveys along the Bolok waterfront and submit an initial terminal development prospectus to KIB management and KSOP Kupang.

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