….are still vital to inter-island trade in Indonesia.
Not coincidentally, Indonesia has more inhabited islands than does any other nation, and many of them do not have deep-water ports.
Jakarta, of course, has a modern, deep-water port.
Tanjung Priok – that “new” port – is not merely a replacement for the “old” port.
Sunda Kelapa is still a working port; if I had pointed my camera in another direction, I could have taken a photo that included very many more wooden-hulled boats, plus a huge number of lorries…
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