SHIPPING CONNECTIVITY IN SUPPORTING LOGISTIC TRANSPORT DISTRIBUTION IN SOUTHEAST SULAWESI

The distribution of logistical transportation in supporting the movement of goods in coastal areas has very limited space, this limited space will determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the freight transportation itself. The more efficient and effective a transportation of goods the more pressing commodity prices. Distribution of goods from to and from the trading location, finally to consumers is not a simple thing, but is influenced by various chains of movement that affect the cost, time, security and safety. The results showed that sea transportation has reached all cities/regencies in the Southeast Sulawesi region, crossing vessels are sea transportation used by the community to cross inter-island within the province or inter-provincial crossings which play an important role in the smooth movement of people and goods. Port connectivity the role of driving development for remote/underdeveloped areas, to open isolated/remote areas, increase trade, population mobility and reduce regional disparity. The level of accessibility of the sea shipping network is quite adequate, because it can be seen that all regencies/cities have been connected to the crossing port, only the Wakatobi regencies whose interisland transportation is still served by the people's shipping sea transportation.