Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/307861 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business [ISSN:] 2303-680X [Volume:] 21 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 71-84
Publisher: 
University of Tuzla, Faculty of Economics, Tuzla
Abstract: 
The implementation of biodiesel in Indonesia has been regarded as one of the main strategies to improve country's energy security equally and equitably. However, as the largest archipelago country in the world, the activity in distributing their biodiesel production bears a key problem. The complexity of delivering biodiesel from the supply point to the blending terminal of gasoil might result in cost inefficiency, which in turn will escalate the government funding of biodiesel incentives. This paper aims to both evaluate and formulate the Indonesian biodiesel transportation costs in all routes using either trucking or shipping mode. Based on primary data and information obtained from experts, we found that the most dominant factors that affect the shipping distribution cost are the size of the ship and its activities (such as voyage, ballast, loading, discharge, waiting, and buffer), whilst for the trucking mode, the dominant factors are both its corresponding operational costs and investment costs. Given that fuel prices fluctuate periodically, we also argue that the cost differences between the regulated and formulated reference may arise due to i) the data inaccuracy of the diesel fuel consumption and ii) specific terms outlined in the agreement between the corresponding transporters and suppliers.
Subjects: 
biodiesel
Indonesia
Transportation Cost
renewable energy
energy distribution
JEL: 
M11
O21
Q21
Q42
R40
R41
R42
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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