Indonesia’s port of Banten is looking to digitalise its towage and pilotage operations under a deal to implement Innovez One’s marineM digital technology.

Indonesia’s Kuala Tanjung Port in North Sumatra has made its first trade in the global container shipping market on Saturday, as the port seeks to tap on the busy seaborne trade in the Malacca Strait.

Indonesia has brought forward a ban on raw nickel ore exports from the start of next year to 29 October 2019.

Indonesian port operator Pelindo III has unveiled an ambitious plan to install shoreside power at all the ports across the country under its management by 2020 as part of an effort to reduce logistics and fuel import costs, reports said.

Indonesia’s ministry of transportation has confirmed that the country will not enforce the upcoming IMO 2020 rule on its domestic fleet due to the high cost of cleaner fuel, reports said.

Containership Soul of Luck ran out of luck on Sunday when it collided with the berth at the port of Semarang demolishing a quay crane.

During the second Belt and Road Forum held at Beijing last week Chinese companies continued to grow their influence port agreements inked across multiple continents.