Indonesia-based PT Pelayaran Nasional Buana Bina Raya TBK (BBR) has acquired a 9,000-bhp anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel from a third-party shipbuilder.

Forest fires in Sumatra are compromising vessels’ safe passage through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, with smoke haze seriously obstructing visibility.

The ceo and executive director of Samudera Shipping Lines, David Batubara, has resigned from the company.

Jakarta: Indonesia looks like it is making some inroads into solving its logistics issues, with four state-owned port operators reportedly signing a joint venture agreement to revitalize the domestic cargo handling business.

Batam: Ending a period of uncertainty, the Batam Free Trade Zone Management Agency (BP FTZ) is reported to be handing over the management of three ports in Batam to PT Pelindo I by the end of this year. The island of Batam lies to south side of...

Jakarta: Java and Sumatra will receive the bulk of funding for 40 infrastructure projects worth IDR337trn ($34.8bn) under the next phase of the Indonesian government's Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia’s Economic...

Arriving in the Indonesian capital Jakarta the highway from the airport is clogged with chaotic traffic, and trucks line up for miles, seemingly immobile on roads that head towards the country’s main port of Tanjung Priok.  The organised chaos...

Singapore: A seafarer is missing after an Indonesia coaster Budi Jasa 18 collided with a ferry and sank off Singapore early on Saturday morning.

Jakarta: The Indonesian National Shipowners Association (INSA) has reportedly issued an order prohibiting all cargo ships from using subsidized fuels.

Jakarta: Bulker casualties involving nickel ore cargo liquefaction have resulted in insurance claims of over $200m according a broker involved in one of the cases.