The pieces are gradually being put in place for Indonesia to join the modern shipping world, with local media reporting that six banks have agreed to partner with the four major state-owned port operators to build an integrated billing system (IBS).

Indonesian national oil company Pertamina's oil and gs shipping unit Pertamina Trans Kontinental (PTK), has added one more tanker to its fleet to strengthen oil distribution across the archipelago and help increase revenue, local reports said.

There is potential for Maersk Line intra-Asia unit MCC Transport to make a foray into the Indonesian cabotage market but there are also many challenges and many other opportunities in the market that the company is not really focussing on it at...

Small niche elements of the coal business in Indonesia are coming back and proving that there can always be an opportunity if you know where to look, commodities trading projects specialist Accord Projects is set to take advantage of that.

Indonesia's Transportation Ministry has set its sights on cutting down the dwell time at other major ports besides the main gateway of Tanjung Priok, such as East Java’s Tanjung Perak and North Sumatra’s Belawan, as it comes under pressure after...

The Indonesian navy is currently drafting routes for joint patrols and plans to start implementing coordinated patrols with the Philippines and Malaysia this year as part of efforts to step up maritime defence in regional waters amid the risks of...

As he opened the country's newest container terminal, New Priok Container Terminal 1 (NPCT 1) in Kalibaru, Indonesian president Joko Widodo continued to put pressure on ports to cut dwelling times.

Indonesia will be moving its maritime transportation system to a hub and spoke model centred on its existing major regional ports which have been upgraded to meet demand, local reports quoted Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi as saying.

Indonesian president Joko Widodo's much vaunted maritime highway programme is set to see a revision as it is been belatedly noticed that there is duplication between the subsidised routes in the programme and existing routes provided by the...

Indonesia's Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) should closely coordinate with other maritime stakeholders, particularly the Indonesian Navy, to maximize law enforcement in Indonesian waters, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs...