JAKARTA— Benoa Port in Bali won the Best Port Welcome Cruise Insight 2013 Award in Miami, US. Since becoming turnaround port in 2012, visit by cruise ships increased significantly. In 2013, 41 ships visited the port, transporting an estimated 39,105 tourists from all over the world. In 2013, vessel visit rose by 0.9% from that
Read morePort operator Pelindo III, which manages facilities in central and eastern parts of Indonesia, will issue US dollar and rupiah bonds worth US$400 million this year to raise funds for the company’s port expansion projects. Pelindo III finance director Wahyu Suparyono said in Jakarta on Wednesday that the company would soon name the underwriters for
Read moreJAKARTA – PT Indonesia Shipbuilding Industry (IKI) this year is focusing on the completion of Bitung shipyard repair in North Sulawesi, with an investment of IDR50 billion. The fund will be obtained from the State Capital Investment (PMN) worth IDR200 billion. The amount of the investment fund this year is the remainder of a total
Read moreJAKARTA— Association of Indonesian Logistics requested Ministry of Transportation to consider logistic efficiency level in designing blue print for revitalization of river transportation in the country. Chair of Association, Zaldy Ilham Masita, said the demand is proposed following the plan by the Ministry to revitalize at least 117 rivers in Kalimantan, Sumatra, and Papua as
Read moreJAKARTA – The government through the Directorate General of Sea Transportation again provided Public Service Obligation (PSO) funding for subsidy dedicated to economy class passengers. In this, the PSO subsidy gave 18 vessels with 376 voyeges operated PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) for IDR872.789 billion. The MoU for the PSO will be signed between the
Read moreThe Head of Center Operation ‘First Maritime Roedy Santoso’ opened the event of ‘Patrol Ship Captain Refreshment and the Task Force Crew of XXXIII Joint Operation 2014’ at Grand Clarion Hotel, Makassar on 5 March 2014. The event was attended by Pangdam VII, Assinten II Setda South Sulawesi Province, the representatives from the regional office
Read moreThe Oscar-nominated film Captain Philips brought the threat of Somali piracy to the big screen last year. But if it were highlighting the current reality, it would have been better set in Indonesia. The sprawling archipelago has become the world’s top spot for pirate attacks, according to “Safety and Shipping Review 2014,” a report by
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