As many as 22 countries are expected to participate in the 2022 World Ocean Assessment (WOA) hosted in Bangka Belitung Islands on 12-15 December 2022, according to Belitung District Deputy Head, Isyak Meirobie. Apart from Indonesia as the host, other countries that confirmed their attendance at the ...
Minister: Indonesia can be the Global Maritime Center
At the commemoration of the 2022 National Maritime Day, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan expressed optimism that Indonesia would become the center of the global maritime civilization. Pandjaitan noted that in order to pursue that goal, national develo...
Indonesia's Maritime Economic Contribution Will Be Assessed Through Ocean Account
The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves), Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, hopes that in the near future his party will be able to find out the amount of Maritime Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that is being studied on the basis of a new concept that adopts a concept that i...
Indonesia Invites G20 Countries to Support Coral Reef Restoration
The Indonesian government invites G20 countries to jointly carry out coral reef restoration in Indonesia. Deputy for Maritime Resources Coordination of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Marves) Jodi Mahardi in a workshop to Ocean 20 entitled "No Coral Reef Behind" in Bal...
Ministry's Ocean Institute of Indonesia to Improve Human Resources
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono plans to establish the Ocean Institute of Indonesia to produce quality Indonesian maritime human resources by transforming the marine and fisheries education sector. Trenggono noted in a press release here on Wednesday that superior ...
KKP Expands Marine Protected Areas to 1.46 Million Hectare
Director General of Marine Spatial Management at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Victor Gustaav Manoppo said that by the first half of this year, the expansion of marine conservation was up to 1.46 million hectares. This means that the conservation area has been expanded to 73 p...
KKP Ministry & ASEAN Cooperate in Developing Fisheries Refugia
Indonesia's Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Ministry is cooperating with ASEAN countries to develop fisheries refugia, which are fishery breeding and nursery areas in which specific management measures are applied to maintain sustainable fisheries stocks. Head of the Fisheries Research Center o...
World Oceans Day: The Threats and The Opportunities for Our Ocean
What is World Oceans Day? In 1992, Oceans Day was first declared following the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to to commemorate how important oceans are for the Earth and raise awareness to conserve our ocean. Then, in 2008, 8 June was officially designated as World Oceans Day, with a different t...
Maritime Ministry Committed to End Marine Debris Problems
The government through the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries confirm its commitment in mitigating coastal and marine environment issues in Indonesia, particularly dealing with marine debris. Through the Global Dialogue on Ocean Plastic Pollution with the theme "Ending Ocean Plastic Pollutio...
Indonesia, South Korea intensify cooperation in maritime sector
Source: ANTARADate: October 14, 2021. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The governments of Indonesia and South Korea continue to bolster cooperation in the maritime sector through a bilateral meeting here, Wednesday. Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan held a bilateral...
Indonesia Water Journal - JUNE 2021
Welcome to the second edition of Indonesia Water Journal! As we celebrate the World Ocean and Environment Day, we have highlighted two articles, several infographics, and video in this edition. Feel free to share this Journal with your colleagues as we aim to provide you with the latest insight from...
Gateway to Top Ten Global Players: Pelindo integration set to be implemented in Q3 2021
Source: Investor Daily Date: 30 June 2021 The integration of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia/Pelindo I, II, III, and IV (Persero) is set to be realised in the third quarter of 2021. Later, there will be four subholdings under Pelindo that are integrated to focus on handling different sectors, namely containe...
Indonesia, France to build environmentally friendly fishing ports
Source: ANTARADate: June 10, 2021 Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) has said it will develop environmentally friendly fishing ports in the country in cooperation with the French Development Agency (AFD). The cooperation in the environmentally friendly seapo...
Zhejiang and Rotterdam ink agreement to develop Kuala Tanjung Port
Source: bisnis.com Date: 8 May 2021 PT Pelabuhan Indonesia I (Persero) or Pelindo I had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a Term Sheet for the Kuala Tanjung Port and Industrial Estate Development Project Cooperation with the Port of Rotterdam and Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Investment &...
Priok to Adjust LoLo and Storage Tariff for International Container
Source: Indonesia Shipping Gazette Date: 8 April 2021 Tanjung Priok will adjust the LoLo (Lift on – Lift off) and storage tariff for international container (full load) per April 15. The LoLo and storage tariffs, on one hand, will be raised, while on the other hand, the existing recovery tariff...