Importers, especially the ones holding permits as General Importer Identification Numbers (API-U), are hard to carry out activities following the enactment of Government Regulation (PP) No 28/2021 concerning the Implementation of the Industrial Sector. In response, the Indonesian Importers Association (GINSI) urges the authority to revise the regulation. According to GINSI, this regulation threatens the…
The Logistics and Supply Chain Agency of the Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Badan Logistik dan Rantai Pasok KADIN) calls for the gradual implementation of the National Logistic Ecosystem (NLE). Some trials or pilot projects can be done at any segment of the NLE, including in the port, Head of KADIN’s Logistics and Supply…
Challenges in the logistics business will always occur but will shift. If last year (2022) the business was mostly controlled by shipping lines in view of lack of (vessel) space, this year (2023), the logistics business would be mostly controlled by cargo owners, according to Hesty Rosmawaty, President Director of Gateway Container Line (GCL). How…
Reports have said a slowdown in trade volume in the first quarter of this year. Some shipping lines and logistics providers have failed to meet the first quarter’s target. The condition has forced BIMCO to revise its prediction of growth in head-haul and regional trades to end in the 1-2% range rather than the 3-4%…
