The transportation, logistics, and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sector are significant driving industries for national economic growth, the Indonesian Logistics and Forwarders Association (ALFI/ILFA) has said. ALFI Chairman Yukki Nugrahawan Hanafi is optimistic about the sector growth this year (2023) in view of the government’s economic growth target. The government has projected that…
The economic slowdown and the threat of a global recession are starting to impact Indonesia. One of the indications is a decline in exports in the fourth quarter of 2022 due to reduced demand from a number of countries experiencing a recession. Based on data from the Statistics Indonesia (BPS), after experiencing its highest value…
Supply Chain Indonesia (SCI) recorded positive developments in the Indonesian logistics sector in 2022. Based on BPS data, the transportation sector (including passenger carriers) and warehousing grew consistently and the highest in the first three quarters of 2022, which was a row of 15.79 percent, 21.27 percent, and 25.81 percent. There are indications that the…
The issue of the global crisis in 2023 is of concern to national business actors, including logistics businesses in the country. The general chairman of the Indonesian Logistics and Forwarders Association (ALFI), Yukki Nugrahawan Hanafi, said that the global economic turmoil in 2023 will affect all countries worldwide, without exception. “However, to weather the economic…
While demand collapse continued in October 2022, the total throughput of Tanjung Priok (International and Domestic) until October 2022 increased by 3.56% YoY compared to YTD 2021. The domestic throughput YTD slightly increased by 0.59%, and the International YTD throughput increased by 5.01%. It was a fantastic number when global demand was declining. Statistics Indonesia…
Fears on global economy recession spheres shipping industry players as global shipping lines’ profit seem to fall in the last quarter this year (2022Q4). But Indonesia’s domestic market is expected to keep steady, suggesting the national shipping companies hang on and optimize the domestic market potencies. Global liner shipping is predicted to post a full-year…
Chairman of Supply Chain Indonesia (SCI) Setijadi said that one of the efforts that needed to be made in dealing with the threat of a recession in 2023 was the orientation and strengthening of domestic logistics based on the potential strength of domestic demand and supply. Potential demand is reflected in Indonesia’s population of 273.87…
The Pelindo merger last year (October 1, 2021) not only changed the business structure and corporate organization but also calls for a massive business transformation. The merger, as we know, has integrated the four Pelindos (Pelindo 1-4) into Pelindo. And one year after the merger, Pelindo finished its organizational restructuring. All subsidiaries earlier owned by…
The decline in global shipping volume has really occurred. The volume in the second half is projected to be lower than the volume in the first half of this year. There will be no peak season in the remaining months of the year. According to Peter Sand, a maritime analyst, this is really a nonpeak…
Logistics business players in Indonesia need to be prepared to support changes in global supply chains while still paying attention to the domestic economy’s resilience. Chairman of the DPP Indonesian Logistics and Forwarders Association (ALFI) Yukki Nugrahawan Hanafi reminded logistics players in the land, sea, and air sectors to have a wider perspective to maintain…
