Chaos in the container shipping industry is still going on. Two main issues have hearted the industry: container shortage and uncontrol freight rate rise. The container shortage has become a global container shipping issue. Though it is debatable, this issue has been blamed as the main trigger of the uncontrol freight rate rise. These problems…
As old wise words have said, in any problems and challenges there are always opportunities. Within the problems of shipping and logistics due to the Pandemic Covid-19 outbreaks, there are always business opportunities. In our Cover Story of this September issue, our story relates to problems during the pandemic, including the freight rate hike that…
The adoption and implementation of the National Logistic Ecosystem (NLE) are believed to improve supply chain management, thus finally creating efficiency in logistics costs and making a faster production cycle. Because of these, national logistics business players are completely and in principle supporting the NLE, according to Indonesia Logistics and Forwarders Association (ALFI) Chairman Yukki…
Amid the pandemic Covid-19 outbreak, our logistics and transportation business have been hit by some serious problems of container shortage and unavailable slot/space as most of the containerships were full booked. And, not to mention our old problem of poor data ecosystem among stakeholders of transporters, cargo owners, forwarders, and related institution. Indonesia Logistics and…
Port of Tanjung Priok has proven its vital role as a gateway to Indonesia’s international trade. But, traffic jam inside is concluded as an acute problem. Why and what are solutions to unlock it? Tanjung Priok General Manager Guna Mulyana and related key stakeholders talked during a recent dialogue on solving the problem of land…
In our cover story issue highlighting the problem of land transportation congestion and traffic jam at Indonesia’s leading port, Tanjung Priok, one solution to overcome this issue is the plan of this port to adopt a single TID (Single Truck Identity Document) for all terminals at the port. This Single TID is expected to fasten…
