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Transforming Indonesia into a maritime power

Despite the inherent advantage of its sprawling geography, Indonesia has been overtaken by China, South Korea and Japan in shipbuilding might.

Published Sun, May 8, 2016 · 09:50 PM

EDDY Logam was elected chairman of Indonesia's Shipbuilding & Offshore Association (Iperindo) five months before Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was officially sworn into the country's highest office in October 2014.

The timing could not be better as Pak Eddy - as he is commonly known - is fully aligned with President Jokowi's vision of building Indonesia into a maritime power.

Indonesia ranks as the world's most densely populated archip…

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