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.
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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 archipelagic nation with about a quarter billion people settled across some 17,000 islands. Shipbuilding in Indonesia dates back to the 1600s when the Konjo tribe, mostly residents of South Sulawesi, were known for building the phinisi, a two-mast wooden sailing boat that was a common sight throughout South-east Asia's colonial history.
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