RI, OZ in maritime standoff

  Indonesia and Australia were involved in a maritime standoff on Friday after Jakarta declined to accept a group of asylum seekers rescued by an Australian vessel. Agus Barnas, a spokesman for the Office of the Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister, said the government’s policy was that Indonesia should no longer accept asylum…

Pelindo spends $47m on Banjarmasin port project

  State-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Pelindo III) has spent Rp 540.64 billion (US$47.57 million) this year to expand Trisakti Port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, to help increase the productivity of the port. It expanded the port’s existing container yard to 265 meters and general yard to 96 meters. It also built a…