Ministry Of Transportation Says Jakarta Is On The List Of 50 Leading Maritime Cities In The World

The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) said that Jakarta is included in the list of 50 leading maritime cities around the world.

In fact, it ranks first in the city with the center of the most shipping companies.

The list refers to a journal entitled Leading Maritime Cities 2024, which was released by DNV GL Risk Management Company and Menon Economic Consultant with data sources originating from Clarkson Research.

Director General of Sea Transportation, Capt. Antoni Arif Priadi revealed that Jakarta is ranked first as the City with the most Shipping Company Headquarters in the world. In fact, Jakarta leads this indicator with 261 shipping companies registered there.

Antoni said most of the ships were small ships, which operated regionally to serve Indonesia's needs as an archipelagic country.

"In addition, Jakarta is also included in the top 15 on two other indicators, namely Fleet Size (CGT) which is owned by ship owners registered in the city, and Fleet Size (CGT) is controlled by ship owners registered in the city," Antoni said in an official statement, Tuesday, May 14.

These indicators, according to Antoni, bring Jakarta into the top 15 cities that are the Main Shipping Centers in the world, along with Singapore, Athens, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hamburg, London, Copenhagen, Rotterdam, Hong Kong, Oslo, Seoul, Dubai, Beijing and Maseille.

Antoni said the Main Shipping Center is one of the five pillars used to rank 50 Leading Maritime Cities in the World.

"The large number of shipping companies located in a city can certainly provide a different perspective on the shipping community compared to the value of ships and the company's income," he said.

Antoni added, the journal Leading Maritime Cities 2024 has entered its 6th edition since it was issued regularly every two years in 2012. The ranking in the journal was based on a combination of objective data obtained through leading international sources and subjective assessments from experts to evaluate and make benchmarks for the 50 Leading Maritime Cities.

"This research is carried out using a bottom-up approach, taking 15,000 cities that have maritime activities, to then filter them into 50 cities based on maritime objective indicators of 4 of the 5 Pillars, namely the Center for Shipping, Finance and Maritime Law, Maritime Technology, and Ports and Logistics," he explained.

Furthermore, subjective assessments were carried out by 190 maritime experts worldwide on the 5th pillar, namely attractiveness and Competitiveness, to be combined with objective data and used to determine the ranking of 50 leading maritime cities in the world.

Encouragement To Develop Maritime Industry

Antoni thought that the entry of Jakarta as one of the 50 Leading Maritime Cities in the world should be used as encouragement and motivation for Indonesia to continue to improve and develop in the maritime industry.

Moreover, continued Antoni, research reveals that international trade centers are gradually moving towards the East or Asia, with more and more ship owners emerging from this region. This shift is certainly expected to lift maritime cities in Asia in global maritime trade.

Therefore, it is important for us to continue to increase our capacity, both in terms of technological innovation, human resources, and policies in realizing safe, safe, and environmentally friendly shipping. So that it can then increase the appeal and competitiveness that can bring not only Jakarta, but other cities in Indonesia to become the Leading Maritime City in the world," he said.