ASDP Still Waiting for Decision from Danantara Regarding Merger Talks with Pelni-Pelindo
JAKARTA - PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) is still waiting for directions and decisions from the Danantara Investment Management Agency (BPI) regarding the plan to merge or merge a number of SOEs in the logistics transportation cluster, including ASDP, PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Persero) or Pelni, Pelindo and PT Pos Indonesia.
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ASDP President Director Heru Widodo admitted that until now his party had not received any further updates regarding the merger of the logistics transportation SOEs that had previously emerged.
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"If we as SOEs will certainly follow what the decision of Danantara is. But until now we have not received an update again regarding the merger of several SOEs that are included in the logistics cluster," said Heru when met at the ASDP office, Jakarta, Monday, December 15.
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Heru said that in the discourse there were several SOEs that were said to be in one cluster, including ASDP, Pelni, Pelindo, to PT Pos Indonesia.
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"If I'm not mistaken, yesterday there was ASDP, then PELNI, Pelindo, and PT Pos. But until now we haven't received any further updates," he said.
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As a state-owned enterprise, ASDP is in principle ready to follow the policies set by shareholders, including if it is decided to merge.
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"Whatever the form of the decision of the Danantara, we will follow it," he said.
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When asked when the last discussion regarding the merger was held, Heru admitted that it had been quite a while and until now there had been no recent developments.
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"It's been a long time. We are still waiting for an update from Danantara. In principle, we will participate," he said.
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Previously, Pelni President Director, Tri Andayani, admitted that he had not received further instructions regarding the planned merger of the maritime transportation SOEs. Both from the government and the Danantara Investment Management Agency (BPI) as the SOE manager.
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Furthermore, Tri Andayani said that the last three companies had just conducted studies and coordination. Meanwhile, the plan is for Pelindo to be the parent company.
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"Not yet. There is none. It's still the last one," he said in Jakarta, Wednesday, December 10.
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In May 2025, the Ministry of Transportation revealed that the study or study of the merger of the three companies had not been completed.
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For information, the plan to merge three state-owned enterprises in the maritime transportation sector has been initiated since 2024, when Danantara had not yet been formed and the Ministry of SOEs was headed by Erick Thohir.
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Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir will combine state-owned companies that operate in the maritime transportation sector, namely PT Pelni (Persero) and PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) into PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Persero) or Pelindo.
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Furthermore, Erick said, Pelindo will become a holding company after the three red plate companies merge.
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He said this step was part of the state-owned enterprise ministry's plan to streamline the number of state-owned enterprises to 30 companies.
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"We have already encouraged (the merger of Pelni, ASDP and Pelindo). Which became the holding of Pelindo," he said when met at the Ministry of SOEs office, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 17.
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Erick said that this merger was carried out for the sake of efficiency between companies so that they could reduce logistics costs in Indonesia.
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Including also increasing the security assets of passengers.
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"Of course (the merger proposal continues), because it encourages how logistics costs can be reduced, safety for passengers," he said.
In addition, Erick said that with this merger, it is also expected that the quality of services ranging from ports, ships, and also crossing facilities can be improved.
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In addition, Erick said that with this merger, it is also hoped that the quality of services ranging from ports, ships, and also crossing facilities can be improved.
"If the port is good, Pelni's management of the ship is also easier, the ASDP is also better. Everything is synchronized for both passengers and goods, which have been separated," he explained.