Page 10 - Annual Guide ITSCL 2017 E-book

WELCOME MESSAGE

Booth

Carmelita Hartoto
Vice-chairperson of
Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(KADIN Indonesia) for Transportation Sector
and Chairperson of INSA

With more than 17,500 islands spread across three time zones, Indonesia’s
geography inevitably presents transport and logistical challenges. Coupled with
rapid urbanization and development of the country, its logistics’ performance has
become vital to provide an efficient distribution and supply chain network.
Indonesia has the potential to spearhead the growth of its transport and logistics
industry to be able to deliver complex local and regional solutions with lower
cost and dwell time. The focus of the government on improving infrastructure
has included improving logistics and transportation infrastructure, with a goal
of achieving domestic and regional connectivity and integration. Indonesia will in
time become further integrated into global logistics network in the coming years.
This integration will help customers and service providers realize an integrated
and multimodal transportation solution. The government must also develop more
integrated and efficient transportation system through well-planned feasibility
studies to reduce logistics cost and put an end to price disparity across regions.
The national agenda of Indonesia Transport, Logistics and Maritime Week 2017 with
the series of exhibitions which are Indonesia Maritime Expo (IME) 2017, Indonesia
Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics (ITSCL) 2017, Intra-Logistics Indonesia
(ILI) 2017, Indonesia Trucks and Commercial Vehicles (ITCV) 2017 and Jakarta
International Logistics Summit and Expo (JILSE) 2017 is an excellent platform to
bring government, international and domestic participants of the complete transport
and supply chain industry all together in one place. The participants will come from
International business leaders in the global transport and logistics community
and more senior executives from the world’s leading manufacturers, retailers,
distributors, ports, shippers, cargo owners, shipping lines, freight forwarders,
terminal operators railway operators and many international bodies.

I am confident that you will find the exhibition and conference interesting and
insightful. With that, let me end by wishing all of you a fruitful exhibition and
conference.

10 INDONESIA TRANSPORT, LOGISTICS & MARITIME WEEK 2017