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Shaun Wymes

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Brion Palmer

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Nina Rach

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Neil Levett [email protected]

Indonesia tightens cabotage

EDITORIAL

Editor

Nina Rach abotage is trade or navigation in Local yards were able to supply diving [email protected]

C coastal waters and traditionally support vessels, but not derrick/crane or

Managing Editor

Audrey Leon refers to shipping along coastal routes, SURF laying barges, or dredging vessels. [email protected] transporting passengers or goods from In early March, UOB Kay Hian

European Editor port to port in the same country. Laws Securities noted that the shortage of

Elaine Maslin [email protected] governing cabotage serve to protect local locally-? agged vessels in Indonesia is

Associate Editor industries and affect logistics for offshore pushing up dayrates. A growing drill-

Sarah Parker Musarra oil? eld development and services. ing rig ? eet will lead to increased AHTS [email protected]

Web Editor and PSV demand. UOBKHS analyst

Melissa Sustaita

Indonesia

Nancy Wei said, “Indonesia’s oil? eld [email protected]

Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation services sector is still in its infancy and is

Contributing Editors

Kelli Lauletta, Claudio Paschoa, (MOT) is gradually tightening its cabo- driven by an upcycle in exploration and

Ellen Fussell Policastro, Alan Thorpe, tage laws for offshore vessels, presumably production spending and offshore vessel

Stephen Whit? eld

Editorial Intern to encourage the country’s ship building cabotage.”

Jerry Lee industry to grow, and to protect member

ART AND PRODUCTION 2014 extension companies of the Indonesian National

Bonnie James

Shipowners Association (INSA). At the end of 2013, MOT announced

Marlin Bowman

MOT has allowed liberal cabotage it would extend exemptions. In March

CONFERENCES & EVENTS exemptions for the past few years for a 2014, MOT Regulation No. 10/2014

Events Coordinator

Jennifer Granda variety of vessel types in order to main- became the regulation of reference for [email protected] tain hydrocarbon production levels. offshore vessel cabotage.

Exhibition/Sponsorship Sales

Gisset Capriles

Article 8 of Indonesia’s 2008 Shipping The current exemptions for oil & gas [email protected]

Law states that sea activities in the coun- survey vessels (seismic, geotechnical),

PRINT try’s waters are to be convened only by offshore construction vessels, dredging,

Quad Graphics, West Allis, Wisconsin, USA national sea transport and shipping com- salvaging and underwater works (heavy

EDITORIAL ADVISORS panies that use Indonesian ? agged ships ? oating cranes and crane barges >300

John Chianis,

Houston O