Indonesian Sea Voyager

When a friend emailed me to post something about Indonesian National Companies, I was stunned at myself that actually, i missed out putting them in my previous entries. I think, it is time for me to post something about Indonesian Companies, particularly on those who already gained international recognition. Let me start this superbig company. Superbig? Yes, because it is actually one company which operates (only) big vessels. HUMPUSS INTERMODA TRANS

Originally, the company was an LNG Division of PT Humpuss, which built its first vessel Ekaputra in 1986 with capacity of 78.988 DWT (the biggest in the world at that time). It became a Shipping Division in 1990 and expanded its business to serve liquid methanol transportation by acquiring new methanol carriers.

In 1992 the business of Shipping Division was altered to a newly incorporated subsidiary of Humpuss Group named PT Humpuss Sea Transport and started to operate oil tanker shipping. This company continued developing its business in shipping industry by adding various new vessels into its fleet, from tug and barges vessels to 1,300-37,000 DWT tanker in the following years. It also started to explore some new sectors in this business such as cargo transportation and ship agency. The name changed to PT Humpuss Intermoda Transportasi in 1997.

Up to the present, The Company keeps on exploring and expanding its business in shipping industry, improving its service quality, and upgrading the ship and crew management expertise as well. By having new professional management, The Company concentrates on 8 business sectors: Gas Transportation, Oil Transportation, Chemical Transportation, Industrial Coal Supply Chain, Dry Bulk Transportation, Crew Management Services, Ship Agency Services, and Technical Ship Management. They are all integrated as the first-rate solution to answer regional and global market needs of shipping transportation. (got this from http://www.hits.co.id/)

It is not the time when multinational companies flood in to this country, this is the time for us to be proud of our national companies (worldwide-recognized). There was one time in the past where Medco, Bakrie, Humpuss, Bimantara, Tripatra, Lippo, Sinarmas, Ciputra, Jaya, and other private-owned companies were internationally-respected, before Asian crisis 1998 came to blow them hard. Now, some of them already venturing overseas, some still stuck. HUMPUSS is one of the abovementioned companies which really has all the capacity to go worldwide, regardless its stupid political controversy. Go Go, HUMPUSS !