Expertise: Perkapalan & Logistik

Guide to Indonesia Shipping Law

SSEK Law Firm partner Stephen Igor Warokka and senior associate Mutiara Kasih Ramadhani have contributed the Indonesia law and practice chapter to the Chambers Global Practice Guide: Shipping 2025. They provide the latest information for Indonesia on port state control, marine casualties and owners’ liability, cargo claims, maritime liens and ship arrests, passenger claims, ship-owners’ Guide to Indonesia Shipping Law

SSEK Law Firm – 17 Recommended Lawyers Across 11 Practice Areas in Legal 500 Asia Pacific

SSEK Law Firm had 17 lawyers named Recommended Lawyers across 11 practice areas in the 2025 Legal 500 Asia Pacific directory of leading law firms and lawyers in Indonesia. SSEK’s Recommended Lawyers are:   Ira A. Eddymurthy – Antitrust and Competition, Restructuring and Insolvency Rusmaini Lenggogeni – Corporate and M&A, Intellectual Property Fitriana Mahiddin – Projects SSEK Law Firm – 17 Recommended Lawyers Across 11 Practice Areas in Legal 500 Asia Pacific

SSEK Recognized as Leading Law Firm Across Practice Areas in 2025 Legal 500 Rankings for Indonesia

SSEK Law Firm is recognized as a Tier 1 firm in an impressive six practice areas in the 2025 Legal 500 Asia Pacific directory of leading law firms and lawyers, underlining SSEK’s position as one of the elite law firms in Indonesia. SSEK received a top-tier ranking for:   Corporate and M&A IT, Telecoms and SSEK Recognized as Leading Law Firm Across Practice Areas in 2025 Legal 500 Rankings for Indonesia

Shifting Tides: The Third Amendment to the Shipping Law and Its Impact on Indonesian Shipping Joint Ventures

The third amendment to Indonesia’s Shipping Law, through Law No. 66 of 2024 regarding the Third Amendment to Law No. 7 of 2008 on Shipping (“Third Amendment”), had a massive impact on Indonesian shipping joint ventures, i.e., shipping companies with a foreign entity as a shareholder (“Shipping JV”). The Third Amendment introduces, among other things, Shifting Tides: The Third Amendment to the Shipping Law and Its Impact on Indonesian Shipping Joint Ventures

Director General of Sea Transportation Reaffirms Vessel Registration Requirements for Joint Venture Shipping Companies in Indonesia

The Director General of Sea Transportation (“DGST”) of the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation has reaffirmed the ship registration requirements for joint venture shipping companies with foreign ownership by virtue of the issuance of Circular Letter No. SE–DJPL 31 of 2024 dated August 19, 2024, regarding Supervision of the Implementation of Ship Registration Activities and Licensing Director General of Sea Transportation Reaffirms Vessel Registration Requirements for Joint Venture Shipping Companies in Indonesia

Ship Arrests in Indonesia

Indonesia is a signatory to the 1999 International Convention on Arrest of Ships, but has not ratified the convention into law, so it is not yet enforceable in Indonesia. Nevertheless, ship arrests are regulated by Law No. 17 of 2008 regarding Shipping, as amended by Law No. 6 of 2023 regarding the Stipulation of Government Ship Arrests in Indonesia

Ship Collision and Salvage in Indonesia

Indonesia has ratified the 1972 International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, by way of Presidential Decree No. 50 of 1979, but has not ratified the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with respect to Collisions between Vessels. Liability in the event of ship collisions is also regulated by the Indonesian Commercial Ship Collision and Salvage in Indonesia

Indonesia Shipping Law – Registration of Mortgages

Vessel mortgages in Indonesia fall under the authority and jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation. Pursuant to Articles 28 and 29 of Minister of Transportation (MOT) Regulation No. PM 39 of 2017 regarding the Registration and Nationality of Vessels (MOT Reg 39/2017), the beneficiaries of vessel mortgages may be Indonesian or foreign citizens, banks and Indonesia Shipping Law – Registration of Mortgages