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Maritime container supply chain costs are set to be drastically reduced in Indonesia, should Joko Widodow’s new government push through its Sea Toll programme which would see a wide-ranging transformation of the country’s port and shipping network.

With its enormous population – at just over 250m it is the fourth largest country in the world behind China, India and the US – Indonesia could potentially be an economic powerhouse.

Agility Logistics Asia-Pacific chief executive Chris Price told The Loadstar: “Based on the ...