In response to rapid growth of marine industry in Indonesia, Jakarta will host Indonesia’s No. 1 Marine & Port Technology, Shipping Logistics, Security and Industry Event - Indo Marine 2010 Expo and Forum from 10 - 13 November 2010 at JIExpo Kemayoran - Jakarta, Indonesia. Supported by the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries, Indonesian Maritime Security Coordinating Board, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Trade, Indonesian Ship Building and Offshore Association, Indonesia National Shipowners' Association, and Indonesian Exhibition Companies Association (IECA). Indo Marine 2010 Expo and Forum is very important show for the Indonesian and Asian Regions commercial marine industry.

Marine Transportation Forum
Forum to discuss the systematic growth of maritime freight traffic such as increase in energy and mineral cargoes, marine transportation systems, globalisation, technical improvement, economies of scale, and regional cooperation.  

In Indonesia, there are 116 small islands and groups of small islands, Indonesia as an archipelagic country with 17,500 islands and a coastline of more than 81,000 kilometers, approximately 110 million people live in coastal areas.

Merchant marine: total: 965 ships (1000 GRT or over) 4,409,198 GRT/5,825,591 DWT by type: bulk carrier 53, cargo 522, chemical tanker 25, container 66, liquefied gas 7, livestock carrier 1, passenger 44, passenger/cargo 67, petroleum tanker 155, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 11, specialized tanker 8, vehicle carrier 4.