Indonesia and Russia Strengthen Shipbuilding Cooperation with Focus on Investment and Technology Transfer
Indonesia is opening up wider cooperation opportunities with Russia to strengthen the national shipbuilding industry. The collaboration being explored targets not only investment, but also technology transfer, human resource development and joint production to enhance the competitiveness of Indonesia’s maritime industry.
This step was one of the agenda items at the forum Building an Indonesia–Russia Shipbuilding Partnership: Developing Maritime Industrial Cooperation for Indonesia, Russia and the ASEAN Market, held at the Indonesia Pavilion, Hall 4, during INNOPROM 2026 in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said cooperation with Russia holds strategic value because it can strengthen the foundations of the national maritime industry through technology transfer and increased capacity of domestic industry.
“Industrial cooperation in shipbuilding with Russia presents an opportunity for Indonesia to strengthen maritime industrial capacity through investment, technology transfer, human resource development and production collaboration,” Agus said at the forum on Wednesday (8/7).
According to him, the partnership is expected to raise the competitiveness of the national shipbuilding industry while opening wider access to the ASEAN market. With improved domestic industrial capabilities, Indonesia is expected to play a larger role in the region’s maritime supply chain.
The forum brought together Indonesian shipbuilding and ship component industry associations with a number of Russian shipyard companies. The meeting was used to explore business opportunities as well as discuss potential technology development and industrial cooperation. The discussion was moderated by Feby Setyo Hariyono, Secretary of the Directorate General of Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment and Electronics Industries (ILMATE) at the Ministry of Industry.
For Indonesia, the cooperation is considered relevant given the growing need for a shipbuilding industry. As an archipelagic nation with more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia requires a strong maritime industry to support logistics distribution, inter-island transport, the fisheries sector, offshore energy activities and more equitable economic development.