Navigating Global Challenges, Pertamina's Fleet Supports Energy Distribution
This week, Pertamina’s LPG carrier MT Gas Attaka successfully docked at the Integrated LPG Terminal Jetty in Amurang, South Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi. The vessel, with a capacity of approximately 1,700 metric tonnes of LPG, plays a crucial role in supporting LPG supply resilience in the Sulawesi and Kalimantan regions. Additionally, the LPG tanker Gas Ambalat docked at Kalbut, Situbondo. Gas Ambalat carried LPG supplies for needs in East Java and surrounding areas.
Vice President Corporate Communication of PT Pertamina (Persero), Muhammad Baron, stated that maritime routes are one of the mainstays of energy distribution for delivering fuel oil (BBM) and LPG to regions across Indonesia, an archipelagic nation.
“In the midst of global geopolitics, Pertamina remains committed to ensuring energy distribution. Our ships are en route to deliver energy to the community,” he explained in a statement on Sunday (12/4/2026).
Overall, Pertamina, through its Downstream subholding, operates 345 vessels, both owned and chartered, consisting of 271 fuel oil/basic fuel carriers, 27 crude carriers, 4 petrochemical carriers, and 43 LPG carriers.
This fleet serves various routes, including 57 underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost (3T) regions scattered across the archipelago, from Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku to Papua.
He added that ship operations are conducted by crew working in shifts around the clock to ensure safe and on-time distribution, especially in facing extreme weather challenges and geographical navigation in archipelagic areas and 3T regions.
Facing the geopolitical situation, Pertamina is also strengthening operations across all business lines. As an integrated energy company, upstream oil and gas production is being driven to increase, thereby adding to domestic production contributions.
Additionally, optimisation of refinery processing to meet energy product needs for society and the industrial sector.
In addition to operational strengthening, Pertamina is enhancing collaboration with local governments and law enforcement agencies to maintain national energy distribution governance. Pertamina supports firm actions by authorities to crack down on individuals involved in hoarding or misuse of subsidised fuel oil and LPG.
“The public can play an active role by reporting indications of energy misuse through law enforcement agencies or Pertamina Contact Center 135. Pertamina also invites the public to conserve energy together, by using energy wisely according to needs,” Baron concluded.
As a leading company in the energy transition sector, Pertamina is committed to supporting the Net Zero Emission target by 2060 and continues to promote programmes that directly impact the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
All these efforts align with Pertamina’s transformation oriented towards governance, public service, business sustainability, and the environment, by applying Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) principles across all business lines and operations of Pertamina.