Adjusting Our Sails
to forge forward
Founder's Profile
Soedarpo Sastrosatomo was born in Pangkalan Susu, North Sumatera, Indonesia, on 30 June 1920.
In October 1952, Soedarpo Sastrosatomo established NVPD Soedarpo Corporation, his first business line that engaged in trading, import and distribution.
On 1 March 1953, Soedarpo took over NV ISTA (Internationale Scheepvaart Transport Agenturen) and became the Managing Director. In November later that year, Soedarpo created Indonesia Stevedoring Ltd (INSTEL). In 1956, INSTEL acquired Stroohoeden Veem (which then became PT Sinar Harapan Veem Indonesia - SHVI), the biggest stevedoring and warehousing company in Surabaya at that time.
On 13 November 1964, through ISTA, INSTEL, Soedarpo started PT Perusahaan Pelayaran Samudera "Samudera Indonesia", which he held the position as President Director until the year 2000 and as President Commissioner until his passing on 22 October 2007.
Throughout his career, Soedarpo was active in various professional and social organisations, among others as the General Chairman of INSA (Indonesian National Shipowners' Association). Soedarpo was also known as one of the District Governors of Rotary International in Indonesia, and founder as well as the Chairman of the Rotary Indonesian Foundation.
In 1985, Soedarpo received the "Orde Van Oranje-Nassau" award from the Kingdom of Holland for his services for the community. In 1995, he received "Bintang Mahaputra Pratama" from the President of Indonesia. On 28 September 2000, Soedarpo was honored to be in the "Asia Maritime Hall of Fame" as an award for his career in building Samudera Indonesia as one of the well-respected players in the Asian maritime industry.
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Table of
Contents
- About Samudera
- Our Milestones
- Service Network
- Message from Chairman
- CEO's Statement on Operational Review
- Board of Directors
- Key Management Personnel
- Group Structure
- Our Subsidiaries
- Our Joint Venture
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Sustainability Report
- Financial Highlights
- Corporate Information
Vision
Connecting
Indonesia
and Beyond
Mission
- Providing transportation services to meet the demand of distribution activities
- Positively contribute to the economic growth by providing efficient logistics solutions
- To ensure sustainable business growth and deliver additional value to shareholders
- Actively participating in creating employment and developing human capital
Values
about SAMUDERA
Integrity and Professionalism
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Over the past years, Samudera Shipping Line Ltd has been serving its customers in transporting and managing their cargo across various ports in Asia. The Group has progressively established a good track record of professionalism and competency in its field, and, through prudent management and a well-managed expansion strategy, has successfully built up its position as a credible and well-respected industry player today.
Leveraging its extensive network, Samudera's Container Shipping business segment offers reliable feeder services between its "hub" port in Singapore and other
"spoke" ports in Asia, as well as inter-regional container shipping services to manufacturers, exporters and importers. Its vessels currently ply trade routes connecting various ports in Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, the Far East and the Middle East. The Group serves a wide spectrum
of shippers from its headquarters in Singapore, and via representative and agency offices in various cities in Asia.
In the Bulk and Tanker business segment, Samudera provides shipping services for oil, chemical, gas, liquefied products, as well as dry bulk across the region. Through its subsidiary, Samudera also offers such services within the Indonesian domestic market.
Samudera's operating fleet, which comprises vessels owned and leased by the Group, currently stands at 29. This comprises 24 container vessels, 4 chemical tankers and 1 gas tanker. The Group continues to renew its fleet by acquiring, disposing and leasing vessels where appropriate.
The Group continues to expand its participation along the logistics value chain as part of its effort to enhance its value to customers. The off-shore logistics services offered by the Group include warehousing, freight forwarding and cargo handling within Asia.
Samudera is listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.
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Our MILESTONES
1993 | 1994 | 1996 | 1997 | 2002 |
Incorporated | Began feeder | Expanded into the | Listed on the | To anticipate |
in Singapore as | routes to Jakarta | dry bulk carrier and | Singapore Stock | business growth |
a provider of | and Bangkok, | tanker business. | Exchange (Sesdaq). | and manage our |
container shipping | which were | Subsequently, | extensive service | |
services. | subsequently | upgraded to | network, the | |
extended to | the Main Board | Group started joint | ||
India, Sri Lanka, | listing status, on | ventures (JVs) in | ||
Malaysia and other | the Singapore | Malaysia and India. | ||
Indonesia ports. | Exchange | The business of the | ||
Securities Trading | JV is to represent | |||
Limited. | and act as agent | |||
for Samudera's | ||||
shipments and | ||||
also to represent | ||||
as agent for | ||||
other shipping | ||||
companies in | ||||
Malaysia and India. |
2014
Launched Cambodia feeder service, with a weekly sailing linking Singapore and Sihanoukville.
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2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2011 |
A joint venture | Entered into | Launched | Took delivery of | As part of the |
with a local Thai | LNG shipping by | Chittagong | two additional | effort to manage |
company was set | investing in a joint | Express service, | container vessels | cost and capacity |
up to strengthen | venture company, | linking Singapore | with capacities of | more efficiently, |
our container | LNG East-West | and Chittagong, | 1,740 TEUs each, | the Group acquired |
shipping presence | Shipping Company | which extends the | to strengthen | three container |
in Thailand. | (Singapore) Pte | network coverage | container shipping | vessels with |
Limited. | of the Indian | business. | capacities from | |
Took delivery of | Subcontinent. | Commenced | 1,054 TEUs to | |
1,060 TEUs. | ||||
additional two units | Yangon Express | |||
of chemical tankers | service, linking | |||
with capacity of | Myanmar directly | |||
11,244 DWT and | with markets in | |||
10,600 DWT each. | Southeast Asia | |||
These tankers | region. | |||
currently operate | ||||
in the Indonesian | ||||
waters. |
2015 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Introduced a | Started | Started ISO | Launched 2 | Established | Achieved |
weekly service | warehousing | Tank business | additional | Samudera | highest ever |
to Songkhla, | activities | which provides | services to | Tankers to re- | turnover. |
connecting | in Malaysia | transportation | Pontianak and | enter into the | Ventured into |
Singapore- | through a joint | service for | Pasir Gudang. | regional tanker | |
warehousing | |||||
Kuantan- | venture with a | chemical and | business. | ||
Took delivery | and | ||||
Songkhla, to | local Malaysian | other liquid | |||
of two units | distribution | ||||
tap on new | company. | products using | |||
of 1,900 TEUs | centre in | ||||
market and to | tank containers | ||||
vessel through | Indonesia. | ||||
expand our | in the Asia | ||||
long-term time | Took delivery | ||||
liner business. | region. | ||||
charter. | |||||
of two units of | |||||
Samudera | |||||
20,000 DWT | |||||
Logistics | |||||
chemical | |||||
DWC LLC was | |||||
tankers for the | |||||
incorporated | |||||
international | |||||
as a logistics | |||||
market. | |||||
arm in Dubai, | |||||
United Arab | |||||
Emirates. |
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