Forced to Raise Prices
Business owners are scrambling to cope with the weakening rupiah. Government measures are considered ineffective.
Praga Utama
May 11, 2026
FERRY operators are demanding that the government fulfill its promise. They are urging the Transportation Ministry to implement adjustments to interprovincial ferry tariffs that have been pending since 2024. “Operating costs keep rising,” Aminuddin Rifai, Secretary-General of the Indonesian River, Lake, and Ferry Transportation Operators Association (Gapasdap), told Tempo on Thursday, May 7, 2026.
According to Aminuddin, ferry o
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