Facing sustained operational pressures in Indonesia’s port sector, Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) achieved zero fatal workplace accidents in 2025, a benchmark it describes as critical to maintaining reliability, customer confidence and business sustainability.
The achievement was formally recognized with the Zero Fatality 2025 certificate at the Pelindo Safety Forum 2026, held on Feb. 10–11 by state-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo).
For JICT, the Indonesia’s largest international container terminal, the award comes at a time when efficiency demands and logistics activity are intensifying. The company handles high volumes of vessels, heavy equipment and stacked containers, an environment where operational risks are inherent and constant.
President Director Ade Hartono said safety performance has become inseparable from business performance.
“In the container terminal business, downtime caused by safety incidents directly affects throughput, service levels and customer trust,” Ade said on Wednesday. “Zero fatalities is not only an occupational health and safety achievement, it is part of our strategy to safeguard business sustainability and competitiveness.”
Safety as a Business Variable
Ports operate on tight schedules, where delays can ripple across supply chains. According to Ade, workplace safety is therefore no longer viewed as a compliance obligation alone, but as an economic variable that influences reliability and investor confidence.
JICT has embedded safety management into its broader corporate risk framework, treating incident prevention as a core operational control. The company says each incident investigation feeds into process improvements aimed at strengthening system reliability.
“We see safety as risk control integrated into the business system,” Ade said. “Every investigation produces lessons learned. Every lesson learned strengthens operational reliability. This is an investment, not a cost.”
The approach reflects a broader shift within the port sector toward preventative risk management, particularly as equipment density and vessel traffic increase.
The Safety Forum 2026, themed “Collaboration of All Pelindo Group Personnel to Achieve Zero Fatality,” gathered entities across the Pelindo Group to align safety standards and review lessons from incidents recorded in 2025.
Discussions covered implementation guidelines for the Contractor Safety Management System (CSMS), the development of an integrated occupational health and safety ecosystem, and the optimization of investigation outcomes to improve system maturity.
In addition to recognizing JICT’s zero-fatality record, the forum awarded a 2025 Best Investigator honor to a JICT employee for contributions to incident investigations and corrective actions, highlighting what Pelindo officials described as a shift from reactive response to preventive strategy.
Balancing Speed and Safety
Indonesia’s ports play a critical role in supporting trade flows in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. As competition among regional hubs intensifies, terminal operators face pressure to move cargo faster while maintaining operational resilience.
“Operational excellence is not measured solely by how fast loading and unloading are completed, but by how safe and controlled the entire process is,” Ade said. “Zero fatalities indicate that the system is functioning as intended.”
With the recognition, JICT positions itself as a benchmark for occupational safety practices in Indonesia’s port sector, underscoring its view that commercial performance and workplace safety are not competing priorities, but mutually reinforcing pillars of long-term growth.