Security personnel are performing their duties at the Indonesian Port (Pelindo) as a Multipurpose Terminal in Belawan, Medan City, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on March 18, 2024. Continuing to serve a vital role in trade from the Malacca Strait to the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean), the Belawan port also connects routes between the Western and Eastern regions within the 'Silk Road'. According to Pelindo's annual report for 2021-2022, the Indonesian port company has recorded a flow of containers throughout 2022, with 17.22 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), an increase from the 2021 record of 17.06 million TEUs and the pre-merger figure of 15.67 million TEUs in 2020. Similarly, the flow of non-container goods has also shown positive performance, with 160 million tonnes in 2022, compared to 146.2 million tonnes in 2021 and 133.8 million tonnes in 2020. This aligns with Indonesia's economic growth, which is reflected in the increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP), showing a positive trend, especially in the post-Covid-19 pandemic period, with growth of 5.31 percent in 2022 and 3.70 percent in 2021. (Photo by Sutanta Aditya/NurPhoto) (Photo by Sutanta Aditya / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)