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Europe’s inland barge sector is facing renewed pressure as falling water levels on the Rhine threaten to worsen congestion across key freight corridors. The situation highlights the increasing vulnerability of inland waterway transport to a combination of operational constraints and climate-related challenges, prompting concerns among shippers, logistics providers, and policymakers about the future reliability of European supply chains.

Indonesia’s upstream oil and gas sector has been formally exempted from the government’s newly proposed one-stop export governance system, signaling Jakarta’s attempt to balance stronger state control over natural resources with the need to preserve investor confidence.

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has announced a major overhaul of the country’s natural resource export system. Under the new policy, the Indonesian government will appoint state-owned enterprises (BUMN) as the sole channels for exporting the nation’s natural resource commodities abroad.