This Government Of Republic of Indonesia's state owned company is the biggest ferry operator in Southeast Asia with more than 140 vessels operating around Indonesian islands, which comprised of 17.636 islands. ASDP's core businesses are port and ferry operator. The biggest port managed is Pelabuhan Merak in Banten province, which is the biggest crossing port in Indonesia. This port is the main logistic route for manufacturing products from Java and agricultural products from Sumatera island. Established in 1973, now ASDP have more than 4000 employees consist of sailor, port management operator and office staff. ASDP operate under the Ministry of Transportation as technical and law stakeholder while Ministry of State Owned Companies for the financial. Faik Fahmi is the current CEO replacing Danang S. Baskoro which moved to Angkasa Pura in 2016.