The sun shone brightly one morning in Surabaya Port, East Java, setting a-shimmer a sea lined with muted, grey warships docked along the vast harbor. To the side stood one giant crimson-colored vessel, probed and prodded by dozens of men all across its surface still unfinished.<br /><br />"This is a work in progress of the second strategic sealift vessel [SSV] warship to be delivered to the Philippines,” a man dressed in cerulean uniform and white hard hat said proudly.<br /><br />The man, M. Firmansyah Arifin, is the president director of state-owned shipbuilder PT. PAL Indonesia (PAL). He recently took The Jakarta Post team across the extensive grounds of the company's shipyard.<br /><br />Read our Longform story, 'Achieving mastery of the seas', here: http://www.thejakartapost.com/longform/2016/08/29/achieving-mastery-of-the-seas-indonesian-warship-factory-quietly-serves-the-world.html<br /><br />(Liza Yosephine/ The Jakarta Post)
