REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SURABAYA -- An expert in statistics predicted Indonesia's economy especially logistics sector would improve in 2016.

"I predict improvement would be recorded in a number of sectors in 2016 including in logistic sector," Kresnayana Yahya from the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) of Surabaya said.

Progress has been made in the development of sea toll program, Kresnayana cited.

Sea toll is a program of President Joko Widodo to modernize sea transport facility and build more ports to facilitate sea transport between the western part of the country and its less developed eastern region.