
JAKARTA (ISL News) — In order to improve the quality of reliable, humane, and sustainable transportation sector transformation in order to realize maritime environmental protection at ports in accordance with applicable regulations, the Directorate General of Sea Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation, through the Maritime Occupational Health Center (BKKP), held a Forum Group Discussion (FGD) regarding Maritime Environmental Protection Through Technical Arrangements for Reception Facilities at Ports, which took place at the Vertu Harmoni Hotel, Jakarta (2/10/2024).
Head of BKKP, Anwarudin, when opening the FGD, said that the purpose of holding this activity was to prepare Technical Regulations on Minimum Standards for Reception Facilities at ports, identify priority port locations for preparing reception facilities, and prepare SOPs for Management of Reception Facilities at the pilot project location of Tanjung Priok Port.
"As an archipelagic country connected by sea, ports in Indonesia are one of the important transportation infrastructures and are the main source of pollution or waste from ship operations and supporting activities at the port," said Anwarudin.
Therefore, Anwarudin continued, to overcome pollution due to activities in the port, each port must have a storage facility, namely all fixed, floating, or mobile facilities that are able to receive waste or polluting waste in the sea from ships and are adequate for the purpose of such storage. However, currently not all ports in Indonesia have the intended storage facilities," said Anwarudin.
Furthermore, Anwarudin explained that the function of the storage facilities that have not been maximized has resulted in the discovery of ship waste, such as used oil and food waste, which pollutes the port waters. Given the importance of storage facilities to overcome pollution due to port activities, it is necessary to compile Technical Regulations on Minimum Standards for Storage Facilities in Ports.
"The scope of the preparation of technical regulations on Minimum Standards for Reception Facilities at ports includes aspects of legality, facilities, infrastructure, human resources, ship supervision (rewards and penalties), utilization reporting mechanisms, standardization of procedures for supervision and prevention of waste misuse by third parties, and sanctions for misuse of the utilization of reception facilities," he explained.
According to Anwarudin, the procurement and utilization of these storage facilities can be carried out by the government or business entities or other companies that have obtained approval from the port organizers by referring to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) guidelines.
"The guarantee of availability and utilization of storage facilities at the port is expected to create better protection of the maritime environment," said Anwarudin.
For information, the Maritime Occupational Health Center (BKKP), which is one of the Technical Implementation Units (UPT) of the Directorate General of Sea Transportation, with the main task and function of conducting health checks on the maritime work environment, is also able to contribute to the preparation of minimum standards for the preparation of reception facilities.
In this FGD, the resource person came from the Directorate of Ports, Directorate General of Sea Transportation, who delivered material on the Ministry of Transportation's policies related to reception facilities at ports and their implementation at Tanjung Priok Port, Tanjung Emas Port, and Tanjung Perak Port. In addition, the Main KSOP Tanjung Priok also delivered material on supervision of the implementation of reception facilities at Tanjung Priok Port.
Also present as participants were representatives of the Port Directorate, Legal Affairs and Foreign Cooperation Section, Tanjung Priok Main KSOP, PT Pelindo, Tanjung Priok Health Quarantine Center, and Maritime Occupational Health Center.
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