The Future of Port State Control in Indonesia

Port State Control (PSC) is the inspection of foreign ships in national ports to verify that the condition
of the ship and equipment in accordance with the requirements of international regulations and that
the ship is manned and operated in accordance with these rules. Port State Control inspectors in the
most important technical work many IMO conventions contain provisions for ships to be inspected
when they visit foreign ports to ensure that they meet the requirements of IMO.

Port State Control (PSC) begin to form as raised awareness of a country to protect areas of the country,
especially in the maritime sector that causes environmental pollution caused by ships both local and
foreign ships coming into the country. Failure tasks performed by the Flag State to always supervise
and ensure kelaiklautan flagged vessels that country is the background of these reasons.
IMO has encouraged the establishment of regional organizations in several countries to draw up port
maritime agreements. It triggers the emergence of the agreement / MoU (Memorandum of
Understanding) from some countries are concerned, as for example is the Paris MoU (regions of
Europe and North Atlantic), Tokyo MoU (Asia and Pacific region), etc.

In the implementation of the purpose of the establishment of port state control Every day the number
of ships to be selected for Port State Control inspection of the entire region. To facilitate these
elections, the central computer database MOU, being consulted by PSCOs for data on specific vessel
and previous inspection reports done in this area. If the ship had been examined in the MOU region
during the previous six months and, on that occasion and the ship is said to meet the requirements
spelled out but if the vessel does not meet all the requirements then the ship will go through further
examination.

In selecting ships for inspection MOU Authority will give priority to:

1. The ship visited the port State, the Authority of which is a signatory to the Memorandum, for the
first time or setelahadanya 12 months or more. In the absence of appropriate data for this purpose,
the Authority shall rely on the data available in information systems and inspect ships not
registered in the information;

2. Ships flying the flag State appearing in the three-year rolling average table above-average
detentions and delays published in the annual report of this MOU;

3. Ships which have been permitted to leave the port State, the Authority of which is a signatory to
the Memorandum, in
4. conditions noted deficiencies must be corrected within a specified period, upon expiry of that
period;

5. Ships which have been reported by pilots or port authorities as having deficiencies which may be
detrimental to safe navigation;

6. The ship that certificate on the ship's construction and equipment, issued in accordance with the
relevant legal instruments and the classification certificates, have been issued by an organization
which is not recognized by the Authority;

7. The vessel carrying dangerous goods or pollutants, which have failed to report all relevant
information regarding the particular ship, ship movements and the dangerous or polluting goods
are brought into the port authorities and coastal State;

8. Ships which are in a category which expanded inspection has been decided. Ships which have been
suspended from their class for safety reasons in the course of the previous six months.

All vessels are to be surveyed and verified by Flag State so that relevant certificates and can be used
to determine how the boat was designed, built, maintenance and managerial so in accordance with
the requirements of the IMO Conventions, Codes, and other instruments. In accordance with IMO
resolution A. 787 (19) Port State Control (PSC) in the examination is divided into three examinations,
namely:

1. Examination of goods (Initial Inspection)

2. More detailed checks (Details Inspection)
3. Reexamination (Following Inspection)

Examples of the problems when performing survet stae port control, in terms of loss of steering, the
steering capability will be back in no more than 45 seconds. Steering control of the bridge did not
come back for at least three minutes after good energy steering pump operational test .During the
steering device, when changing from right-to-port mode, the wheel will swing hard to port without a
rudder command begins. The crew noted the broken system at sea, but failed to report. During the
exam PSC, which PCSO found about four meters of water in both the port and the right anchor chain
locker. During the extended test, Forepeak ballast tanks was heard and contains four ballast water
meter, shows free communication between Forepeak ballast tank and the second anchor chain locker.
The main switchboard does not have a suitable guard in place on the back to prevent crew members
from related menjaditerkena hazard.
Foreign ship inspections conducted by the PSC is divided into several priority, ie lower priority, less
priority, medium priority, high priority, and a very high priority based on existing provisions in the
MoU yanga followed by the port state. Ships entering the port area and the state has a lower priority
will be overseen by the PSC more intense than a ship with other priorities.

In Indonesia there is a problem about he task of port State control is still monopolized by the
Government relied on government inspectors (Syahbandar) but they are very limited effort and the
knowledge to examine the various types of responsibility and type of vessel entering and leaving the
harbor in Indonesia. The government is still only dreaming of ships belonging to any national activities
carried out in or out of the country should be flagged Indonesia. This way of thinking was already very
missed.

Distrust arises whether the Government was not aware of the changes that occurred in the shipping
business for the last thirty years. Our suspicion is precisely the elements occupying official positions,
may have been satisfied using rules like "Dispensation Terms Flag", regulations OB 23. Ships coming
out of Indonesia addressed again as temporary imported goods, need to be made procedure (PIB) by
customs excise and other congregational way favorable elements officials. In fact, the mechanism of
foreign ships entering, staying temporarily for loading / unloading of cargo or work and out again from
the waters of Indonesia already exists and is set in the IMO Convention (FAL Convention, 1965).

As a result, the main task of the Government to maintain and oversee the safety of domestic shipping
even less attention; do not be surprised if there are many accidents at sea. Examples of the lack of
seriousness Syahbandar supervise and inspect ships will sail passenger load exceeds the capacity. KM
Senopati Nusantara sank in the north of Semarang a few years ago, KM Levina I caught fire and sank
in the waters of Tanjung Priok claimed the lives of hundreds of people.

Another example of such a passenger ferry boat from Pare-Pare to Samarinda. Appropriate written by
one of the Faculty Shipping UNHAS Ir. Ganding Sitepu, that the ship KM Teratai Prima was used
without papers-sea-worthy. The proof is not registered in the Register Book BKI (Bureau of
Classification Indonesia). The ship was capsized and sank in Majene waters on the date January 11,
2009 and claimed the lives of more than 300 passengers and crew.

The government should act decisively this, because what if the port state ontrol not held in people
who semstinya go directly address the issue, then things these accidents will continue. With penindak
sharpness of this meal the risk of accidents can be reduced.

Refererences :

1. John N. K. Mansell ( 2009 ), Flag State Responsibility

2. International Maritime Organization (2001 ), Procedures for Port State Control
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