Ministry of Transportation tightens supervision of operational activities at ports

Jakarta - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) is tightening efforts to supervise and regulate port use permits, including control in granting operational permits, to ensure smoothness and compliance with applicable regulations.

"A number of efforts continue to be intensively carried out by the Ministry of Transportation to improve supervision and regulation of port usage permits, one of which is by tightening supervision in granting operational permits for activities at ports," said the Director General of Sea Transportation at the Ministry of Transportation, Antoni Arif Priadi, in a statement in Jakarta, Friday.

He said that the Ministry of Transportation has issued operational permits for ports listed in the National Port Master Plan (RIPN), including permits for Special Terminals (Tersus) and Terminals for Self-Interest (TUKS) which have processed permits to become Port Business Entities (BUP).

"Apart from that, the Ministry of Transportation has never issued operational permits for unofficial ports," he said.

He said that there are 636 existing port locations in the RIPN based on the Decree of the Minister of Transportation Number KP 432 of 2017 concerning the National Port Master Plan, consisting of 28 Main Ports, 164 Collector Ports, 166 Regional Feeder Ports, and 278 Local Feeder Ports.

In addition, there are 1,322 planned port locations and 57 terminals which are part of public ports.

He explained that the ports listed in the RIPN are ports that will be planned for construction, operation, and development. For that, all ports must have permits and be managed well based on Good Corporate Governance (GCG).

"No one should abuse their function by serving port activities for interests other than those specified," Antoni emphasized.

One of the characteristics of a port that has a permit is that it usually displays a port nameplate, including Tersus and TUKS which install a Business Licensing Legality Information Board in accordance with the Decree of the Director General of Sea Transportation Number A.963/AL.308/DJPL.

"Regarding the Implementation of the Installation of Legality Information Boards for Business Licensing for Special Terminals/Terminals for Self-Interest (TUKS) and Special Terminals/Terminals for Self-Interest (TUKS) Temporarily Serving the Public Interest," he said again.

By installing the sign, the public and related parties can easily find out the legality of port or terminal operations according to applicable regulations.