Analysis of fishing vessel safety policy in Lamongan Indonesia

Aris Sarjito
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Aris Sarjito: Indonesian Defense University, Bogor, Indonesia

Journal of Advances in Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019, vol. 5, issue 2, 66-75

Abstract: Fishing activities are one of the most dangerous activities at sea. According to (Chan, Hamid, & Mokhtar, 2016) in “A Theoretical Review of Human Errors in Maritime Accidents”, “the most significant problems affecting cruise safety are collisions, fires, overturning and drowning. Maritime accidents result in loss of human life, loss of property, and pollution”. Therefore, shipping safety and security factors must be considered because it is the main thing to support the success of the fishing operation. Fishing vessels must be in seaworthy conditions, namely fulfilling technical and nautical requirements from aspects of shipping safety before sailing. This research highlights the problem of the completeness of the safety of fishing vessels in Brondong, East Java, Indonesia. Brondong Nusantara Fisheries Port is one of the largest fishing ports in East Java, with a total of 1,546 fishing vessels. Ironically, in the study, it was found that only 4% of all fishing vessels had vessel certificates that were still active. This study uses a qualitative analysis approach, which aims to describe and analyze the phenomena relating to the implementation of fishing vessel safety policies carried out by the Indonesian Minister of Transportation No. KM 46 of 1996 concerning Certification of the Sea Worthiness of Fishing Vessels, which requires that every Fishing Vessel meet the requirements of seaworthiness before sailing. This research is important because the phenomenon of lack of safety equipment for fishing vessels in Brondong has been going on for decades, and there is almost no solution to this problem. The weak implementation of fishing vessel safety regulations in Brondong is due to weak law enforcement, lack of supervision from local authorities, and weak purchasing power of boat owners for ship safety equipment.

Keywords: Safety of fishing vessel; Seaworthiness of fishing vessel; Nationality Certificate of the Ship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.20474/jahss-5.2.2

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