Factors for the implementation of electronic certification on small traditional boats and fishing vessels in Indonesia.

Abstract

On September 2019, Directorate General of Sea Transportation, the government who in charge for the safe operation of ships in Indonesia, has introduced a new model of ship certification form. It is an electronic certificate that is used for traditional boat and fishing vessel of less than 7 gross tonnage. This electronic certificate is for the first time being applied to a ship in Indonesia. This marks a new era for ship certification in Indonesia. The conventional paper format of certification had been applied before it was changed to electronic certification. Indonesia is implementing electronic certificates on traditional vessels and fishing vessels of less than 7 gross tonnage due to several reasons. The first is the need for durable form material due to lifetime validation of certificates. The second due to problems related to misuse of previous type of conventional paper format certificates that caused difficulties in determining the number of this type of vessels in Indonesia.