JAKARTA - The Tanjung Priok Port Police, AKBP Aris Wibowo, carried out a crackdown on a number of ships that were piled up at the Muara Angke Port, North Jakarta on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
According to the results of the coordination, currently the Pelabuhan Muara Angke pool has an area of about 1,200 meters with an ideal capacity of about 1,000 units of ships.
However, the facts on the ground show that the number of vessels that are leaning has reached 2,564 units, causing overload conditions and hindering the movement of the ship.
"The main problem that is felt by fish boat entrepreneurs is the density of the ship which is far beyond the capacity of the port pond," said AKBP Aris Wibowo when confirmed, Thursday, January 29.
In addition, the queue for filling fuel at the Muara Angke gas station also exacerbated the situation.
Currently, the SPBU is only able to serve around 6 to 8 ships per day, down from the previous 12 to 14 ships per day.
"However, the availability of fuel quotas is not a problem," he said.
At the Muara Angke Port, there are two fuel filling facilities, namely a gas station on Jalan Pendaratan Udang Dermaga Muara Angke with a quota of 60,000 KL per year.
Then SPBB Bintang Muara Jaya with a quota of 7,000 KL per year.
Apart from ship density, he continued, there are a number of other factors that cause many ships not to operate, including the relaxation of the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) rules for ships above 30 GT, bad weather conditions, ships that have not operated for more than three years but are still leaning in the dock pool, and ship repair activities that are not in place.
"In addition, the process of issuing SIPI (Fishing Permit) is still a constraint even though around 90 percent of SIPI in the Muara Angke area have been issued," he said.
As a follow-up, the UPPP Muara Angke together with the Sunda Kelapa Police routinely carry out the control of boats that are piled up in the dockyard to open the shipping channel, especially for boats that have finished filling fuel.
"Efforts to enforce discipline are carried out every day so that the mobility of ships continues to run and the kamtibmas situation remains conducive," he said.
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