JAKARTA - The Head of the TNI AL Information Service (Kadispenal) First Admiral TNI Tunggul said that the United States-owned ship that crossed the Malacca Strait was only transit or Transit Passage Rights (Transit Passage).
"In response to foreign ships passing through the Malacca Strait, the rights of ships, including warships passing through the waters, are Transit Passage Rights (Transit Passage)," said Tunggul as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, April 20.
Tunggul said that foreign ships could use this right because the Malacca Strait is one of the international shipping routes.
He continued, the transit rights are valid according to Articles 37, 38 and 38 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Indonesia itself has ratified UNCLOS through Law number 17 of 1985 concerning the ratification of UNCLOS. With this law, Indonesia directly recognizes the existence of the Malacca Strait as an international shipping lane.
However, Tunggul emphasized that all ships passing through must respect Indonesia as a coastal country.
The ships are also required to comply with various regulations to prevent ship collisions and marine pollution due to fuel.
"As long as the foreign ship is in transit, it must not violate the provisions in accordance with the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG) 1972 on the prevention of collisions at sea and Marine Pollution (Marpol) on the prevention of pollution from ships," concluded Tunggul.
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