On Wednesday, June 5 2024, BAKAMLA RI (Indonesian Coast Guard) re-visited UNDIP to discuss patrol ship/aircraft coverage and RADAR and long range camera monitoring coverage. Prof. Jamari, S.T., M.T. welcomed the arrival of the middle officers and first officers of BAKAMLA RI to discuss with lecturers from the Faculty of Engineering UNDIP about ship operations, RADAR and cameras to maintain national maritime security. “With such a huge ocean coverage, BAKAMLA must take into account the most appropriate technology, not just cheap, but technology that is value for money,” he stressed. Furthermore, the Dean of the UNDIP Faculty of Engineering hopes that UNDIP and BAKAMLA can design an MoU and Cooperation Agreement that bridges work that is truly carried out together and of course mutually beneficial.
Colonel Gontri Nopel, S.Pd., M.A.P. from the Indonesian Bakamla Policy Directorate said that the purpose of the visit to campuses was to obtain input regarding the preparation of the 2024 National Maritime Security Index. This officer from the Indonesian Navy’s Marine Unit explained the 6 dimensions of the IKLN assessment, namely ship and aircraft patrol capacity, monitoring capacity RADAR and long range cameras, controlling maritime crimes, controlling violations at sea, controlling pollution at sea, and controlling accidents at sea.
The discussion session began with views from the Geodetic Engineering lecturer, Dr. Yasser Wahyuddin regarding the need for Bakamla RI to adopt what has been done by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). According to him, BNPB has been quite productive in issuing regulations to agencies that serve as guidelines for synchronizing disaster prevention and management in Indonesia. The lecturer who specializes in smart cities and public policy also proposed adding the Human Resource Capacity dimension as part of the IKLN assessment.
Dr. Firman Hadi, S.Si. M.T., in his presentation, encouraged Bakamla RI to use RADAR technology from satellites to patch empty areas that are not reached by patrol ships/planes and coastal RADAR. The Coordinator of the Spatial Data Science Laboratory – Department of Geodetic Engineering conveyed the need to develop an algorithm for detecting ship objects and oil vehicles quickly and accurately using radar images, such as Sentinel-1 and TerraSAR-X.
An overview of technical aspects of telecommunications and RADAR was delivered by Sukiswo, S.T., M.T from the Department of Electrical Engineering UNDIP. The Coordinator of the Telecommunications and Signal Processing Lab conveyed the need for Bakamla to collaborate with the Ministry of Transportation to place radar and long range cameras on hundreds of radio stations owned by the Ministry of Transportation. The discussion was very dynamic with a presentation from Colonel Muhamad Amin, S.Pd., M.A.P. and Captain Nurman Arifin S.Pd also explained the maritime security activities that had been implemented and development plans for the next few years.
At the end of the discussion, the Head of the Geodetic Engineering Department – Dr. L. M. Sabri, S.T., M.T. – emphasized the importance of collaboration between lecturers at the Faculty of Engineering UNDIP with researchers and practitioners of BAKAMLA RI to develop modern marine security monitoring devices. The very minimal visual monitoring of ships or patrol aircraft can actually be overcome by optimizing satellite radar technology and societies partisipations. Participatory mapping based on crowdsourcing should be used applied in developing effective, efficient, and up-to-date maritime security information system in the future.
