VERIFIED GROSS MASS PROVISIONS AND PORT ACCIDENT PREVENTION

Abstract

Palm oil shipments are mostly exported/imported via sea transportation. To increase cargo
protection and ship-accident prevention, all shipping-service users in the world are required
to implement Verified Gross Mass which is must be well-applied in the shipping world
because it concerns the safety of the goods, people, and the ship itself. The purpose of this
research is to find out how the VGM procedure affects the palm oil exports. The research
used empirical juridical research methods by conducting field research. The data collection
was performed by an empirical juridical study that compares primary and secondary data
with existing data in the field and being analyzed using a qualitative research approach. The
result showed that the statutory regulations governing VGM are the Minister of
Transportation's Regulation Number PM 53 of 2018. The implementation of VGM at
Belawan port is by PM 53 of 2018 and Circular from Belawan International Container
Terminal which is including the principle of legal certainty, benefit and justice, where every
export container that will be loaded onto the ship must be verified on the weight of the
container and equipped with a VGM certificate document which has received a
recommendation from the Main Port Authority Office Belawan.