The selection of the International Port Design Standards applicable for Indonesia

Abstract

As of today, almost all the engineer, experts, and student in Indonesia face confusion and edginess concerning designing of Port Infrastructure, mainly due to the absence of a design Standards legally valid for domestic purpose. On the other hand, several standards or guide lines or codes are available and internationally recognized and applied in many places for many years solely without unaffiliated standards. 3 (three) International standards are selected for evaluation to be thoroughly adapted to the Design Standards of Indonesia are British Standards (BS 6349), the German Standards (EAU 2004), and the Standards Design Criteria for Port and Harbor in Japan (OCDI, 2009). The criteria applied during evaluation and selection process based on the observation output from about 300 selected projects within Indonesia. Finally, the British Standards proved to give the best matched for the condition of Indonesia.