Social and Political Economic Determination on the Sea Transportation Policy Implementation

Abstract

As a positive response to the dynamics of economic recovery efforts in Indonesia which until now is still facing a crisis related to the Covid-19 Pandemic situation, sea transportation policies also face very significant implementation problems. Indonesia, must certainly find a new format of thinking to improve practices and innovation within the framework of the implementation of the current slow-growing sea transportation policy. This study aims to comprehensively analyze the effect of economic, social, and political conditions on efforts to implement sea transportation policies in Riau Islands Province. The research uses qualitative design and presents descriptive analysis concerning economic conditions, social conditions of the community, and political conditions. The results explained that the eksternal conditions between various parties involved in the implementing sea transportation policies process in Riau Islands Province, the situation is prone to defense and security, especially for the smooth implementation of marine transportation services in the border region, as well as the low central government and local governments political will.