Cablegate: Demarche Delivered On Compliance with Isps Code: Indonesia

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SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMPLIANCE WITH ISPS CODE: INDONESIA

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JAKARTA 1690 (F)2007 STATE 111900 (G) STATE 15583

1. (SBU) On February 22, 2008 we formally demarched Director General

of Sea Transportation Effendi Batubara, Director of Sea Transport

Djoni Algamar and Head of Section for Security Affairs Mukhlis

Tohepaly that the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) will issue a Port Security

Advisory (PSA) effective on or about February 26, 2008 and that

conditions of entry will be imposed two weeks later on vessels

coming to the U.S. from within five port calls of non-exempt

Indonesian ports. The Directorate General of Sea Transportation

(DGST) officials accepted the demarche with minor protest and

expressed interest in continued cooperation with the U.S. on

improving Indonesia's port security.

2. (SBU) Batubara raised one main point of contention. He complained

that the PSA would apply to all non-exempt Indonesian ports when

USCG checked International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS)

Code compliance at just 22 port facilities, only six of which USCG

found to be insufficiently compliant. He considered 22 port

facilities out of hundreds to be too small of a sample, especially

considering that only a minority of those were not ISPS

Code-compliant.

3. (SBU) Batubara and his staff did not object to waiving the

Recognized Security Organization (RSO) requirement for private ports

operated by Chevron, Newmont and British Petroleum. However,

Tohepaly faulted the USCG for not coordinating meetings and visits

with private ports through the Directorate General of Sea

Transportation (DGST). Tohepaly said that, according to the ISPS

Code, all compliance issues should be directed to the "designated

authority."

4. (SBU) Batubara said that DGST's priority was to gain exemption

for the six public port facilities that USCG previously visited and

found to be non-compliant. Algamar requested a format for the

Alternative Security Procedure Process (ASPP) report and a list of

approved RSOs. Algamar requested that Port Security Liaison Officer

Lieutenant Commander Philemon Purganan meet with Indonesian RSOs on

his next visit to Indonesia to discuss the ASPP. Algamar also asked

for the schedule of the next USCG visit to Indonesia.

5. (SBU) DGST officials did not discuss the economic impact of the

PSA. In a January 18, 2008 meeting, Ministry of Trade officials

told us they did not know what the impact would be, but, if

necessary, shippers would redirect their cargo to exempted ports or

consolidate their shipments outside of Indonesia. In a meeting on

February 22, 2008, Australian Department of Transportation officials

said, although they are concerned, they do not have a clear idea of

the PSA's impact on Australian shipments to the U.S.

6. (SBU) Algamar asked for capacity building to help his staff

perform the regulatory function over ISPS Code compliance and port

security generally. We told them the USG is committed to the

long-term goal of helping Indonesian ports achieve ISPS Code

compliance in order to remove the PSA.

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