JAKARTA, Jan. 26 -- Indonesia has made new history in the international maritime arena as an archipelagic state in the world that has a sea flow separation scheme or "Traffic Separation Scheme" (TSS).
In a written statement in Jakarta on Friday, the new history was marked by the decision of the International Maritime Organization Plenary Session (IMO) Sub-Committee of the 6th Navigation Communication and Search and Rescue (NCSR) on Friday (25/1), which approved and ratified the TSS in the Sunda Strait and Lombok Strait proposed by Indonesia. It will subsequently be adopted at the 101st IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) Meeting in June 2019.
Director General of Sea Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation R Agus H Purnomo said th...