| dc.description.abstract | The services of an "Ekspedisi Muatan Kapal Laut
(EMKL)", _as a sea transportation company, as mentioned in
article 7 paragraph 1 Act. No, 21/1992 (UU No. 21 Tahun
1992) have a number of Tegal aspects. Given the roles of
EWKL in shipping goods are increasing from year to year
comitant with the development of Indonesiar economy, it is
therefore necessary to analyze more throughly the legal
aspects of the sea transportation
This research attemps to examine the following
questions
1, What are roles of an EMKL Company in relation with
transportating goods by ships ?
2. To what extent is the responsibility of an EMKL
company if the goods are damage or missing ?
3. Are there any barrirs, technically and operational-
ly, faced by the EMKL company due to the incomplete
ness of the rules governing the sea transportation ?
There are three types of data collection techniques
used in this study namely library research, Questionnaires,
and interviews. The Unit of analysis 1s ENKL/UJPT company
The sample consists of 24 EMKL/UJPT Company (10 EMKL umum,
10 UaPT and 4 EMKL khusus). In addition, data are also
obtained from the Belawan port authority. This study is a
legal normative research with qualitative descriptive
approach. The data found in this study are presented
descriptively and qualitatively and then the data are
compared with the existing laws and regulation.
The research findings should that the cole of the
EMKL/UJPT as an intermediary is to bridge the needs of the
goods owner and the transport company. As a shipper, the
role of the EMKL/UJPT begins since the goods arrives and
delivered by the transport company to the EMKL/UJPT or since
the EMKL /UJPT receives the goods from owner and hands them
over to the transport company. Based on article 8 KUHD and
SK Menhub PM 7/M/Ph.b.74 Article 4.(2).e., an EMKL/UJPT can
also offers storage services.
The EMKL/UJPT companies often encounters problems in
their shipping activities. Some of the problems are missing
or damage goods, shringkage, late arrival, less. quantity,
late loading or unloading, etc. All of these problems
certainly bring losses to the goods owners. If the losses
are due to the quantity of the goods is less than it | should | en_US |
