The Importance of Human Resources Development and its Impact in Increasing of National Port Productivity

Problems of Ports in Indonesia are very complex. One of the problems is about Human Resources Development (HRD), which is very fundamental issues that directly affect in many aspects. HRD in quality and quantity aspect has become the vision, listed in the Master Plan of National Ports. One of the most important things is the improvement of human resources of handling equipments, because the technical workers in ports play important roles in determining the productivity. Some sample of ports are taken from secondary data and survey was done in Boombaru Port, Palembang. The majority of workers of containers handling are from non-shipping/maritime school. Then, 80% of training system for new workers is only about on the job training. The training system does not have good structure, which consists of theory and practice of using the equipment. Infact, Boombaru Port in Palembang, operates two container cranes. When loading and unloading, operating processes are conducted by 20 workers, who work together in handling one crane on the ship's dock. About 15 of workers operate equipment for loading and unloading, while the rests supervise the workers. Then, the calculation of the needed workers at the Port to achieve optimal loading and unloading, can be used from the assumed number of workers per gang times number of berth times number of cranes. This paper aims to (1) count the number of workers for Handling Equipment and (2) to plan the development of HR more effectively based on the production of National Ports.