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Post Graduate Student of Environmental Science, School of Post Graduate Studies, Diponegoro University,
Semarang, Central Java, 50241, Indonesia
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Department of Environmental Science, School of Post Graduate Studies, Diponegoro University, Semarang,
Central Java, 50241, Indonesia, e-mail: azis_undip2013@yahoo.com, sutrisno.anggoro@yahoo.co.id
* Corresponding Authors e-mail: a_agus_tjahjono70@yahoo.co.id
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board and portside tanks. While the capacity of is only 2 meter left. NG is a cargo vessel that has
ballast water tank in S vessel is 74.4 m3 (the right Pb content 14 times higher than the quality stan-
side tank number 61), B and L is 213 m3 (the right dard (Figure 2).
and left side tank number 32). The passenger vessel of S, that has dead
Ballast water tanks in cargo vessels are sepa- weight of 1400 tons and berthed on December
rated between the right and left side. C1 vessel 19th 2014, has 11 of ballast water tank. They
from Pontianak contains Pb 0.04 mgl-1. The ves- have a total ballast water capacity of 818 tons.
sels loading fertilizer from Palembang are Y, SB, The sample was collected from ballast water tank
MP, OK, PI and IZ. They berth on Pusri wharf number 61, starboard and port side tank. The
that contains Pb from 0.005 to 0.63 mgl-1. MP is tanks are interconnected. Her ballast water capac-
a fertilizer carrier with Pb content 14 times high- ity was 76.3 tons. The ballast water origin is from
er than the quality standard. The next sample of Jakarta dockyard waters, oil polluted waters. The
ballast water is from Banyuwangi. It is collected passenger vessels of B, DWT of 1450 tons, was
from number 4 left side tank of GW, an LPG car- berthed on December 18th 2015. She has 11 bal-
rier that berths on Pertamina wharf, Pb content last water tanks with the total capacity of 819.3
is from 0.07 to 0.12 mgl-1. In container wharf, tons. The sample was collected from ballast water
there are PA and SB vessels, from New Orleans tank number 32 (port side and starboard tank). It
and Singapore respectively, and Pb content are has the capacity of 218 tons. Ballast water origin
0.04 to 0.12 mgl-1 respectively. TS XII vessel that is from Pontianak.
berths on asphalt wharf has Pb content of 0.008 to The passenger vessel of L, with DWT of 1400
0.009 mgl-1. M and C 8 vessels from Jakarta and tons, was berthed on January 7th 2015. She also
Dumai respectively has Pb content that fulfill the has 11 ballast water tanks with the total capac-
quality standards. ity of 819.3tons. The sample was collected from
Vessel from Sorong, GD, with the capacity of Double Bottom Deep tank number 32 (port side
426 tons in its ballast water tank, has Pb content and starboard tank). She has ballast water ca-
0f 13.8 times higher than the quality standard. BC pacity of 218.6 tons, its ballast water from Pon-
S that is from Singapore has the deadweight of tianak. Ce 1 vessel that loads rice is also from
9,957 MT, the ballast tank capacity is 5,032 tons the same waters.
and Pb content is 13.6 times higher than the qual- The fertilizer carriers of J and SB are from the
ity standard. GNA is an LPG carrier that berths same port of origin, Palembang. The vessels have
on JMI (Jasa Marina Indah) dockyard, has the deadweight of 11,615 and 9,237.4 tons respec-
deadweight of 5,589 MT, from Jakarta and has tively. The sample of ballast water from each of
capacity of ballast tank is 289 m3. It has Pb con- the vessel was collected from ballast water tank
tent of 11.6 times higher than the quality standard number 4 (port side) and number 3 (starboard).
because the water surface in its ballast water tank While another fertilizer carrier, A, is from Jakarta.
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The characteristics of heavy metal are specif- Pb from vessels is about 0.37192 mgl-1, it has ex-
ic gravity of 4 grcm-3 or more, atom number re- ceeded the quality standards of port waters at a
sponds to specific biochemistry on living organ- value of 0.005 mgl-1.
ism [Rhidowati, 2013; Palar, 2008]. The source of
heavy metal pollutants are from natural and artifi-
cial sources. The natural source is from the coast- CONCLUSION
al area (from rivers and coastal abrasion due to
wave activity), metal released from volcanoes ac- 1. The result of the study shows that the average
tivity, and chemistry process. The artificial source Pb content of ballast water vessels is about
is from industrial process of mining activity. 0.37192 mg.l-1. It happens because the vessels
Lead solubility is low in waters so that the are quite old and influenced by sea water of ori-
level of lead in water is relatively low. Both the gin port.
content and toxicity of lead are influenced by 2. Heavy metal content in the ballast water of
hardness, pH, alkalinity, and oxygen concentra- commercial vessels showed that heavy met-
tion. Lead toxicity is reduced by the increase of als can be spread by commercial vessels. The
hardness and dissolved oxygen [Effendi, 2008]. It more frequency vessels entry and more dead
is categorized into IV-A group in periodic table of weight, more dangerous the ballast water dis-
chemical elements, atom number of 82 with atom charged into the port waters. It will put the ma-
weight of 207.2, concentrated in deposit, such as rine environment around the port in danger.
metal ores. In battery industry, lead is used as a 3. Commercial vessels before entering into the
grid, compound of bismuth metal (Pb-Bi) with port waters should exchange ballast water in
ratio 93:7. Pb compound and Cr, Mo and Cl are mid journey, ensure that the age of the water
widely used as pigment chrome, lead silicate ballast in ballast tanks should not be more than
compound (Pb-silicate) used as one of ceramic 100 days, passenger vessels should fill fresh
polished materials, and used as refractory mate- water into ballast tanks, and ensure that balast
rial [Rhidowati, 2013]. water is free of sediments.
Heavy metal pollution in middle of Jakarta
bay in June and September 2003 was dominated
by Zinc metal in order of Zn>Cu>Cd. Tanjung Acknowledgements
Priok port area becomes a place for vessels to The authors want to show his deepest grati-
dump their ballast water, industry and domestic tude to whose have helped in this research. They
wastes [Rochyatun & Rozak, 2007] (Table 1). are Office of Harbour Master and Port Authorities
The sample of ballast water from Tanjung Priok of Tanjung Emas Semarang, the Ships Officers
port was collected from A, GNA, M and MB2 who give permission to the technicians on board,
vessels (Table 2). The average of heavy metal of and the staffs of Regional Health Laboratories
Semarang in analyzing the sample.
Table 1 Comparison results of Pb concentration
Concentration of
Vessels/Waters
Pb (mgl-1)
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