A Preliminary Web-Based Intermediary Application Design For Ship Repair Planning Services

According to data from the 2019 Ministry of Transportation Statistics Book, the number of national shipping fleets or ships in the country from 2015-2019 has doubled. However, from the potential of the current operating fleet, it shows that more than 75% of the fleet are over 20 years old. With such conditions, it is necessary to plan for ship maintenance and repairs to be as good as possible and to spend as little time as possible. This research aims to design a web-based intermediary application for ship repair planning services that can be accessed by using a website browser. The initial stage is to observe the condition of ship repair and planning from shipyard and shipowner perspectives through the literature and field study. From the result of the observation, then analyze what problems occur in the field and then arrange what functions or features are needed to be included in the design of the application to be able to solve these problems. Application design is done by making mock-ups, designing interfaces, creating databases and coding of the application system. After that, the application is tested and verified to find out that the application can run as intended and know the strengths and weaknesses of the application. The features in this application are designed to intermediary shipyard and shipowner in the ship repair planning process. The result of this preliminary web-based application design is by using this application, ship owners can search for docking space in available shipyards according to the schedule and place desired by the shipowner. In addition, by using this application, the shipowner can find out when the ship's certificate expires so that they can prepare a schedule for conducting a survey. Then, both the shipyard and the shipowner can use this application to monitor and report on the progress of ship repair work.