Green port concept and its impact on port cost efficiency and green performance indicator in Tanjung Perak Port

An increase in public awareness of the environmental issues and problems caused an urgency for a Port that is perceived as a source of pollutants from heavy machinery used to waste and water treatment. The Green Port concept is made to accommodate the environmental issues, thus helping the Port to understand the negative impacts of their operations on the environment and try to change the operations cleaner than before. The electrification concept is one of the Green Port concepts that try to minimize the negative externalities to the environment (pollution) by changing the primary energy source from fossil fuels to electric-powered equipment. This research focuses on measuring how far this concept is applied inside port operations and how it affects the operational cost and port environmental performance. This research processes the data using quantitative data analysis and uses the green port implementation as an independent variable. Air quality, water quality, noise level, and cost level from 2016 to 2019 are the dependent variable. This research found an impact of the green port implementation and electrification (power usage) on the air quality, water quality, and cost level. This research also found that there is no impact between the implementation of green ports and noise level. This research also compared the operation cost from the usage of electricity-based equipment and petrodiesel-based equipment. The result is that electric-powered equipment has better efficiency and lower cost than petrodiesel equipment.