<![CDATA[The International Maritime Organization (IMO)'s 2019 implementation of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Indonesian Archipelagic Sea Lanes (ALKI) I and II affirms Indonesia's maritime sovereignty while imposing significant financial obligations. As an Archipelagic State that ratified UNCLOS 1982 through Law No. 17/1985, Indonesia bears the operational costs of Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) infrastructure, Navigational Aids (SBNP), and environmental pollution risk mitigation, reaching over USD 12 million per year. All these costs are fully covered by the state budget, while over 15,000 large vessels pass through each year as free-riders. This condition induces market failure and systemic vulnerability within the maritime security governance of coastal states. From the perspective of Defense Science, particularly Defense Economic Theory (Public Goods Theory and Burden-Sharing Theory) and the Sea Power concept, this condition creates defense fiscal asymmetry and national strategic vulnerability. This article aims to construct a policy option for withdrawing service tariffs based on multilateral consensus under the corridor of Article 26 Paragraph (2) of UNCLOS 1982 in order to operationalize internationally recognized user-pays and cost-recovery principle. Through a cost recovery approach, a moderate tariff scheme has the potential to generate independent shipping funds of USD 31.25 million per year. The policy implementation is formulated in a four-phase roadmap including: the establishment of a Single Authority for managing ALKI, harmonization of the PP on PNBP with Law No. 32/2014 and MK Decision No. 27/PUU-XIX/2021, active maritime diplomacy at the IMO MSC/MEPC session, and management of the Marine Safety Trust Fund.]]>
