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        "id": 1620854,
        "msgid": "h-4-eid-migration-traffic-at-padang-bai-port-gets-busy-as-evening-approaches-1773759329",
        "date": "2026-03-17 20:55:56",
        "title": "H-4 Eid, Migration Traffic at Padang Bai Port Gets Busy as Evening Approaches",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "Migration traffic at Padang Bai Port in Bali intensified on the fourth day before Eid as travellers headed to Lombok, with many preferring to depart in the evening to avoid daytime heat. Port authorities increased ferry trips from the usual 13 to 15 to accommodate the surge in travellers, with 7,352 passengers recorded crossing on the previous day, mostly motorcyclists.",
        "content": "<p>Migration traffic at Padang Bai Port in Karangasem, Bali, on the\nfourth day before Eid began to intensify during the late afternoon and\nevening. Travellers planning to cross to Lembar Port in Lombok, West\nNusa Tenggara (NTB), chose to depart in the evening to avoid the intense\nmidday heat.<\/p>\n<p>Observations on Tuesday (17 March 2026) showed that most travellers,\nprimarily riding motorcycles, were queuing at Padang Bai Port from 17:30\nWita onwards. A port official noted that the number of travellers\nincreased towards evening, similar to the previous day (five days before\nEid).<\/p>\n<p>I Ketut Sugiartono, Head of the Service Unit (Satpel) of the Land\nTransport Management Centre (BPTD) at Padang Bai Port, confirmed these\nconditions. Despite the crowds, Sugiartono stated that the queues\nremained within acceptable limits as all travellers were still\naccommodated within the port area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe night before, the number crossing was quite high, so we\nincreased ferry trips to 15 from the normal 13 trips,\u201d said Sugiartono\non Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian, a traveller from Central Lombok, deliberately chose to travel\nat night. He cited the hot weather at Padang Bai during the day as the\nreason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt night it\u2019s more relaxed and cooler, and you can rest on the boat\ntoo. When you arrive in Lombok in the morning, you can continue your\njourney straight away,\u201d Adrian said.<\/p>\n<p>According to recorded data, the number of travellers crossing Padang\nBai Port five days before Eid, on Monday (16 March), totalled 7,352\npeople. This comprised travellers riding motorcycles numbering 2,475\nunits and cars numbering 218 units.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/h-4-eid-migration-traffic-at-padang-bai-port-gets-busy-as-evening-approaches-1773759329",
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