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        "id": 1614907,
        "msgid": "surge-in-travellers-at-padangbai-port-loading-and-unloading-accelerated-1773564887",
        "date": "2026-03-15 15:13:30",
        "title": "Surge in Travellers at Padangbai Port, Loading and Unloading Accelerated",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "Padangbai Port in Bali experienced a significant surge in homebound travellers heading to Lembar Port in Lombok on 15 March 2026, with vehicle queues exceeding seven hours. Port authorities accelerated passenger loading and unloading procedures from 2.5 hours to 1.5 hours and increased daily ferry trips from 13 to 15 to manage the increased demand. The surge, which began on 13 March and significantly intensified on 14 March, saw pedestrian passengers increase from 4,490 to 7,595 daily and motorcycles from 1,469 to 2,440 units daily.",
        "content": "<p>Travellers crossing from Padangbai Port in Karangasem, Bali to Lembar\nPort, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) experienced significant growth.\nVehicle queues to board ships exceeded seven hours on Sunday (15 March\n2026). To manage the vehicle backlog, port authorities accelerated\npassenger loading and unloading procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have expedited the passenger loading and unloading process from\nthe previous 2.5 hours to just 1.5 hours,\u201d said I Ketut Sugiartono, Head\nof Service Unit (Satpel) at the Land Transportation Management Agency\n(BPTD) of Padangbai Port I, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the increase in passenger numbers began on Friday\n(13 March 2026), but a considerable surge occurred on Saturday (14 March\n2026) and has continued since. For pedestrian passengers, the figure\nincreased from 4,490 to 7,595 per day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMotorcycles also experienced a significant increase from the\nprevious 1,469 units to 2,440 units per day,\u201d said Sugiartono.<\/p>\n<p>With the rise in passenger numbers, on Saturday (14 March 2026) the\nnumber of ferry trips was increased from the previous 13 to 15 daily\ntrips. According to Sugiartono, the number of trips could be increased\nfurther should passenger numbers surge again.<\/p>\n<p>He predicted that typically, the number of homebound travellers would\nincrease during evening hours. \u201cFor precise data, we can only confirm\ntomorrow morning since the final ship departure for data collection is\nat 08:00 Wita. Only after that can we determine whether passenger\nnumbers have increased further,\u201d said Sugiartono.<\/p>",
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