Development of Ferry Port as a Complement of 'Tol Laut' Case Study on Ferry Port of Ketapang

High use of land transportation mode in Bali became burden to the road and unpredictable congestion especially in the main road connecting Denpasar and Gilimanuk in Bali. Effort in decreasing traffic density is by developing ferry port as a component for “Tol Laut”. It requires behavior eploratory on freight trucks in choosing land or sea trips in Bali. This study is conducted by implementing focus group discussion with various freight stake holder and information from sources gained by using a set of semi-structured interviews (SSI) and on-the-spot field observation. Discussion conducted were: workshop “Lean, Clean and Green Cities Rationalizing Indonesian Urban Freight trough Inclusive Urban Development” in Jakarta (30 to 31 July 2015); Workshop “Rationalizing Indonesian Urban Freight Through Integrated Urban Development of Sarbagita Metropolitan in Bali” held by Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in Jakarta (1 to 4 august 2016) and discussion done with Pusat Studi Transportasi dan Logistik (PUSTRAL) Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta (3 to 6 October 2016). Result from brainstorming and field observation shows that there is a need for steps in diminishing density and traffic accidents including decrease road damage caused by overloaded freight trucks in Bali.