Track: Case Studies

Abstract

The existence of the Suramadu (Surabaya Madura) bridge connecting Java island and Madura island has a huge impact on the crossing ferry sector of Port of Ujung Surabaya to Port of Kamal Madura. The decreasing of users in the crossing service has to result in the unused vessels that have been operating on this crossing route. Abolishing toll road fee in Suramadu bridge in 2018 resulted in a huge decreasing number of crossing service passengers in 2008 to 2009 reached 2.9 million passengers which caused the management of ASDP to lose 15 Billion rupiah per-year in average due to large operational costs and lack of passengers. On another hand, the trend of tourist visits to Surabaya continued to increase with an average increase of 4% from 2010 to 2015 making the Surabaya city government continue to look for ways to develop tourism in Surabaya. The utilization of ASDP ships originally used to serve the crossing can be converted into Suramadu tourist ships to develop the tourism attractions in Surabaya. The conversion of the ship can also help in overcoming the losses sustained by the ASDP.