Indonesia boosts freight oversight ahead of 2027 zero-overloading goal

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Transportation Ministry is tightening oversight on freight transport at vehicle weighing stations ahead of the 2027 zero-overloading and oversizing target to boost national road safety.

"In line with the 2027 zero-overloading and oversizing target, the ministry's Directorate General of Land Transportation continues to monitor and supervise freight vehicles," Director General of Land Transportation Aan Suhanan said in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Suhanan noted that between January and Oct. 30, documentation infractions remained the most common offense recorded in freight vehicle oversight.

Data collected from 89 operational Motor Vehicle Weighing Units (UPPKB) shows that 1.8 million vehicles, or 73.66 percent, had no violations. Meanwhile, more than 676,000 vehicles, accounting for 26.34 percent, were found in violation.

"Documentation infractions remained the top violation, accounting for 50.25 percent or 446,000 vehicles," Suhanan said.

He added that overloading violations followed with 430,000 vehicles (48.45 percent), dimension violations at 6,777 vehicles (0.76 percent), improper loading procedures at 4,601 vehicles (0.52 percent), and technical non-compliance at 143 vehicles (0.02 percent).

Out of the 676,000 vehicles in violation, enforcement measures were taken against 205,016, or 30.32 percent. Most of these—191,353 vehicles or 93.34 percent—received formal warnings.

"Tickets were issued to 6,976 vehicles, or 3.40 percent, with weighing station officers ticketing 6,022 vehicles (2.94 percent) and police ticketing 665 vehicles (0.32 percent)," he said.

Vehicle monitoring is also conducted using Weigh in Motion (WIM) technology across 11 weighing stations: Aek Batu, Balonggandu, Guyangan, Kertapati, Kulwaru, Pelawan, Tabalong, Talang Kelapa, Tenayan, Wanareja, and Muara Lembu.

"Through WIM, we detected more than 3.5 million vehicles," Suhanan said.

Of those, 1.6 million vehicles (46.03 percent) were registered with BLU-e smart cards as digital proof of vehicle roadworthiness testing, while 1.9 million vehicles (53.97 percent) were not.

Meanwhile, transported commodities with the highest number of violations included mixed goods at 42,433 vehicles, packaged freight at 36,797 vehicles, sand at 26,055 vehicles, crude palm oil at 18,470 vehicles, and cement at 15,246 vehicles.

Suhanan noted that freight vehicle oversight coverage reached 8.91 percent of daily commercial traffic in 2026, up 1.44 percentage points from 7.47 percent in 2025.

He emphasized that his office continues to monitor data completeness and consistency from WIM and the online weighbridge system following recent upgrades.

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