Proceedings of the International Conference of Inland Water and Ferries Transport Polytechnic of Palembang on Law, Economic and Management (IWPOSPA-LEM 2025)

International Conference of Inland Water and Ferries Transport Polytechnic of Palembang on Law, Economic and Management (IWPOSPA-LEM 2025)

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Examining the Influence of Safety Climate on River, Lake, and Water Transportation: A Case Study of South Sumatra Ferries

Authors
Rhaptyalyani Herno Della1, *, Ashari Fitra Rahmannulla2, Ananda Raihan Novelio1
1Department of Civil Engineering and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Sriwijaya University, Palembang, Indonesia
2Faculty of Maritime Studies, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: rhapty@unsri.ac.id
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Rhaptyalyani Herno Della
Available Online 29 July 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6239-729-3_8How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Analysis; Accident Causal Factors; Safety Culture; Safety Climate; Water Transportation
Abstract

Indonesia, with approximately 17,000 islands, is the world’s second-largest archipelagic nation after Canada. With its huge geography at sea, maritime transportation is an essential vehicle for providing the mobility of people and goods and building the socioeconomic existence of coastal communities. However, maritime transportation has several problems, particularly with regard to safety risks, which are often caused by three important reasons: technical deficiencies, human error and nature. Natural causes include poor environmental conditions, while human causes include negligence and lack of procedures. On the other hand, technical causes include unsafe work practices and operational deficiencies on vessels. The conclusion of this study highlights the importance of instilling a good safety culture in the shipping industry. With a focus on ferry transportation at Tanjung Api-Api Port in Banyuasin Regency, an important transit location between Bangka Belitung Province and South Sumatra Province. This study investigated the relationship of communication, leadership, management commitment, and organizational trust shape the safety climate at two major ferry ports in South Sumatra. Through the application of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), the research assessed the validity of the safety management model and identified key factors. These include the role of open communication in proposing leadership and management commitment, as well as the impact of leadership in increasing organizational trust.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference of Inland Water and Ferries Transport Polytechnic of Palembang on Law, Economic and Management (IWPOSPA-LEM 2025)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
29 July 2026
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978-94-6239-729-3
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2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6239-729-3_8How to use a DOI?
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© 2026 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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