{"id":470,"date":"2026-07-06T20:33:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/?p=470"},"modified":"2026-07-06T20:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:33:37","slug":"after-a-6-month-trial-denpasar-banyuwangi-fast-passenger-ferry-calls-it-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"After a 6-month Trial, Denpasar \u2013 Banyuwangi Fast Passenger Ferry Calls it Quits."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"After<\/p>\n

RadarBali <\/em>reports that the Kapal Express Bahar<\/em>i – a fast ferry passenger service connecting Denpasar and Banyuwangi in East Java has ceased operation since January of 2026.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe cessation of the ship\u2019s operation was confirmed by the Head of the Transportation Agency (Dishub)<\/em> for Denpasar, Ketut Sriawan, on Sunday, 05 July 2026.<\/p>\n

\"After<\/p>\n

\u200bAcknowledging the ship was no longer operating, Swiawan has yet to receive any formal announcement confirming the service\u2019s termination.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe fast ferry service was intended to reduce road traffic between Bali and Banyuwangi, particularly during peak holiday periods.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe ferry service failed to achieve high passenger loads because only tourists were booking trips. Domestic passengers, meanwhile, failed to materialize due to a preference for private vehicles that can be used at the final destination.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe official count of passengers traveling on the Kapal Express Bahar<\/em>i from Serangan Island in Denpasar to Banyuwangi for the period July 2025 to January 2026 was 2,884. During this same period, the ship paused operations in October for docking repairs.<\/p>\n

\u200bOn a month-by-month basis, in July 2025, 243 passengers sailed on the ferry from Serangan. In August, the number of passengers increased to 593, increasing further to 772. In October, the ship was undergoing docking and therefore carried no passengers.<\/p>\n

\u200bWhen ferry operations resumed in November 2025, only 36 passengers sailed from Serangan to Banyuwangi. In December, numbers improved to 825 passengers,<\/p>\n

\"After<\/p>\n

\u200bBecause of these low passenger loads, the ferry operation is generally considered no longer economically viable. No passenger totals were available for the service starting in January 2026.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe ship has a passenger capacity of 400 per voyage.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe Kapal Cepat Express Bahari<\/em> sailing between Banyuwangi and Denpasar commenced operations on Wednesday, 23 July 2025. The ferry covered the distance between Serangan and Banyuwangi in only 2.5 hours, while a road trip can take 5 hours or more.<\/p>\n

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RadarBali reports that the Kapal Express Bahari – a fast ferry passenger service connecting Denpasar and Banyuwangi in East Java has ceased operation since January of 2026. \u200bThe cessation of the ship\u2019s operation was confirmed by the Head of the Transportation Agency (Dishub) for Denpasar, Ketut Sriawan, on Sunday, 05 July 2026. \u200bAcknowledging the ship […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}