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Transportation services, both passenger and freight transportation, play a strategic role in social and economic life. Their role in the mobility of individuals and goods is extremely needed by society.
Because of its highly strategic goals and functions, the government requires every public transportation company to implement a safety management system as a standard governance for company operations. The goal of this system is to minimize the risk of road accidents.
This is regulated in the Minister of Transportation Regulation (Permenhub) Number 85 of 2018 concerning Public Transport Company Safety Management Systems (SMK PAU).
The regulation emphasizes that SMK PAU is a comprehensive and coordinated safety governance that is part of the management of public transportation companies to achieve safety and manage the risk of accidents.
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The SMK PAU is also a form of acknowledgment. A company that has successfully implemented the system is eligible for a certificate. This certificate can improve the transportation company’s credibility as an added value.
Obtaining SMK PAU is definitely not easy. There are at least 10 important criteria to obtain an acknowledgment and certificate.
They range from commitment and policies, organization, risk and hazard management, vehicle maintenance and repair facilities, documents and data, competency improvement and trainingemergency management, internal accident reporting, and monitoring and evaluation to performance measurement criteria.
A while ago, the Director of Land Transportation Safety, Directorate General of Land Transportation, Ministry of Transportation, Hotma Simanjuntak, said that the criteria refer to five basic aspects. They are regulations, drivers, vehicles, repair workshops, and safety management.
Proper implementation of the aspects can guarantee the safe and smooth transport of people to prevent any loss. This is also the case with goods transport.
"The safer, faster, and more precise the transportation of raw materials or industrial products to be used in the production process or distributed, the profits obtained will surely also be maximized," said Hotma.
That explains why SMK PAU has become a benchmark and an important factor when it comes to choosing a transportation and logistics company as a partner when running a business. A trustworthy and reliable company is one with an SMK PAU- certificate.
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PT United Automobil Sembilanpuluh Utama (UAS) as the business line of SERA (PT Serasi Autoraya), through its TRAC Buses, has managed to acquire SMK PAU certification from the Directorate General of Land Transportation. PT Serasi Logistics Indonesia (SELOG) also acquired the SMK PAU certificate on 20 March 2024.
SELOG is here to serve the customers’ needs in end-to-end logistics through diverse services, They range from Contract Logistics, Shipping Services, Shipping Agencies, Forwarding Agencies, Warehouse and Yard Management to Courier Services.
Driven by the latest digital technologies, its services bring greater convenience to your business and are practical and efficient.
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